Prologue and Chapter 1: So it begins


Author's Note PLEASE READ:

I've been working on this story for the better part of two years. It's the first fanfiction that I've ever actually bothered to carry beyond the first twenty-thousand words and the first one that I'm ever uploading.

I'll be uploading chapters periodically once they've gone through some intense editing so don't expect regular updates. The story is essentially a slightly AU timeline of RWBY based on a series of 'What ifs'. There's going to be a mountain of things that aren't canon, especially my pairings because I wanted to take my story down a different path from the current RWBY plot i.e a bunch of minor variations in timelines and events that occur. Some pairings that are planned but won't be the main focus are Blake x Sun and one of my OC's, Nitro x TBD. Love Bumblebee but for the sake of this story Yang will be paired with one of my OCs, also I feel like they did my boy Sun dirty and he deserved some more love.

I have full character Bios with backstory written but I won't be uploading those as I'd prefer to reveal their stories and details over time. If there is a request for it, I could always release concise, non-detailed versions with basic information.

Updated: 19/10/22


SUMMARY: Team ASHN, consisting of the dragon Faunus siblings, Nova Alexandrite Flareheart, Luna Sapphire Flareheart, and the human siblings, Hex Magenta Zephyr and Nitro Zephyr, students from Haven Academy fake their documents and transfer to Beacon Academy in an effort to keep a low profile and start a new life for themselves. But how does a team of highly sought-after individuals hide when they encounter a certain all-knowing Headmaster and a very overly friendly team RWBY? Mysteries behind the Flareheart siblings become unraveled and team RWBY and ASHN find themselves entangled in the threads of destiny. Their goals couldn't be any more different but for some reason, fate decided they would end up being one and the same.

Ruby x Nova is the main pairing that will be focused.

I don't own RWBY or their plot, those are owned by Rooster Teeth (as if you didn't already know). I just my OCs and the unique stuff that I added.


Prologue

We are Remnants, born from a forgotten past. Man, born from dust was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. Creatures of darkness and destruction. Grimm threatened man and man's creations. These forces clashed, the darkness was bent on returning man and his brief existence to the void.

Mankind has created many tales throughout history, one of the most beloved is the tale of the four maidens.

Four Maidens, who held power over the elements, without the use of dust. Set to protect humanity from the darkness of the world. These maidens, named after the four seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, watched over Remnant and mankind.

A wondrous fairy tale to be sure… but as we know, all fairy tales hold some truth, based on history… and all history has a few lost chapters.

Another tale lost to nearly all of hummanity, yet told to the Faunus children whose families were old enough to remember.

Legend tells that the Faunus, born in the dark continent of the world were created alongside humans to be the Gods' elites. The bridge between animals, the purest of God's creations, and humans, the most complex creations.

Alongside the four maidens were the Aspects of Remnant. Powerful Faunus who, like the maidens, wielded powers of the elements, charged with protecting the Shards of Remnant, fragments of the gods that balanced the natural elements of the world, in their time they were commonly referred to as the Aegis, the Shields of the Natural World. They were born from the original families of the Faunus tribe. Children born with these gifts were marked by a symbol on their left shoulders, a birthmark that represented their Aspect.

The humans and the Faunus of today, only know of 'The War of the Four Kingdoms,"... but what if there was a fifth? Erased from history? The Kingdom of Gaia, upon the dragon-shaped continent, where the Faunus people lived and thrived. A kingdom that never took part in the world war because they were struggling against a different enemy on their own, some say it was the Grimm threat, some say it was civil war... some say both.

After the Great War of Pandora, most of the original Faunus clans were wiped away. Only four pure-blooded clans remained, The White Dragons, the royal family of the Faunus, known for their shimmering hair and manipulation of Fire, most of their Aegis were fire-born. The Black Cats, their stealth and observation skills made them adept assassins, and their Aegis were shadow. The Golden Lions, the proudest of the four clans, they were masters of combat and lived for war, their Aegis were light-born. The Grey Wolves, the most loyal of the four clans, they served as the protectors of the crown, their Aegis were aqua-born. Elements of Air, Earth were lost, believed to be gone forever.

