Emerald Cliffs: Beacon Academy
Outside of Beacon Academy near the school, all of the new first year students had left the locker room with their weapons and gear and had gathered at the Emerald Cliffs, above the Emerald Forest. Ben had arrived with Kyle and Corina, the three of them had seen that Ruby and her sister Yang had also made it to the cliffs. While everyone stood around, Ben looked around at the other students and tried to find Blake. Unfortunately he wasn't able to see her but Ben had a feeling that Blake was there. As all of the new first year students began to get restless, Glynda Goodwitch and Ozpin stepped forwards and got everyone's attention.
"Alright students, today is the day that all of you will be given teammates today" Glynda tells all of the students
"These partnerships will last for your four year duration of your studies, here at Beacon Academy" Ozpin announces to all the students
All of the students quietly whisper and mumble to themselves and each other
"I cannot stress enough how important it is that you all have a partner you can work well with" Ozpin adds
All of the students look back and forth at one another and wonder who their partner is going to be and if they can trust them. Ben looks at both Kyle and Corina, knowing that if he is partnered with them, he could fully trust and depend on them.
"All of the partners will be decided by who you all make eye contact with first when you land in the Emerald Forest" Ozpin continues to tell all of the students
Moving on with his speech, Ozpin's tone changed when he began to talk about the dangers of the forest
"I must warn all of you students that there will most definitely be opposition down in the forest, do not hesitate to destroy anything that gets in your path as the possibility of you dying is very much real and the instructors have been notified to watch and not interfere" Ozpin tells all of the students in a more serious tone
Learning about the possibilities of death made a good few of the new students extremely nervous
"The objective for all of you initiates is to go through the forest and collect a relic from a temple that is located in the forest and return to the cliffs with it in your possession" Glynda informs all of the students
It was looking like what Ben's parents and his sister Accalia had told him about the team forming ceremony was true. However there was something else that they told him that Ben was hoping wasn't actually true.
"Excuse me Ozpin sir" one of the students says to Ozpin, stepping forwards
The student's name was Jaune Arc and he was the one who had thrown up on the bulkhead that Ruby and Yang almost stepped in
"Yes, you had a question Mr. Arc?" Ozpin asks Jaune
"I was wondering how all of us were going to get down into the Emerald Forest? Considering how we're up here and it's all the way down there" Jaune answers, wanting to know how he and the other new first years were going to get down to the Emerald Forest
"Well that is actually quite simple Mr. Arc, you and the others will all be launched from that platform into the air above the Emerald Forest, I do advise using a landing strategy to help yourself land safely into the forest" Ozpin tells Jaune in a simplistic tone
"Launched? Landing strategies?" Jaune asks confused
Before Jaune could ask or say something else, he was suddenly launched into the air from the platform that he was standing on. The other first year students could not believe what they had just seen happen to Jaune and that all of them were next to be launched.
"Alright everyone, step forwards onto the platform" Ozpin tells the other students
Most if not all of them were hesitant to step forwards except for Yang who jumped onto the platform and was sent flying into the air. Seeing Yang cheer loudly as she was sent flying caused most of the other students to be sent flying next. As more and more students were sent flying, Ben noticed that both Kyle and Corina were next to step forwards and be launched into the air.
"Looks like it's just me now" Ben says to himself as more and more students are sent flying into the air
Seeing that the number of remaining students was dwindling, Ben took a deep breath in and out before getting the courage to step forwards
"Here goes nothing" Ben says to himself as he steps onto the platform and was sent flying into the air
In The Air: Above The Emerald Forest
In the air above the Emerald Forest, Ben was able to see the other first year students use their weapons or their semblances to help them land safely down into the Emerald Forest. Looking down, Ben could see that if he didn't act fast, it was going to be a long fall downwards.
"Okay omnitrix, give me Jetray or something else that can fly" Ben says to the omnitrix as he activates it
Quickly twisting the dial, Ben goes through the whole playlist of transformations before he randomly selects something, causing the omnitrix core to pop up
"Here we go" Ben says as he slams the core of the omnitrix down
In a flash of green light, Ben was then transformed into the form that he had randomly selected. When the light faded away, it was revealed that Ben had transformed into a round pudgy creature that had stubby arms and legs with yellow armor plates all over its body.
