Later on, the same day in the 1st year arrivals dorms...
Blake is sat upright leaning against the wall reading from a book of poetry being something of a past time for her especially if she wished to avoid the shadows of her past, she's thankful the air from the open Windows isn't the biting cold smogy air of a Nostraman hive as she turns a page on her book and her heart tenses up waits a romance chapter...something she's never been too good with and a sore spot for her especially with whom she fell for...
Her reading is interrupted when she lowers the book she's reading to look up and she sees both Ruby and Yang stood in front of her with the latter holding the former by the wrist smiling at her "hey I'm Yang and My adorable sister Ruby!" Blake raises an eyebrow as she isn't sure she's been recognised and Yang is playing dumb or Yang has no idea who she's talking to.
Clasping her book shut she answers "I'm Blake belladonna, I met your sister earlier today when she had her run in with the Schnee child."
Ruby nervously smiles "yeah... sorry about that I bet that didn't leave a good impression hehe.." Yang chuckles using her wing to pat Ruby on the head reassuringly " you worry too much, it's the 1st day after all, plenty of time to make friends "
Ruby retorts rubbing at her right arm "and plenty of enemies..."
Blake reluctantly speaks again "you are right your sister is adorable though, who knows perhaps we'll be on the same team " she ends with a smile before getting up and walking over to the balcony which has its own outdoor reading tables and chairs as the library is really close by.
Yang watches her walk away and feels her heart sink "why won't you talk to me Blaleria if that is you..." She thinks to herself, her wings drooping.
Ruby sees this and says "hey if that is her, she'll open up, you two were close I'm sure she's waiting for the right time" she pats her on the back as Yang feels a really strong pull to go speak to her but bites it down and settles on going to sleep as Ruby decides to do the same.
Jaune however can't sleep, he couldn't especially as his farther has caused so much pain especially with Yang, Blaleria and Ruby and Nora...
He grips the railing of the balcony on the far left of the building as he's slowly losing grip on his emotions his eyes welling up when he hears a male voice on his advanced ears. Turning to face it he sees a 17-year-old Faunus male, judging by his ears he's a deer type without the horns with a concerned look on his face "hey you ok there? I recognise the signs of depression when I see it, need some company?" his voice is a soft tone and is Valelian in origins but Jaune can pick up Terran Britannic common in it as well.
Jaune chokes down a sob as he responds "about as well as I can be, sure may as well" the deer Faunus takes a few steps beside him saying "the names Marcus, Marcus Atemo what about you?" He asks with Jaune responding "Jaune Arc, so, can't sleep.?"
Marcus answers "yeah, I was always a night time sort anyways, semblance related" Jaune already feeling his emotions start to calm down more "yeah I suppose that makes a fair bit of sense. So, what brings you here? " Marcus responds "mostly Penny pollendina, the ginger? Our school in Atlas needed volunteers to go with her here because she's a smidge weird, no offence to her personally but that's the reason."
Jaune raises an eyebrow "so you came all the way from Atlas to learn in beacon just because no one would go with a slightly off kid? I suppose if shears worse reasoning to do things. I can here because I wanted to be a Hunter like most of my family was, it goes back down through the blood line a long way"
Meanwhile back at white Fang HQ...
Barandor is kneeling on one knee in front of a shrine to Sanguinius he himself had made, he was meditating as a sort of his post battle rituals mostly to keep whatever traces of the flaws of the sanguinary bloodline at bay and to calm one's emotions.
His hands are tightly clasped around a blood stone gem from Baal something he had acquired when he last set foot on the sacred home world over 189 years ago.
His prayer and meditation are rudely interrupted by what sounds like an argument brewing outside and without his helmet on can't cancel the noise which greatly angered him. The argument from what he can pick out is two younger members of this revolutionary faction from what he can tell, setting the blood gem on the shrine he stands up and collects his power axe and exits the tent.
Once outside and after putting his helmet on the slots two young Faunus men fighting over loot, they had snagged on a mission that was desperate from his own, the loot in question was a collection of dust rounds and a few handfuls of designer clothes in particular a jacket form Yang's Angela line of jackets. His targeting reticule on his left eye lensed places two red rings on both their heads as he still has his bolt pistol locked to his hip, he dismisses the firing solutions as he stops but hairs breathe from the two now terrified young men and rests his sword hand on the handle of his axe.
"Why do you two squabbles? Explain yourselves" is all he says through his vox grill on his ancient helmet as his bright green eye lenses voice cast an eerie shadow across them both in the moonlight in the Forrest of Vale at night. The wolf Faunus answers him 1st "w... were brother's sir, we agreed to share our loot... And he isn't splitting it"
The young man's voice is shaky and trembling with transhuman dread especially with his hand ghosting the hand of his power axe.
The other brother speaks second "we dusted some Miner baron; I did the work he was a lookout"
Barandor feels his rage spark a bit at the pettiness on display "what is the value of this jacket, I'm aware of how valuable "dust" is to your people "
The 1st brother answers for the other "it's a designer jacket, too of the line stuff, it's an Angela line jacket, one of the few Faunus fashion companies putting out quality goods"
"Explain further, why is the name so valuable" Barandor demands again "it's run or at least it's public face is an Angel wing having Faunus a one-of-a-kind species"
Barandor then asks "show me" his curiosity greatly piqued as something form his mind recognises it but because of the brain damage can't call it to the fore front. The 1st brother pulls out his scroll and flicks up Yang's advert...
Barandor snatches the device as he looks at it intently and as if by her angelic grace his gene seed calls to him, it tells him from the very pit of his soul "my lords' daughter..."