The families dispersed themselves throughout Remnant, abandoning their home only to be caught up in the War of the Four Kingdoms... a dark time in their past. Further down the line, the Faunus Rights Revolution happened, the race who had been scattered so thinly had abandoned their monarchy and adopted a new lifestyle in Menagerie. The White Dragons integrated themselves into a political council with the other families and such is life as it is today.

Such is the lost tale of the Faunus people. Some know it as merely a fairy tale told by old families… but some refer to it as History's Lost Chapter.


Chapter 1: So It Begins...

The fire had spread to all corners of the house. "You need to get out of here now! Take your sister and run, run as far as you can and never look back! Trust no one, just get as far away as possible, you two are all that is left of this family and I will not lose you!" Quartz Flareheart shouted over the sound of the raging inferno. He shoved a young Nova and Luna out of the hidden trapdoor in the cellar.

"Uncle Quartz but-!" "NO, YOU GET OUT OF HERE NOW GO!". Nova could only watch in horror as the flames engulfed the old man.

Nova woke with a start, cold sweat thick on his forehead as his chest quaked from the rapid beating of his heart, turning up his wrist he checked his wristwatch, 10:00 p.m. They didn't have much time. He quickly roused the other three members of his team.

"Come on wake up, we have to get to Vale before the sun rises," he said.

"Uh… five more minutes…" the smallest one, Luna, said, she knew better than to go back to sleep, however.

The city's lights gleamed brightly over the horizon. Like a shining ray of hope akin to a sunrise amidst the pitch black of the forests surrounding it. The four cloaked figures traveled on foot, moving effortlessly and silently through the dense forest.

"We must move quickly, there's no telling when they may catch wind of us," The tallest one said. Sneaking their way over to the borders of the city, they approached the gates, large gray steel doors that separated outside threats from the peaceful city. The great walls that surrounded Vale imposed an image of a pristine society... though not nearly as high-class as Atlas. The wind zipped through their hooded faces, the icy chill of the night air freezing their skin, as they reared their heads to gaze at the security battlements.

They stood at the gated border where they were approached by two guards, spotlights trained on them. "Halt! Who are you and what business do you have?" A short stocky policeman inquired.

The team leader spoke "We are exchange students from Haven Academy, we wish to enter the city," the team members each drew out solid ID cards showing their legitimacy.

The policeman eyed them cautiously, "These could be faked, students wouldn't be arriving at this hour of the night, especially on foot and with all the Grimm, you four are coming with me," he said aiming his rifle at them, other guards had formed a line of defense around the gates, their weapons trained on the four as well.

Before he could make a move, a feminine called from behind him, "Ah Team ASHN (Pronounced Ashen), welcome, we were expecting you, Mr. O'Brian there is no need for any of that, these kids are here under Beacon's request," A tall woman with blonde curled hair and glasses stepped up to the policeman.

"Ah Professor Goodwitch, my apologies, it's just suspicious that students would be arriving at this hour of the night, not on any transports or groups." the policeman voiced his concerns.

She sighed, pushing up her glasses, "Your concerns are understandable; we were just as surprised as you when we received word from Headmaster Lionheart," Glynda said pushing up her glasses, she was clad in her standard white blouse with a black skirt and high heels.

"Team ASHN due to your unorthodox arrival, Bullhead transports to Beacon won't be operational until eight in the morning." she checked her watch, the time was 1 a.m. She wouldn't even be out this late had it not been for Ozpin receiving a last-minute email from Haven Academy stating they would have some students arriving at this time on the transfer, why this hour of the night she had no idea. Those details were left on a need-to-know basis from Ozpin.

"Couldn't they make an exception?" Nova asked, unrealistic as the situation seemed, he was hoping to get settled in quickly. Glynda eyed him, "Alexandrite Lucius, team leader, I presume?".

The boy nodded affirmatively.

"We haven't fully prepared your living arrangements yet since we received your information just yesterday, but you can rest in a hotel, I will see if I can…" she was cut off by the team leader, "No need, we won't be sleeping tonight, we spent the entire day sleeping to make night travel on this route to avoid the daytime Grimm in the Emerald Forest,".