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"Cannonbolt? I said something that could fly, not something that could fall" Ben said as he saw what he had transformed into
Noticing that he was losing air and was starting to fall towards the ground, Ben acted quickly and rolled himself up into his armored ball form. Now that he was rolled up, Ben quickly fell towards the ground and ended up crashing into the Emerald Forest at fast speeds.
Emerald Forest: Vale
After crashing through the trees of the Emerald Forest and landing down on the ground, leaving an impact trail, Ben unrolled himself and looked around to see where in the forest he had landed
"Okay, looks like I'm somewhere near a river" Ben said to himself as he heard the sound of a flowing river near him
Remembering what his father had taught him when he was younger, Ben knew that if you followed a river you more then likely would find some type of civilization. However in this case, Ben was hoping that following the river would lead him to the temple where the artifact was. Knowing that there was a good chance that there was grimm around, Ben decided that it would be best if he stayed in his Cannonbolt form for the time being.
"Looks like I've got myself a direction and I need to go this way" Ben said, pointing off in a direction before rolling up into his ball form and began to roll in the direction he pointed
Time Skip
It had been over an hour now and Ben hadn't found the temple or any of the other first year students for that matter. Ben was sure that if he would have ran into someone by now and began to wonder what would happen if he didn't find a partner before he returned to the cliffs with an artifact.
" If I don't find a partner or form a team, does that mean I'll fail and I'll get kicked out of Beacon?" Ben asks himself, starting to panic a bit
Worried about being kicked out of Beacon Academy for not forming a team, Ben turned his objective towards finding other people instead of searching for the temple. Quickly selecting a new path to take, Ben rolled back up into his ball form and set down the selected path. As he rolled through the forest, Ben noticed that there wasn't any sign of life in the forest. He didn't hear any birds flying through the forest or hear small creatures moving along through the grass and rocks.
"I have a very bad feeling about this" Ben said to himself as he stopped rolling forwards
Ben's mother had told him that if it seemed like the forest was dead and that there was no noise, something evil was most likely nearby and that he would have to be ready for anything
"Grimm" Ben said to himself in a serious tone
All of a sudden Ben heard the sound of a Ursa coming from up ahead of him. It sounded like the Ursa had found some prey and were grouping up together to kill it. Worried that it might be one of his friends or fellow classmates, Ben quickly rolled up back into his ball form and set off towards the Ursa.
Time Skip
Clearing: Emerald Forest
Up ahead in a large clearing, a gathering of Ursa lead by an Ursa Major had appeared. The bear-like grimm had surrounded what looked like a small Beowolf pup. The Beowolf pup had a look of fear on its face as the Ursa got closer and closer to it. Rolling out from the tree line, Ben unrolled his body and saw what was going on. He heard the cries of the Beowolf pup as one of the Ursa swiped at it. Knowing that he needed to do something fast or the Ursa would kill the Beowolf pup, Ben acted fast and rolled straight towards the Ursa at fast speeds.
"TAKE THIS!!!" Ben yelled as he crashed his armored ball shaped body into the backs of one of the Ursa
The other Ursa saw one of their own taken out as Ben landed in front of the Beowolf pup and unrolled his body
"You guys need to learn to pick on someone your own size" Ben told all of the Ursa
One of the Ursa let out a loud roar and went to go and attack Ben before he could do anything. Ben was able to roll himself up and shot himself forwards into the stomach of the attacking Ursa. The other Ursa saw another one of their own defeated, now they all wanted to kill Ben
"That's not good, we need to get out of here" Ben said as the remaining Ursa readied themselves to attack
Ben turned around and picked up the Beowolf pup and held it close to him
"Hold on little thing, this might get a bit bumpy" Ben said to the Beowolf pup
At that moment, all of the Ursa charged forwards to attack Ben and finish off the Beowolf pup. Ben quickly rolled himself up into his ball form with the Beowolf pup in his arms. The claws of the Ursa weren't able to damage Cannonbolt's armored body which allowed Ben to start rolling around and taking out each Ursa one by one. Ben bounced himself around, off of the Ursa and the nearby trees, taking all of them out with little to no effort.
