Pyrrha was feeling things she'd never felt before! Adrenaline was filling her body as she combatted the smaller but incredibly powerful opponent in Nora! She would never have expected so much strength and sheer power to form in such a tiny package. Though, from what she saw the girl didn't like her very much, she didn't know the reason, but it possibly had something to do with her big brother Jaune.

As the two parted, Pyrrha herself eyed the boy, he was quite charming if she did say so herself. He'd gone out of his way to talk to her, though he had fallen flat on his face a few times well figuratively anyways.

Still, it was nice, no one has ever really bothered to talk to her before. Most of the students here were a good example of that, the moment that Nora had challenged her, she could hear their jeers, and contempt, they didn't expect Nora to stand a chance.

But here she was, not only challenging her, not only holding her own but even pushing her back! Pyrrha hadn't expected to have this level of thrill, especially not on the first day. It was like all of the morning's anxiety had been for nothing. It was like all those years had been nothing but a dream. She couldn't help but feel her heart feel good, really good for the first time in forever. She felt so much lighter, as if there was a huge pressure that was removed from her shoulders.

Though she couldn't see it, her smile was beaming, she was having the most fun she'd ever had. And when Nora started to smile too? When the girl started to verbally challenge her? That was all the better, she really hoped they could actually be friends! As the match came to an end, she felt her body relax, she was exhausted. She couldn't even remember the last time someone had tired her out.

She grimaced when she heard the results, this didn't feel like a win, it was definitely a draw. But those anxieties vanished the moment that Nora stretched her hand out to her, "THAT WAS AWESOME!"

Pyrrha smiled, this was nice, this was really nice. "Indeed it was."

Before she could say anything else, she felt herself being pulled into a massive group hug. Both boys had jumped on stage, pulling the two girls together. Red dusted her cheeks as she felt herself being pulled against Jaune's broad shoulders. This was nice too… oh… she shouldn't be thinking those thoughts.

"THAT WAS AMAZING! WOW!" That little touch of red soon bloomed into full on crimson.

"She was awesome! You're going to be my training buddy from now on!"

"It was incredibly impressive."

"Sniff...sniff…" She couldn't help it, her heart fluttered in her chest, and tears began to drip from her eyes.

"Jaune what did you do?!"

She felt Jaune let go of her as he jumped back, "I… I'm sorry! I didn't… I uh! I shouldn't have grabbed you like that! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry!"

Pyrrha couldn't help herself, she felt relief hit her so hard that she'd lost control of her emotions. "I.. no… no it's… it's not that… I'm just… I'm just so… so happy." Being congratulated wasn't something she was used to, not anymore, only her parents cared enough. Everyone just expected her to be amazing, this was so overwhelming.

"I… so you don't mind if I uh… hug you?" She simply shook her head, that was till she felt arms wrap around her. She was pulled into a gentle hug, a soft hand pressed against the back of her head. "It's okay… it's okay… you're not alone, you're not alone." His voice was soft and low, as if he was speaking to a child, but it… it made her calm.

"I… thank you… I… you're really good at this."

"Of course he is! He's the best big brother!" Nora didn't miss Lie eyeing her, "Pfft you know it's true Lie!"

The boy simply smirked and nodded, "He really is. Comes with the territory of having 7 younger siblings."

"SEVEN?!" That had thrown Pyrrha off her game.

"Well uhm, there's actually ten of us. Heheh…"

"Wow…" Pyrrha was floored by the idea, still she felt good, she felt happy and safe.

"Can… can we be friends?" She wasn't sure if this was how it was done, but it was her best bet.

"Weren't we already?" It was Nora, the one that shocked her the most.

"We… we are?"

Jaune nodded his head, "Of course, strangers are just friends that you haven't met yet."

"Ya! And we fought! That was thrilling, so obviously we're best friends now!"

Pyrrha felt that things were going to be okay, she wasn't so alone after all.