"Where are your bags?" She asked glancing around them as they stood on the spotlighted asphalt. "Hex has them in her pack," The second tallest one there spoke up.

"She fit bags loaded with clothes into that tiny pack?" Glynda gestured her riding crop at the fairly average black backpack that the tallest girl had on her, the look of skepticism on her face was clear even in the dark of the night.

"I have my ways, though fitting Nitro's stuff was a problem," she replied, earning a semi-loud yell of agitation from the boy who stood a few inches shorter than her.

"You sure you don't want me to find you a room for the night?" the professor looked them over again, their clothes and features hidden under their heavy cloaks, the only thing visible were their faces and even that was limited to the two taller ones. The leader and the short girl had masks over their mouths and noses.

"Thank you for the offer again Professor…" Nova said not knowing her name.

"Goodwitch, Glynda Goodwitch." She finished for him.

"Yes, thank you Professor Goodwitch but we'll be fine." He corrected his reply.

"Suit yourself," She said and walked off with a wave of her riding crop, her mind wondering at their story. Daytime Grim? Weren't most Grim active at night? What's with the masks on the leader and the short one?

Team ASHN was also left wondering just what type of peculiar teacher rolls around with a riding crop for a weapon. Especially one that looked that good.


"Come on guys we have to get there before they close" squealed a hyperactive 15-year-old black-haired girl to her exhausted team.

She stood around 5'5 wearing a black gothic-style top with a similarly styled red hemmed skirt. She sported black combat boots and a red hooded cloak and a belt with a rose symbol around her waist.

"Ruby, the store can't possibly close until like six in the afternoon you dragged us out of bed at seven in the morning on a Saturday for reasons we aren't even aware." A snowy-haired heiress spoke to her young leader. Her white dress with a skirt that went to her knees, and matching jacket blew behind her as they hustled down the sidewalks of Vale city.

The other two members of her team, a fiery-tempered blonde with light-purple eyes and a personal motto of 'punch first ask questions later' and a black-haired girl with a calm personality hung back. The blonde had a lion-like mane of hair that draped down to her waist, she wore a khaki tank top and similarly coloured short-shorts, and around her neck was an orange scarf.

The last girl wore a white jacket and black top matched to black long pants. A black katana strapped to her back and a bow on her head, made her look like a ninja cat.

"Honestly couldn't this have waited for a few more hours, sleep is an integral part of being a Huntress you know!" The blonde, Yang Xiaolong said in an irritated tone. She looked to her partner for input but the black-haired girl, Blake Belladonna, simply shrugged. Her concept of sleep was mid-day naps.

"Integral? Yang, I wasn't aware you knew words like that?" Weiss mocked. Yang just shot her an offended look.

"Listen this is life or death, if I don't get to the store in time, I could potentially explode...okay not really but this is important!" Ruby shouted while waving her hands in the air. "Think of it as a team-building exercise. I mean we did get formed a couple of days ago," Ruby placed a finger on her chin, and the others just groaned at their young leader.

All members of team RWBY minus the leader were about ready to drive their heads into a wall.

Weiss, practically fuming said, "You…dragged us out of bed…at 7 a.m… for a new MOD SHOP?!" each word uttered with increasing fury.

"Okay okay I know it sounds bad but this place just opened and they put out an ad a few days ago that opening day they would have a 50% discount on all long-range weapon mods and we need to be here before they get sold out!" Ruby tried to appease her partner.

"Look we are already here we may as well give the place a shot," Yang said attempting to be a voice of reason. The punster only managed to get Blake to laugh while Ruby was already dragging Weiss inside the crowded store.
"I'll stay out here, the crowd in there makes me uneasy," Blake said. Yang nodded understanding.

"Okay we shouldn't be too long!" came Ruby's faraway response as the reaper had already ventured inside.

The store was huge, to say the least. It may as well have been the size of a small mall. Titled Hunter's Emporium in bold red letters above the entrance, the store was brand new to Vale, having their only other branches in Atlas and a small branch in Vacuo. Inside the store was lined with shelves and cases loaded with guns, swords, dust, weapon modifications, parts, and more. Using her Semblance, the hyperactive girl became a blur of red petals dragging a poor unfortunate Weiss with her around the store. They finally reached the aisle labeled "Sniper's and Artillery" only to find out, the majority of stock had been depleted.