Each time an Ursa would get back up and try resuming its attack, Ben would bounce back and take it out once more till it wouldn't get up again. Eventually, Ben had taken out all of the remaining Ursa, leaving only the Ursa Major left.
"Looks like it's just me against you" Ben said to the Ursa Major as he stopped bouncing around and unrolled his body
Ben saw the Ursa Major get down on all fours and claw at the ground, breathing heavily as it was about to attack him. Ben knew that he had to be ready for anything, so when the Ursa Major lunged forwards at him, Ben quickly rolled up and shot himself forwards at the Ursa Major. Both Ben's armored body and the head of the Ursa Major collided together, knocking the giant Ursa Major down onto its back. Not going to let it get back up and start attacking again, Ben launched himself into the air and landed down on the stomach of the Ursa Major, finishing it off.
"And that takes care of that" Ben said as he unrolled his body
Looking around, Ben saw that all the Ursa and the Ursa Major were dead and wouldn't be a problem anymore. Ben then turned his attention towards the small Beowolf pup that he saved.
"And that's the end of that" Ben said as he unrolled his body
Looking around, Ben saw that all the Ursa and the Ursa Major were dead and wouldn't be a problem anymore. Ben then turned his attention towards the small Beowolf pup that he saved. Ben saw the little Beowolf pup hiding inside of a log, peaking it's head out to see if everything was over.
"Its okay now, everything is over, those mean old Ursa aren't going to hurt you" Ben said to the Beowolf pup in a calming voice
Seeing that the Beowolf pup was still looking nervous, Ben transformed back into his human form
"See, you don't have to worry about me, I'm not a monster" Ben says to the Beowolf pup, getting down on a knee
Eventually the small Beowolf pup comes out from its hiding place and walks over to Ben slowly and cautiously
"There, there, I won't let anything hurt you" Ben tells the Beowolf pup as he slowly starts to pet it
Getting a better look at the Beowolf pup now that it was close to him, Ben could see that it didn't look like an ordinary Beowolf. It had long black fur with white bone plates going down its back and covered a bit of its head. The Beowolf pup's long ears and muzzle stuck out from the bone plating on its head. From what Ben could see, this Beowolf pup looked more like an actual puppy then a grimm. It was interesting to say the least but Ben didn't have time to continue to focus on the Beowolf pup. He had to find a partner as well as find the temple and collect his artifact.
"Okay then, I need to get going now, you go and find your family, I'm sure they are worried about you" Ben tells the Beowolf pup before he stands up and starts leaving
As Ben starts to head back into the forest, the Beowolf pup runs ahead of him and stops in front of him, barking
"Come on now, you need to get back to your family" Ben tells the Beowolf pup before he resumes walking
Once again, the Beowolf pup runs ahead and stops right in front of Ben, stopping him. Seeing the look on the Beowolf pup's face as it barked at him, made it look as though the Beowolf pup didn't want to leave Ben.
"Do you want to come with me?" Ben asked the Beowolf pup
The Beowolf pup barked excitedly as it jumped up and down
"I'll take that as a yes, come on then, let's get a move on" Ben said to the Beowolf pup
The Beowolf pup ran over to Ben and he picked it up off the ground
"Come on little guy, lets get a move on" Ben said to the Beowolf pup
Getting a good look at the bottom of the Beowolf pup, Ben learned something else about it
"I mean little girl" Ben says sounding embarrassed
Ben places the Beowolf pup in his shirt where it can stay without leaving his side
"You know you need a name, how about Freyja?" Ben asks the Beowolf pup
The Beowolf pup barks excitedly, hearing the name
"Freyja it is then" Ben said as he resumed walking towards the forest
Ben was going to head back into the forest, now with his Beowolf pup Freyja by his side
Time Skip
Emerald Forest: Vale
Now back in the Emerald Forest, Ben resumed his search for a partner as well as the temple where the relics were. So far, Ben hadn't run into anyone and had gotten lost after saving Freyja, the Beowolf pup. As he continued to walk, Ben decided that he didn't know where to go and sat down on a log.