He looks at the two boys and says "well the jacket, use the credits to purchase much needed medicine and split the dust. This will be the end of this squabble."
once the boys depart his sight, he feels a deep and sudden urge to take off and find her, as if duty, no his very soul demands of him, standing up he turns to finish his prayer and meditation and plan out his next actions...
The next day on the cliffs of Beacon...
Everyone is stood on their launch pads as Ozpin is giving his prep talk speech, Jaune is stood next to Marcus and Nora next to Cardin...
The former is without her famous giant wolf Fenria and being stood next to the son of the lion is making her both nervous and angry as the two NEVER got along with one another and often got violent when the two met outside the battlefield.
Cardin as Ozpin mid-way through his speech leans across and taunts the daughter of Fenris "looks like your precious mut won't be head to carry you to victory this time, do be careful you might actually feel a real fight"
Nora finds herself growling as her psychic might threatens to spill forth as she responds "be careful son of Caliban, your daddy isn't here to pull your feet from the fire."
Blake is stood next to the angelic Yang and is visibly nervous around her, her fear of what she'll say if she finds out who she is and starts asking her questions.
"It is said that the 1st person you meet when you land is destined to become your partner for the duration of your time in beacon so choose well, STAND BY" he says stepping out of the way as a countdown starts and Ruby who is stood next to Penny excitedly bounces on her feet as Penny coldly stairs ahead as Jaune catches Marcus checking him out the corner of his eyes making his face blush slightly.
Then one by one they are all launched into the emerald Forrest with Blake being launched last.
A short while later...
Blake makes a graceful enough landing and knowing she's alone she drops her disguise and gains a full foot in hight and gets more muscled as a result as she's going to enjoy fighting as her true self for a while.
Making her way through the woods with surprising speed making good use of the Gambol shroud to swing around the trees and keep to the shadows, seeing a lone Ursa she fires Gambul's pistol to fire it into a free so she could swing herself up higher so she can jump down into it.
The black beast reacts with aloud angry howl and it rushes to jump up to catch her swinging its paw it misses her completely and strikes the tree catching the tree bark and tearing huge swathes of it away along with some of the tree's trunk.
Wrenching Gambul free she turns it back into its sword form and uses her demi Primarch strength to leap of the tree aiming the sword for the Grimm's eye.
The Ursa howls as it redirects its immense bulk to face her but it's too late as the steel blade sinks into its eye socket and it shoots out the other sink splattering the tree and Forrest floor with brackish blood and a sickening crunch as the force of the strike breaks several bones in its skull. Using the momentum Blake pulls Gambul free and rolls across the Forrest floor muddying her spare dark blue jacket.
Turning her head, she sees her target is howling in agony as it thrashed around as it does a very slow painful death which makes her smile as a part of her darker nature comes out, leaving it to its fate she takes of as she hears the loud thundering cracks of dust rounds and she starts to not that direction flicking Gambul to wipe it clear of the fizzling Grimm blood.
Growling Yang's red thirst comes out in full as she's mid-air using her shot gauntlets to unleash a hailstorm of fire rounds to strike the Beowulf pack she's fighting, the rounds setting a few ablaze or severely stunning them. with a flap of her heavenly wings, she zooms towards an alpha with her left fist out in front of her and her wings ablaze.
Blake arrives in time to see her former love and fellow demi Primarch send her fist flying through a alpha's skull with the force and speed of the impact sending the headless corpse to the ground with an almighty thunk on the soil.
Blake seeing a youngling Beowulf charging Yang as she licks black blood form her fingers with a sadistic look in her eyes throws Gambul shroud and holds on to its cable.
Yang spins on her heels using her left wing whose tips are tipped in dust blended steel to try and slice the youngling but stops when a black blade sinks into its throat nearly decapitation it as it slams its black furred form into the soil. Looking up Yang can see Blake looking at her with her carapace ports out confirming she is indeed Blaleria which causes her flames to fade and tears to well up in her eyes "Blaleria..."
Blake reluctantly speaks "yes it's me... Look we've got a trial to do let's keep going we'll talk later ok" she says bringing her hand up to cup Yang's face "I'm sorry if I've been distant, come on" she drops the hand and pulls Gambul free as Yang stops her and hugs her tight wrapping her wings around her "please let me have this moment..."
Meanwhile elsewhere...
Penny had used her rocket boots to make sure she landed without a problem but felt someone slam into her sending her to the floor.
Taking a few seconds to adjust her eyes she looks down and sees Ruby Rose has been the one to impact her and has landed face 1st into her chest which wasn't small in size. Not really able to feel pain she says with a bright and bubbly tone says "Salutations! I'm penny! "
Ruby groans as she lifts her head up from Penny's chest and goes redder than her cloak when she rolls of her and starts frantically apologising "oh my gods I'm sorry! I didn't mean to land on your chest... I..I.." Penny waves it of saying " it's fine miss Rose you feel looked like you enjoyed your landing! " She says holding her hands behind her in polite gesture.
this has the nervous demi Primarch going even redder saying "o... ok.. let's get going Penny, " the two start to skip away as Ruby thinks "holy shit, is this an AI?! No way a human speaks like that help even take a direct impact like that and feels nothing"
She's brought out of her thoughts when Penny asks "so what does that symbol on your cloak mean?" Ruby answers reaching behind her head " it's a family crest " she says receding to the fact she's wearing the Death Guards legion symbol on her cloak with a rose clutched in the skull's teeth.
Penny nods in response "I look forward to being a huntress with you Ruby Rose"
Ruby responds grabbing onto her wrist saying "let's be going friend! Let's see if we can beat the others to the temple!" Penny smiles wildly and holds onto Ruby even tighter as the two soon of into the Forrest.
To be continued in part 3...