Needless to say, Ruby Rose was a little disappointed. Deciding to have a look around at whatever was left she instantly perked up after spotting the very thing she needed. A high-capacity dust loader, designed specifically for loading .45 and .50 caliber bullet casings with dust inside a sniper rifle while allowing the empty shells to be refilled with dust cartridges attached to the side. Instantly her hand sprang for the item only for it to collide with another.

"Oh sorry, I really want this so ca-…" Ruby's brain almost shut down when she looked at the owner of the hand. He stood 5'9 with mismatched eyes, his left was red while the right was black, and his jet-black hair lay flat under, and red and black hoodie. His crumpled blue jeans and combat boots filled out the rest of his outfit.

She observed that his mouth and nose were covered by what appeared to be a black ninja mask. The hoodie covered his hair creating the illusion of an unrecognizable face. His gaze was strong and matched Ruby's stare, both of them had widened eyes and raised brows. Ruby could tell something was off about him, not in a bad way, but as if he were wrapped in mystery... a mystery she wanted to solve. The scar that crossed his left eye from the upper left corner to the lower right corner didn't look too bad either, it gave off a battle-worn aesthetic.

He was the first to break the moment, "Oh uh… no need to apologize, I wanted this loader for my weapon but it isn't a total necessity, it's yours if you want" he chuckled slightly, his facial muscles forming what appeared to resemble the face of someone smiling. He had a semi-deep voice, one not surprising for your average 16-year-old.

"Ah…. Thanks, you're a huntsman," It wasn't a question, no other reason for a person to be in a weapon mod store specifically for huntsmen if they weren't one themselves.

"Huntsman in training, I'm still 16 after all. It'd be weird if I already had my license." He said.

"A year older than me huh., are you new in town? I've never seen you before, I'm from Beacon Academy, Ruby Rose at your service," She stuck out her hand in the form of a handshake, as amiable as ever.

He looked a little taken aback by her forwardness but she seemed nice enough, so he opted for the social approach.

The boy took the hand and shook it firmly "N- Alexandrite Lucius, I'm one of the new transfer students from Mistral, you have great taste in weaponry if you plan on making use of that mod." He almost used his real name when he answered. She was just so friendly that Nova felt his senses dull. (A/N: From here on Nova and Luna, as long as they are in disguise, will be referred to by their alias both in and out of the conversation. Whenever you see me use their real names it means, if it wasn't previously stated, that they're either not in disguise or it was ignorable. You'll be able to tell in context, this is just a heads-up.)

Weiss stood off to the side, her existence long forgotten as she had her arms folded in irritation, her left eye twitching and finger tapping against the side of her forearm. She could feel whatever ounces of patience she still had, wearing thin when she realized the direction of this conversation.

"Oh, you bet I do," Ruby took Crescent Rose from behind her back and unhinged it to its sniper form. "This is Crescent Rose, a foldable scythe and…" "And a .45 caliber high impact sniper rifle?" Alexandrite finished for her. "Yeah, how did you know?" She turned to him to see his eyes gleaming with excitement. A sweat bead formed on her head, she wondered if that was how she seemed to her friends when it came to guns. "May I?" he gestured towards it.

"Sure, I guess…." Ruby awkwardly handed over the weapon, a bit uncomfortable allowing a stranger to touch it. "Wow high-pressure dust chamber with dense rubber, shock suppression grip this thing is gorgeous!" Alexandrite was as into the weapon as much as Ruby was. He handed it back to the baffled girl.

Her eyes widened at his accurate analysis of her weapon, "RIGHT?! And check this out" Ruby took Crescent Rose back and unfurled it into its scythe form, causing the nearby store shoppers to recoil in shock at the size of the weapon. Alexandrite admired the scythe in all its glory. "She's beautiful, you truly do have great taste in weaponry, my fellow connoisseur of the scythe type."