"This is hopeless, I'm lost and I'm sure everyone's already formed their teams and gotten their artifact by now" Ben said to himself with a sigh
Freyja poked her head up from Ben's shirt and began to nuzzle her head into his neck
"I know you are there for me" Ben says as he pets Freyja on the head
Seeing that he couldn't give up now, Ben got up off of the log and was going to resume his search for the temple. However, as Ben started walking again, he heard a strange clicking sound coming from behind him. Turning around slowly, Ben saw a large Deathstalker, a scorpion-like grimm standing behind him.
"Oh crap" Ben said with a gulp as he backed away slowly from the Deathstalker
"GET DOWN!!!" A voice yelled
In an instant, Ben rolled out of the way as the Deathstalker tried to hit him with its stinger. As the stinger hit the ground, an arrow came flying out of nowhere and pierced through the head of the Deathstalker, killing it.
"Woah" Ben said as he got up slowly
Soon, a guy with a large bow came walking out of the trees and revealed himself to Ben. Now that Ben could see the guy, he realized it was the same bird faunus he had seen the other day.
"You need to be more careful before you end up dead" the bird faunus guy tells Ben as he pulls his arrow out of the head of the dead Deathstalker
"Thanks for the save by the way" Ben tells the bird faunus as he rubs the back of his head
"Whatever" the bird faunus replies before he starts walking away
"Hey wait, we need to stick together, so we can find the temple" Ben tells the bird faunus as he runs ahead of him
"Just because I saved your life doesn't mean that we are friends or partners" the bird faunus tells Ben in annoyed tone
"But that's the thing though, we kinda are partners now" Ben tells the bird faunus
"What do you mean?" The bird faunus asks Ben in an annoyed tone
"You remember what Ozpin said back at the Emerald Cliffs? He said whoever we make eye contact with becomes our partner" Ben answers, brining up what Ozpin had previously said to all of the new first year students
The bird faunus thinks back to that and he does remember Ozpin saying that, which means what Ben said was true
"Regardless, I work alone, I don't need a partner" the bird faunus says before he starts walking away again
"If we don't have partners, we could fail and get kicked out of Beacon" Ben says as he runs ahead and stops the bird faunus once more, irritating him
"I really don't care about that, they can't kick me out when they asked me to come here in the first place" the bird faunus tells Ben
"I get that, but sometimes it is better to play it safe" Ben say, still trying to get the bird faunus to team up with him
Freyja pops her head up from Ben's shirt and starts barking loudly which catches the bird faunus off guard
"What in Oum's name are you doing with a grimm!?!" The bird faunus asks Ben as he aims an arrow at Freyja
"Don't shoot her, she's harmless" Ben tells the bird faunus as he tries to get him to lower his bow
"That thing is a soulless monster that will grow up to kill people and faunus" the bird faunus tells Ben, not lowering his bow
"She's different from other grimm, I saved her from being killed by a group of Ursa, she's no threat to anyone" Ben tells the bird faunus, still trying to convince him not to kill Freyja
The bird faunus doesn't loosen his arrow as he keeps it pointed at the little Freyja. Looking at her, the bird faunus could see that Freyja looked different from other Beowolves. She looked more like a regular wolf pup then the auraless monsters that kill people everyday.