The rest of the day went by pretty uneventfully. Though she got to see Jaune and Lie battle as well. Apparently some people that didn't appreciate boys getting closer to her decided they'd show her what they were made of. To her pleasant surprise Jaune and Lie had proven to be massively impressive compared to the rest of their peers.

Some blue haired guy had decided to take Jaune on, he was impressive, used a polearm. But he found Jaune incredibly hard to move. The boy was like a massive wall, his weapon of choice happened to be a sword and shield, something Pyrrha felt pride in, and something else.

She watched as every attack was met with a shield, she noticed how Jaune rarely struck, instead opting to defend. She was in awe of his shield play, he was parrying blows with such precision, he must have put a lot of practice in his defense. To her surprise the last blow was an interesting one, the blue haired boy attempted to do a forward thrust.

Jaune had used his shield to parry the blow and then used the flat of his sword to slam the boy's hands causing him to drop the polearm. When he tried to reach for it Jaune kicked it back, pressing his sword against the boy's throat forcing him to surrender. She could see he was a little sloppy on the offense, but his defense was amazing, she wondered if he'd be willing to train with her.

Lie's had also been interesting, a tanned girl with bleached blonde hair had been his opponent. She was using only his fists, something Lie apparently mimicked, but the impressive part was how he'd been able to counter her. It was like he was used to fighting someone who used fist combat. The match ended when he channeled a bit of his aura into a strike that struck her across the chin. The girl fell flat almost instantly, the rest of the class kept quiet and chose not to make a big deal of the three that approached Pyrrha from then on.

To her surprise, the blue haired boy and bleached blonde girl had congratulated their opponents, apparently appreciating them as the real deal.

Over all though? Today went splendidly, she was absolutely ecstatic and happy with how everything went.

Though the best surprise came when they walked her home, well, it was more like they all were walking towards the same place. She stopped at her home and realized something, "You guys were the ones from last night!"

They all looked at her quizzically and then it hit them, "Oh! You saw us, that was Jaune's room!"

She felt crimson touch her face once more as she realized her room was right across from hers. "Oh!"

"Yeah, this is our sisters house. We're staying with her for the next four years… you're uhm… you're welcome to come over whenever you'd like."

Pyrrha smiled, nodding in response, "I… I think I'd like that."

Nora and Lie made their way in, but Jaune stayed a little longer, "It… it was really fun meeting you Pyrrha."

She nodded "It was… thank you so much…"

"I… you don't have to… but you're welcome." His smile warmed her heart. "Well… I gotta go, you have a goodnight okay?"

She nodded, she believed she would have a goodnight.

He waited for her to go in first, as she closed the door she let loose her contained emotions. "YEEEEEEES!" She couldn't help but jump up and down in excitement.

"Honey?!"

Her parents came over in surprise, "is everything okay?" Her dad was confused at her sudden show of positive emotions.

"I MADE FRIENDS! AND THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS!"

Silence followed, until her parents ran towards her and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Sniff… I todl you sweetie, you'd find people."

She nodded against their hold, "Yeah, they were amazing… I'm… I'm really happy." She felt her emotions get the better of ehr again, tears filled her eyes once more.

Her and her parents stayed together for a good few minutes. That night as she was preparing to go to sleep she heard a tap at her window. Opening the curtains she noticed Jaune, in the most adorable blue onesie she'd ever seen.

"Hello Again."

His smile filled her body with warmth, "Heya."

"Just wanted to wish you a good night again. I can't wait to see what happens going forward."

She nodded in response, "I agree… thank you for being my friend Jaune."

He simply smiled, and scratched the back of his head, oh that was really cute.

"No problem Pyr…"

Oh... her face turned crimson, "Uhm, do you mind if I call you that?"

She simply shook her head, "No no! I like it… thank you."

That night the two would enjoy a fun conversation, one that Nora and Lie would end up interrupting, but they just brought more joy.