Alexandrite turned revealing a 25' length, black scabbarded katana at his waist, the hilt was oddly shaped, carrying a more mechanical look than the traditional wooden grip, it posed a gold dragon design on the scabbard and a trigger mechanism on its sheath near the hilt of the sword. "This is called Asura, she's got a few features up her sleeve like also being a semi-automatic low recoil marksman rifle," Alexandrite wanted to explain more but was interrupted when a certainly irritated heiress whose existence seemed to have been forgotten about grew too impatient.

"Ruby Rose if you don't get your thing and leave in the next 5 minutes, I will freeze your bed solid during the night! You can finish your little gun convention some other time, I have important things to be doing," Weiss said with a huff as she dragged the red-hooded teen to the cashier. Ruby waved to the young man "See you at Beacon byeeeee," she said quite loudly as she was being dragged off.
Alexandrite stood chuckling a little, he couldn't help but think that the upcoming tournament had a bit more to look forward to now.


Alexandrite walked out of the store to meet the displeased faces of the three people he had the pleasure of calling family.

"You certainly took your dear sweet time," A tall dark-skinned girl with light hazel eyes and bouncy purple hair said with her hands on her hips. She wore a long purple tailcoat unbuttoned with a black shirt and pants underneath, two purple mechanical-looking blade sheaths were attached to her hips.

"Hex please, I'm sure he had a good reason for having us stand outside for this long," said the red-haired young man as he stood next to Hex with his arms folded. He wore a white jacket over a blue undershirt with camo-style parachute pants and boots, and chrome mechanical bracelets were seen on both his wrists.

"Guys we all know he just lost track of time fangirling over some new piece of gear, I swear my brother eats, sleeps, and dreams sharp objects," A short young girl, around 14 years of age wearing gothic style clothes with dark blue accents and a navy blue hooded cloak, her hair was pink with cyan blue eyes. As she spoke a single fang tooth could be seen.

"Come on Luna, it wasn't like that," Alexandrite attempted to appease his little sister. She swatted his arm as he placed it on her head, "Stop using my real name in public 'Nova' or should I say Alexandrite, call me Sapphire remember" she huffed angrily her cheeks puffing in a pouting form.

The older male teen of the group, Nitro, raised his eyebrow, "I couldn't help but notice a certain girl who was leaving the store a few minutes ago waving goodbye to you," He nudged Alexandrite with his elbow. Hex placed her hand by her mouth and grinned while making a flirty noise from her throat.

Sapphire looked at him mouth agape, "My anti-social brother? Talking to a girl?!" she wiped an imaginary tear from her eye, "They grow up so fast,". The three of them started laughing uncontrollably while Alexandrite stood there feeling attacked.

"Look I was just killing time we aren't supposed to show up to Beacon for another…." He looked at his watch "Oh shit we're late!"


A bespectacled man, clad in a black suit accompanied by a dark green undershirt, a similar coloured scarf wrapped around his neck, a single cross-shaped pin sitting neatly on its front. This was none other than, Professor Ozpin, who sat at his desk skimming through what appeared to be the student profiles of the new transfer students.

"Alexandrite Lucius, sixteen years old, team leader, joined two years early at the age of fifteen, Semblance Adaptation, the ability to use aura flexibly to overcome any adversity up to three times your physical capabilities. Sapphire Lucius, the youngest student to ever be admitted into a Huntsman Academy at the age of fourteen, soon to be fifteen, Professor Lionheart must have seen some serious potential in you if he allowed you in so early." Ozpin noted causing the young girl to attempt to hide her face in embarrassment.

"Semblance… Iron skin? An incredibly high defense that isn't dependent on aura levels, interesting." He rubbed his chin in thought.