"I promise you, she won't hurt you" Ben tells the bird faunus, making him a promise
Seeing that Ben wasn't lying and that Freyja didn't pose much of a threat, the bird faunus lowered his bow and loosened his arrow, putting it away
"Fine, but if that thing calls in a pack of Beowolves to kill us, I'll kill it first" the bird faunus says as his bow closes up into a sword and he sheathed it
The bird faunus then resumes walking as Ben starts following behind him
"Does that mean you and I are partners now?" Ben asks the bird faunus as the two walk through the forest
"If what you say is true, for the time being we are partners, once I become a student at Beacon you and I are done" the bird faunus tells Ben
"Whatever you want to do, I want to become a student as well and I'm okay with that" Ben says
"Good" the bird faunus replies
The two then resume walking as they search for the temple in the Emerald Forest
"I'm Ben by the way" Ben says, introducing himself to the bird faunus
"Didn't ask, don't care" the bird faunus replies as he continues walking
Ben could already tell that his new partner was going to be real fun to be around
Time Skip
Ben and his new bird faunus continued walking through the Emerald Forest as they kept looking for the temple. As of right now, they weren't really having luck in finding the temple.
"I really wish Ozpin gave us a general direction where the temple is" Ben said with an annoyed sigh as he sat down on a log
"We should scout the area ahead" the bird faunus says as he gets up from looking at some tracks on the ground
"I can do that" Ben says, volunteering to scout ahead
"No, I've got a better idea" the bird faunus replies
Suddenly the metallic backpack the bird faunus was wearing opens up and out flies two black winged robotic drones
"Huginn and Muninn, scout the area ahead and find the temple" the bird faunus tells the two drones before they fly off
"Woah, what are those things?" Ben asks the bird faunus in awe
"Those are my eyes in the sky" the bird faunus answers
"How do you connect with them?" Ben asks the bird faunus
"My semblance, Odin's Eye allows me to see great distances as well as other things, my cybernetic eye allows me to connect to my drones so I can see and hear what they do" the bird faunus answers before he realizes that he told Ben more then what he wanted to
"That's pretty cool dude, I'm kinda jealous" Ben says with a sigh
"What does your semblance do?" The bird faunus asks Ben as he sits down on a rock
"I don't have a semblance" Ben answers honestly which surprises the bird faunus
"You don't have a semblance? Impossible" the bird faunus says in disbelief
"Yeah, I don't have a semblance, I've tried to unlock one but every doctor says I don't have one, I don't even have an aura" Ben says as he pets Freyja
"Hmm, that does explain why I don't see an aura around you and why you don't have a scent, someone could have mistaken a human grimm" the bird faunus says
"I guess that's another reason why the faunus on Menagerie picked on me" Ben says with a sigh
"You're from Menagerie?" The bird faunus asks Ben
"Yeah, I live there with my family ever since I was little" Ben answers
"Are you part faunus?" The bird faunus asks Ben
"No, I'm not a faunus but my parents and siblings are" Ben answered
"I see, I guess being an auraless and semblanceless human on Menagerie could be hard" the bird faunus says
"What about you?" Ben asks the bird faunus
"What about me?" The bird faunus asks
"Did you grow up on Menagerie?" Ben asks the bird faunus
"I did grow up on Menagerie until I was 10 then I became a competition shooter for the Schnee Dust Company, little did I know it was so they could save face" the bird faunus
Hearing the bird faunus say that, Ben realized that he knew who the bird faunus was or he had heard about him at least
"I remember hearing about that and what had happened" Ben says
"Their dust bow exploded in my face and they dropped me" the bird faunus says
Before the two could continue talking, something caught the attention of the bird faunus
"What is it?" Ben asked the bird faunus
"My drones picked something up" the bird faunus answered, quickly standing up
"Did they find the temple?" Ben asked as he stood up
"No, they found something else" the bird faunus answered
Time Skip
Off in the distance, Ben and the bird faunus had come to the area where the drones of the bird faunus had detected something that wasn't the temple. When they got there, the two of them saw a dead King Taijitu, a two headed snake-like grimm laying on the ground. It looked as though something larger had killed the grimm and had ripped it to pieces.
"What could have done this?" Ben asked horrified
"Whatever did it couldn't have gotten far, this is fresh" the bird faunus answered
Freyja popped her head up from Ben's shirt and began to growl at the dead King Taijitu. All of a sudden the body of the dead King Taijitu slowly started to move. That caused Ben and the bird faunus to jump back and ready themselves.
