"Yang, where are you?..." was all that could be heard as a red blur sped past an especially thick portion of a forested area, red petals left in its wake. As this phenomenon continued to leave a trail a bipedal wolf-like creature tried to stop it with a mistimed tackle, only managing to leave a set of claw marks in a cloak now moving freely as the blur stopped. Now revealing a petite girl in her early to mid-teens wearing a short black hoop skirt and combat boots. She took a look at the perpetrator of what she considered a crime against her cloak, which was now in two with a good chunk of it lying on the forest floor with bitter sadness mixed with anger. Though the cloak itself had little material value the memories attached to it were another story. Seeming sensing what could be considered the girl's mirth as she began chuckling, the Lycanthrope mimic reared its back not before releasing a low growl to let out an even larger howl, but as it did so a mix of footsteps and what seemed like two gunshots could be heard, and with only a few seconds passing a distance of a couple of dozen feet that it took for the girl to stop her momentum and where the wolf had landed on all fours, the black crescent shapes blade of a scythe was at the creature's throat. The beast stood on its hind legs starting an attempt to back away from the girl as if the two understood the intent in both their actions, the wolf. "Sorry Mr. Beowulf, I can't let you call your friends..." The girl announced a frown clear under the hood hiding most of her face.

The Beowulf now towering over the girl made another motion to put some distance between it and the girl, but as soon as it did a gunshot was the last thing it heard as the blade followed the wolf's movement's cleanly cutting the creature's head from its body. The girl lowered the hood of her cloak to reveal long black hair, red highlights, and silver eyes complimenting a pale pretty face, though anyone who knew her would not describe her as such using that word. She couldn't help but agree, the situation of her outward beauty was a foreign concept to her, whether it was her as others would call her out on her 'childish' personality or the fact she has no acquittances outside of family, and even then she was only close with her father and sister. Speaking of her sister, she wondered if she was too late in finding her in this forest. "I got lucky, if you were fully grown I doubt I would have been able to put what uncle Qrow taught me to the test, I guess you were rather young... You didn't have a skull plate." She took a minute to examine the disintegrating wolf's head lying a few feet from its body. 'I need to train harder... That was a close call. But first Yang.' She thought to herself, pausing to look at the almost completely gone creature. "Hopefully you are not fighting these Grimm by yourself, Sis."

The girl paused in her tracks as a thought occurred to her, 'What if Yang has a partner already?' The thought made her a bit ill, she brought her hands to ruffle her hair as she squatted down, while she was half hugging her scythe for comfort as she let her anxiety take over. Taking a few sharp breaths she slowly began to calm herself down. Being apart from the sister clung to as part of the reason she came to Beacon Academy, studying to become a huntress to follow in their parent's and uncle's footsteps, that and her fetish for hunters' weapons. The second part was especially embarrassing to admit, though she blamed Qrow's training for that. Finally calming down she brought herself down to earth with a sigh. Slapping both cheeks with her hands she jumped to her feet. 'Right, backup plan Pyrrha seemed nice, and she has a great path as a huntress ahead of her... Wait, she would probably go after that boy, Jaune. And I don't want to play the third wheel for the rest of the test if I find her first.' She then brought a hand to her chin in thought, a small smile creeping on her face. "Right, Yang Plan A, Pyrrha Plan C, which leaves her for Plan B."

With her inner turmoil put aside for now she continued on her plan of finding her sister, but now with a second and third target in mind. After several minutes of traversing through the forest as fast as was humanly possible for her, coming towards a familiar head of white she took a sharp 90-degree turn heading and for the thickest brush, she could hide behind remembering the words of headmaster Ozpin about the first phase of this test.

"We are sending you to different parts of this forest, consider this as your most important test in your first years here at the beacon. For the first phase of this test, you have to find a partner, so we don't have anyone playing favorites. The first person you lock eyes with is going to be your partner for the rest of this test."

Withheld breath the young teen gave a silent apology as she hid from the white-haired girl who was currently investigating the noise made by her movement. 'Sorry Weiss, but you are at the bottom of the list of people I would partner up with.'

After what seemed like forever for the girl Weiss lost interest in whatever was making that noise, much to the girl's relief. She did not want to explain the reason why she instantly decided to hide from a potential partner and found a loophole in the test. Especially when it was an over justified argument on Weiss' part or from an outsider's perspective a case of bullying. That either here or there if it wasn't for one of the people she was looking for. Things would have gotten out of hand rather quickly. Hearing the faint sounds of leaving footsteps finally disappear, she came out of her hiding place. Sighing for what felt like the millionth time today she looked down the trail that the other girl went with a sad expression. Deciding to take the opposite path the girl redoubled her effort, desperate to find either of the three she wanted as her partner.

One thing she wasn't counting on was the amount of Grimm, creatures like the Beowulf she had an encounter with over an hour ago. She was in all honesty terrified, other than Weiss she had not run into anyone else since being dropped into a random part of the forest, and to be frank she was exhausted. When she trained with her uncle her stamina was never a focus. Her hyperactivity and enthusiasm left her with enough fuel to spare even after Qrow ended their sessions for the day. Yet another thing to add to the list of self-improvement. She couldn't keep this up for much longer, ready to call it a day she was tired of trying to avoid as many Grimm as she found. The next person she saw, if they did not yet have a partner... Well, she would have no choice but to join them. Hearing the snap of brunches, whether by an insane amount of luck or a ridiculous coincidence one of the people she was looking for came tumbling out of the tree line crushing into her under the tree that was her resting spot. Letting out a soft "ow" she slowly opened her eyes to see golden ones staring back into hers, the person's faces centimeters away from hers. Now realizing that her "plan b" is now on top of her with worry on her face, more than a few cuts, and a black eye forming over the right.

"Ruby Rose, right? You don't have a partner right? I really need your help." Plan b's golden yellow eyes peered down at her.

Though she was elated at the turn of events, the older teen adorned in black and white currently straddling her waist came to her and asked her. Ruby trying to keep her emotions in check finally gave her the biggest smile she could manage. "Of course, I would love to partner up with you. Sorry, but what was your name again?" Despite knowing the girl's name she felt the need to ask.

"Blake... Blake Belladonna."