"Hex Magenta-Zephyr, seventeen, adopted sister of Nitro Zephyr and the Zephyr family. It says here you are a licensed Technology Specialist. Impressive for someone so young. Semblance Signature Mimicry, the ability to copy the signatures of anyone you know, whether that be handwritten, biological, DNA, handprint, Retina shape, fingerprints," He continued. Hex felt her brow furrow… she didn't put that on the profile…

Before she could think further Ozpin pulled up the final form, "And Nitro Zephyr, seventeen years old, heir to the Zephyr Security Corporation, Semblance Friction Control." They felt like deer in headlights, struck with shock incapable of moving. Most of this information was accurate, the documents were forged. Hex used her semblance to forge Lionheart's signatures on the documents and hacked the school's email to reroute all conversations between Ozpin/Beacon and Haven/Lionheart to her. She was incredibly meticulous in hiding their traces so how…

"You are all students from Mistral's Haven Academy, transferring to Beacon on our exchange program. You certainly have a record, eight successful Grimm hunting expeditions, no casualties, and relatively good grades except for Mr. Zephyr," the professor said, continuing to play along, knowing the effect he was having on them. Alexandrite made a smug smile while his sister swatted him over the head for not being humble., they were determined to force the act.

"Thank you, sir, we ho-" Ozpin raised his hand to cut off Alexandrite.

"Highly prone to disobeying authority and straying from objectives. Numerous accounts of damage to public property and overall reckless abandon," Ozpin laid the papers back onto the table. Alexandrite could only hang his head in shame and embarrassment. Hex facepalmed.

"Overall, you are an exceptional team of student hunters and huntresses minus a few kinks, I certainly hope you can back up your profiles, especially you two, Nova and Luna Flareheart, the last known heirs of the Faunus royal family." He gestured to Alexandrite and Sapphire.

The two teens stood stiff, unsure of how to proceed. Alexandrite spoke at last, "How did….we made sure to secure any trace of our identities upon leaving Mistral, just how...".

Ozpin simply stood from his chair and walked to them, placing a hand on Nova's shoulder, "Mr. Flareheart you cannot hide anything from me here, this IS my academy, as for how I know, that is my secret, just as your identities are yours. I know what you risk by revealing it but I assure you no one at this academy will place you or your sister in any danger. That being said your identities are up to your discretion. I will not reveal it nor compromise you. You need to trust me."

"I must commend you, Ms. Magenta, the fake transfer papers you sent us were outstanding. They looked real, the only thing you got wrong was that Professor Lionheart only writes his signatures in hawk feather quills, not a fountain pen. They are almost indistinguishable except from my eyes." Ozpin leaned back with a smile.

"Uh… thank you?" Hex raised an eyebrow in question

"I do hope that for the remainder of your stay here you won't be breaking into our school systems." Ozpin returned and Hex just shrugged.

Nova looked at the older man standing before him. He wanted to ask why they should trust him but if they couldn't they wouldn't be at Beacon in the first place. He contemplated for a bit, his sister looking at him nervously. He weighed his options, he could get out of Vale and start all over, risking his friends and his sister in the process, or place his trust in the man before him.

Nova finally looked Ozpin in the eye and said "Alright, however, we still chose to keep our fake identities, we aren't ready… I need you to swear you will tell no one, I need your word," Nova put his hand out for a shake.

Ozpin held his gaze and firmly took his hand "I swear, you have my word, Mr. Lucius," he said with a wink.

"Though you are all in your second year of training, you'll be starting over here at beacon from year one," Ozpin said with his arms folded behind his back.

"Year one? But Professor…" Alexandrite started but Ozpin raised his hand for silence.

"I know you have your qualms, but you all started a year early, except for Miss Sapphire who happened to start three years early... and Alex with two... however the case may be, our year one classes at Beacon are completely different from those at Haven. That being said if you wanted to take our year two classes, you'd need our first-year classes anyway to understand them. Am I clear?" Ozpin folded his arms now.

Nova nodded, "Yes sir, we'll accept the terms."

"Now, since you all are transferring you will need a guide, given your…current status, I have the best men or rather women for the job, your profiles and residency will be updated to your scrolls later in the day," Ozpin stated. Alexandrite could only raise his eyebrow as the professor pulled up his scroll and called.

"Glynda, can you call team RWBY up to my office, please? I would like them to meet the new transfers." He spoke over the phone. The office fell into a comfortable silence.