"I thought it was dead" Ben said in disbelief
"It is" the bird faunus replied as he drew his sword and transformed it into its bow form
Slowly something began to come out of the body of the dead King Taijitu, ripping and tearing through the scaled flesh of the snake-like grimm. It was then that what looked like a humanoid grimm with long arms that had sharp claws crawled out of the dead King Taijitu.
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"It's a grimm" Ben said shocked as Freyja continued to growl and bark at the grimm
"I've never seen a grimm like it before" the bird faunus said
"It must be some new type of grimm" Ben replied
"Either way, it sees us so be ready" the bird faunus tells Ben
The humanoid grimm turned its attention towards Ben and the bird faunus, staring at them with its four yellow eyes. All of a sudden, the grimm shot its clawed hand at Ben and the bird faunus, it's arm stretching like it was made of rubber. Luckily, Ben and the bird faunus were able to avoid the attack but not by much.
"Be careful, who knows what else this thing can do" the bird faunus tells Ben
"You don't have to tell me twice" Ben responds
The humanoid grimm jumped down from the dead King Taijitu and landed down on the ground, letting out a loud shrieking noise. It then started to attack Ben and the bird faunus, using its stretchy arms to try and take them out.
"I'll take it out from a distance, you try and get in close and use your dagger" the bird faunus tells Ben as he starts firing arrows at the humanoid grimm
"I think I've got something else that would work better" Ben says as he looks down at the omnitrix
"Well whatever it is you are going to do, do it fast, I am going to run out of arrows real soon" the bird faunus replies as he continues to fire arrows at the humanoid grimm
Ben quickly finds a spot where he can set Freyja down where she'll be safe while he and the bird faunus fight the humanoid grimm
"You stay here Freyja, I'll be back after I take care of that thing" Ben tells Freyja as he pats her on the head
Freyja barks and tries to hold Ben's hand down, stopping him from leaving her
"Don't worry Freyja, I won't leave you" Ben tells Freyja
Freyja barks and growls at Ben, still trying to stop him from leaving
"I promise I will be back for you" Ben tells Freyja as she finally let's Ben go
Ben then runs towards the humanoid grimm who is still trying to attack the bird faunus who keeps firing arrows at it
"Took you long enough" the bird faunus said as he rolled out of the way of an attack
"Sorry about that" Ben says, apologizing to the bird faunus
Ben then activates the omnitrix and twists the dial as he selects a transformation. Once he finds the icon of the transformation he wants, Ben selects it, causing the core to pop up.
"It's hero time" Ben says as he slams the core down
Ben is then engulfed by a bright green light as he is transformed into the transformation that he selected. When the green light fades away, it is then revealed what Ben transformed into. Ben transformed into a humanoid creature that resembled that of a chicken hawk or bird-like creature. This transformation had reddish brown feathers with sharp talons on its hands and feet with blades on both of its wrists.
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"Looks like it's Kickin Hawk time" Ben says as he jumps into the fight and starts attacking the humanoid grimm
Ben unleashes a flurry of kicks and punches while also avoiding strikes from the humanoid grimm. The bird faunus cannot believe what he is seeing as Ben fights the humanoid grimm.
"You gonna start shooting or am I going to have to do all of the work?" Ben asks the bird faunus as he cuts the humanoid grimm with his arm blades
"I was just distracted" the bird faunus says as he fires an arrow that has a glowing tip
The arrow hits the humanoid faunus, exploding and instantly freezing it in ice
"Ice dust arrow, nice" Ben says
"I have a few more dust arrows left" the bird faunus says
All of a sudden, the humanoid grimm causes spikes to shoot out of its body, shattering the ice around it
"I had a feeling that wasn't going to last" Ben says with an annoyed sigh
"Things can never be easy" the bird faunus says
The humanoid grimm let's put a loud shrieking noise before it resumes attacking Ben and the bird faunus. Ben as Kickin Hawk, jumps over the humanoid grimm, avoiding its claws and kicks it over to the bird faunus who fires a flame dust arrow at it. The flame dust arrow explodes and covers the humanoid grimm in fire, slowly burning it. Not wanting to let up, Ben starts hacking and slashing at the humanoid grimm as it burns.