Nitro pulled out his scroll and texted his team, unsure if to speak his mind aloud, "Nova dude, you sure we can trust this guy? He hasn't said anything that put me off but…we can't be too careful," he texted whilst fidgeting with his clothes, specifically the hem of his pocket, a nervous tick that calms him, he was never good at dealing with authority.

"I think we can trust him, if he wanted us dead/taken hostage he'd have done it at the gates when we arrived in this city. It just kinda creeps me out how he knew who you two were," Hex replied.


Team RWBY and Team JNPR sat together at the cafeteria eating lunch together. Jaune Arc, a blonde, sat next to Pyrrha Nikos, his read headed partner, both trying to calmly enjoy their meal with friends while a certain orange-haired hammer-wielding Nora Valkyrie was recalling the tales of how she and Lie Ren fought down three packs of Beowolves when they were kids. All-clad in their Beacon uniforms which consisted of a black suit with a red tie and white undershirt for boys and a red plaid skirt, black jacket, white undershirt, and red bowstring around the neck for girls.

"And then out of nowhere an Ursa the size of Professor Port's appetite shows up and flies at Ren!" Nora attempted to create a visual using her spoon only to have a small glob of mashed potatoes fly onto a poor, unsuspecting, Professor Goodwitch. Nora having recognized the victim of her starchy assault instantly sat back down and tried to act unsuspicious. Goodwitch felt her anger boiling but instead simply sighed and wiped the potatoes off.

"Ms. Valkyrie as much as I would like to scold you for playing with your food, I have more important things to discuss," said the professor.

"What do you need professor?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah wassup, Glynda?" Yang added in placing her elbows on the table and gesturing with a spoon, which earned a deathly glare from the teacher. Yang recoiled in fear.

"As much as I dislike interrupting your way past noon lunch, I'd like the members of Team RWBY to follow me to the headmaster's office," Glynda said gesturing for them to get up with his cane.

Nora made an 'oooo' sound in the background while Jaunne spoke up "Is something wrong, Professor?"

"Quite the opposite Mr. Arc, they did nothing wrong it is just a matter regarding the new transfer students," she said as she began walking off. "I would have sent notifications to your scrolls but I figured this method would be quicker. Given the… nature of your team…"


-At Ozpin's Office-

Team RWBY exited the elevator with the professor to see four students already waiting inside.

"Team RWBY I'd like to introduce you to the transfer students from Mistral, Alexandrite and Sapphire Lucius, Nitro Zephyr, and Hex Argent-Zephyr. These four make up team ASHN" Ozpin said getting up from his seat and gestured to the teens.

Recognition immediately dawned on Ruby, and coincidentally Alexandrite at the same time.

"It's YOU!" Alex and Ruby said simultaneously while pointing to the other.

Ozpin raised his eyebrow inquisitively, "You know each other?"

It also dawned on Weiss as well, "Oh it's you, the guy from the weapon store, the one Ruby spent a good amount of my morning talking to," she said with light surprise.

Yang's eyebrow twitched slightly, "Ruby is there something you aren't telling me?"

"NO! It's not…that's not…." Ruby was having trouble forming a proper response being under such scrutiny.

"So, she's who distracted you huh, not bad bro," Sapphire elbow nudged her brother.

"Ah! No nonono it wasn't like…she just had a cool weapon and and and…" It was Alexandrite's turn to be embarrassed.

Ozpin stepped in "Okay well this makes this easier, Team RWBY I'm assigning you to be Team ASHN's guide during their stay at Beacon, you're all roughly the same age and in the same year so I thought it would be best if the exchange students had their own crowd to help them get accustomed to life here at Beacon".

"Leave it to us Oz," Yang said pumping her hand.

Alex's eyes met Blake's for a brief moment as he scanned over the team. There was a moment of uncertainty, she looked... so familiar...

Blake felt the burning stare, however brief the interaction was, and something in her clicked, she didn't know why but she felt that she knew him.


Well, that's it for the first chapter, it's a bit short but this is where I wanted it to stop for chapter 1. The story so far is up until the end of volume 2, so reviews and recommendations are welcome. If you have suggestions or ideas, maybe something you want me to add, something you want to see then feel free to say it, inbox me or leave it in a review, it's entirely up to you.