"Finish it off NOW!!!" Ben yells as he kicks the humanoid grimm into the air
The bird faunus rolls forwards and fires an arrow at the humanoid grimm while it was in the air. When the arrow hits the humanoid grimm, it suddenly explodes, destroying the humanoid grimm.
"Nice one" Ben says as he transform back into his human form
"It took almost all of my arrows" the bird faunus says as he picks up stray arrows off of the ground
"Hopefully that is the last time we see one of those things" Ben says looking at the pile of black ash on the ground
"Ditto" the bird faunus replies
Ben walks over to where he set Freyja down and picks her up as she barks and licks his face
"Told you I'd be back" Ben tells Freyja as he sets places her in his shirt as she leans over his collar
"Before we go, explain to me what I saw back there, I thought you didn't have a semblance?" The bird faunus asks Ben
Remembering back to what Ozpin had told him, Ben decided that it would be best if he didn't lie to his partner. Ben decided to tell the bird faunus about the omnitrix but not the part about it being from another universe.
"I really don't have a semblance, I was able to transform into that thing using this" Ben explains, showing the bird faunus the omnitrix on his wrist
"That watch allowed you to transform into that thing back there?" The bird faunus asked Ben in disbelief
"Yes but that's not all it can transform me into" Ben transforms
"I see" the bird faunus says, looking at the omnitrix
"You don't have to believe me but I'm not lying to you" Ben tells the bird faunus
"If you were lying to me I would be able to tell plus, that thing is releasing a strange energy that isn't like that of a semblance or an aura" the bird faunus says
Hearing that, Ben wondered what exactly the bird faunus could see coming from the omnitrix or if others could see it as well
"We better get a move on then if we want to get to the temple and collect a relic" Ben says, trying to get the both of them to resume trying to find the temple
"We should before the time runs out" the bird faunus says
"There's a time limit?" Ben asks confused
"I assume there is one for something like this" the bird faunus answers
Hearing that there could be a time limit, Ben starts to panic just a bit
"We better get a move on then" Ben says as he starts walking
"Luke" the bird faunus says
"What?" Ben asks the bird faunus confused
"My name is Luke, Luke Wright and I am a hawk faunus" the bird faunus answers, introducing himself to Ben and finally telling him his name
"Well then Luke, my name is Ben, Ben Vulpes and let's get to that temple" Ben replies, giving his name once more
The two shake hands and quickly set off to find the temple together as Freyja barks happily
Emerald Cliffs: Beacon Academy
Back at the Emerald Cliffs, Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch are watching all of the new first year initiates as the traverse the Emerald Forest and collect their relics from the temple
"Most of the students have all formed partners and most of them are on their way back with relics from the temple" Glynda tells Ozpin
"That is good to hear, what of Benjamin?" Ozpin asks Glynda
"We have reports that he has formed partners with the initiate, Luke Wright" Glynda answers
"Those two together will be an interesting combination" Ozpin says as he takes a sip of his coffee
"Sir, I must also report that the Vulpes boy and the Wright boy have taken down an unknown grimm that killed and ate a King Taijitu" Glynda tells Ozpin, brining up the grimm that Ben and Luke defeated
"That doesn't sound good, we will need to inform Ironwood and the others about this" Ozpin says in a worried tone
"I've already sent word to Ironwood and the others, do you want me to inform the instructors to collect the initiates and end the team forming test?" Glynda asks Ozpin
"No, that is not necessary, Benjamin and young Luke have taken care of it so there isn't much need to worry and be that brash" Ozpin answers
"Sir, there could be more of those unknown grimm out there" Glynda tells Ozpin in a serious tone
"I am well aware that there could be more out there, just inform the instructors to keep an eye out for them, I am sure Port will love to hint a new species of grimm" Ozpin says with a chuckle
Glynda let's out a sigh, she wants to argue and say something but once Ozpin makes up his mind there is no point in trying to change it
"I will get to informing the instructors sir" Glynda tells Ozpin before she leaves
Standing above the cliffs and looking down at the Emerald Forest, Ozpin lets out a sigh as he takes another sip of his coffee
"It appears as though a new threat has joined the war, I wonder what they will do next or what she will do" Ozpin says to himself
An image of Ben appears on Ozpin's scroll as he looks down at it
"I pray that you never know the truth and that she will never find you, I made a promise and I intend to keep it" Ozpin says as he looks at the image of Ben on his scroll
Ozpin closes his scroll and takes another sip of his coffee before he realizes that his mug is empty
"That isn't good" Ozpin says as he tips his mug over and nothing comes out of it
All of a sudden the shadow of a large creature flies overhead and flies towards the Emerald Forest, letting out a loud shrieking noise as it continues to fly
"Hmm, that doesn't look good either but I have faith in them" Ozpin says as he turns around walks away from the cliff
Author's Note
Hello there readers, sorry that it has taken me so long to get this chapter our and resume working on this story. I've already said this at the end of the latest chapters of my Avenging story and my Devils The Alien story but if you don't read those stories, I'll let you know what happened. Recently I've had to move to a new location and look for a new job, that took a lot of time out my schedule, so updating my stories wasn't much of a priority to me. Now that things have settled down, I am able to once again, resume updating my stories and writing new chapters for them. I got off of work late last night and didn't have the energy to finish this chapter and to release it yesterday like I was supposed to, luckily I finished it today and I'm able to release it now for you readers to read and enjoy. I hope you readers enjoyed this chapter and are ready for what is about to be coming in the next chapters as the story continues
As with the last chapter, I ended up combining both the First Step Part 1 and the First Step Part 2 since both episodes were kinda short. In this chapter, you got to see Ben use Cannonbolt and Kickin Hawk, you'll get to see more transformations as the story continues. Moving on, I was wondering if you readers would like to see me have a white and black Big Chill or the regular blue and black one. I'm also thinking about having ultimates in this story but only the original ones, no new ones or anything like that. Moving on, I will now be responding to all of the comments that you readers left from the last chapter.
OmnitrixUltimateGod: I figured that this Ben has had the omnitrix since he was 10 and is now 16 that he should have all of his transformations. Ben is always going to be OP but you shouldn't really worry about that since the omnitrix still kinda has a time limit and doesn't always transform him into the right alien. When it comes to new transformations, Ben is going to unlock them kind of like how he did in the classic series and won't know exactly how to use them right off the bat but will have the data dump feature to help him out some.
OmnihancedEternatus: Thanks for that, it is going to be a good while before Ben is actually going to be able to have a real conversation with Blake and talk to her about what has happened with the both of them
There we go, now that all of the comments from the last chapter have been responded to, I am now going to be answering questions from the last chapter
Hero Time 81: Ben does have access to Ghostfreak and no, Big Chill has not gone through his reproduction cycle yet. I was actually thinking about having a chapter in this story go through all of that, just not now, maybe later in the future.
OmnitrixUltimateGod: What Ozpin was referring to was that the omnitrix that Ben wears was built in a different universe, specifically for him and was sent to his universe from the one that it was created in. I can't go into full detail about it since it would spoil what I have planned for this story but I hope what I did give you helps you understand.
OmnihancedEternatus: Like with what I said for OmnitrixUltimateGod's question, the omnitrix Ben wears was built in another universe entirely, it was then sent to the universe Ben is currently in for him since it was built exactly for him
Okay, now that all of the questions from the last chapter have been answered, I am going to be finishing things here. Let me say this, thank you all for reading and I do hope to see you all later.
Alien Information
Name – Cannonbolt
Species – Arburian Pelarota
Home World – Pelarota
Abilities – Enhanced Speed
Sphere Transformation
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Agility
Enhanced Jumping
Enhanced Dexterity
Name – Kickin Hawk
Species – Unknown
Home World – Unknown
Abilities – Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Dexterity
Enhanced Speed
Enhanced Agility
Enhanced Acrobatics
Enhanced Reflexes
Enhanced Jumping
Enhanced Flexibility
Retractable Talons
Prehensile Feet
Shock Waves
Limited Space Survivability
