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Chapter five.

As Lilly made her way over to the three young girls that will soon become members of team RWBY, she saw that Blake had started talking to talk to them and then said what Lilly knew was the rumours about Weiss's father as said girl began to sputter in response.

"-what- how dare-! the nerve of-! ugh!" Weiss tried to respond before taking the red dust from Blake's hand and storming off, well she would have if she had not bumped into me.

"whoa! Hold up there, what's going on" I said as I stopped Weiss from face planting into my chest "these two just insulted my family name with accusations!" she all bit steamed at me. "yea I know, but you are as guilty as them when it comes to accusing others" I replied and she looked flabbergasted "you what-!" she was about to say before I cut her off by showing the recording I had on my scroll of how Ruby fell into her lugged "isn't it un-lady like to accuse others, before getting the facts and dangerous to wave dust around like that?" I asked and she looked away in embarrassment "and isn't wrong to judge others because of their heritage?" I said towards Blake, which got me a wince in return as I had stuck a nerve.

"now how about this, we take a breath, apologise and start other" they did as I asked and the apologised "I'm sorry I crashed into your stuff," Ruby said " it's fine, I should have had it more secured. I'm sorry for yelling like I did" Weiss replied "I'm sorry for what I said with the rumours about your family, I've just had bad contact with them in the past, I shouldn't have put you in the same class as them without getting to know you first" Blake apologised "I know that my family has many rumours, I am trying to prove them wrong, so it's fine" Weiss replied as a pair of men collected her suitcases and took them off.

"Alright, so are we good?" I asked and they all nodded "we're good" Blake answered as they all nodded "well that's good, my names Lilly, nice to meet you Ruby, Weiss and Blake" I replied and grabbed their attention by saying their names "wait, how do you-?" Ruby tried asking what they were all thinking as I answered "I know a lot that I shouldn't, it's one of the reasons Ozpin let me join Beacon" "what are the other reasons?" Weiss asked and I smiled while tapping the side of my nose "a girl got to have a few surprises, right, angle?" I replied with a cheeky grin and got the response I wanted "a-a-angel!?" Weiss stuttered with a light blush and I chuckled slightly.

"as nice as it is to have met you all, I need to get going," Blake said as she turned and started to walk off "you too, see ya later!" I called and she gave a light wave back "I also need to be leaving, it has been…nice, speaking with you all" Weiss said as she left as well "bye! And I hope we can be friends!" Ruby called after her before collapsing to the ground "thanks for the help" she said looking up to me, I replied as I sat next to her "I just did what was right, you seemed like you needed help" "I really did, thanks again" she said as we fell into a comfortable silence. Until Jaune showed up and offered Ruby a hand.

"Hey, I'm Jaune," he said and Ruby replied "Ruby" while taking his hand and getting up, with me following her lead. She then snorted as she asked "aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" and caused me to laugh at her question, while Jaune looked bashful.

A short time later Lilly and her two new friends walked around the grounds while talking "all I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Jaune said trying to defend himself "you could get some pills or tablets for it, you know" Lilly said putting her two cents in "I guess I could have, but how do you go up and say "yea hello, I need some tablets to stop me throwing up in the sky" I wouldn't live it down" he replied "so? You would only see that person once, it's no big deal" Lilly stated making him think.

"look, I'm sorry vomit-boy was the first thing that came to mind" Ruby apologised as they all kept walking "Oh yea, what if I called you crater-face?" Jaune shot back "hey, that explosion was an accident" Ruby replied "well the names Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!" he stated with pride.

"…do they?" the two girls replied giving him a "really?" kind of look "they will" Jaune replied "well, I hope they will…" he continued not so sure anymore "I mean, my mom always says that…never mind" he went quite after that.

Ruby gave an awkward chuckle before speaking "so I got this thing" and pulled out Crescent Rose in its scythe form, ramming the tip into the ground. Startled Jaune jumped back slightly shouting "Whoa!" while Lilly just inspected the weapon up close "is that a scythe!" he carried on and the two girls nodded "it's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle" Ruby added hefting it up like nothing "a what-?" Jaune said like his mind couldn't keep up, Ruby cocked the gun making it click with Lilly adding "it's also a gun" "oh" Jaune said now understanding "that's cool!" he added sounding amazed.

"so what've you got?" Ruby asked excitedly "oh-uh, I got this sword," Jaune said unsurely as he pulled said item out. "oooooh!" Ruby replied a little impressed at the old school weapon "Yeah, I've got a shield too!" he continued showing said item and making it expand to its full size. "so what do they do?" Ruby asked gently tapping the shield, causing it to suddenly compress and expand at random and Jaune trying to catch it, he did so after a few seconds of juggling it.

"well…the shield gets smaller…so…when I get tired of carrying it…I can just put it away" Jaune explained making Ruby question "but wouldn't it weigh the same?" "Yeah, it does" Jaune sighed and bowed his head in defeat.

"well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. I guess I did go a little overboard designing it." Ruby said while holding Crescent Rose "wait. you made that?" Jaune asked astonished that Ruby could make such a thing "of course! all students at Signal forge their own weapons." Ruby explained "didn't you make yours?" she asked "it's a hand-me-down" He replied "my great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war" "…sounds more like a family heirloom to me!" Ruby spoke up trying to cheer him up "well I like it! not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days" "yeah. the classics" he replied sounding a little better.

"I like it too" Lilly spoke up getting their attention as she gently took his sword "don't you see Jaune? You are wielding your grandfather's weapon. A weapon that has helped him fight in a war, to defend, to protect. Not just himself but others as well. This sword has so much history within its metal blade and now you get to wield it, that is a great honour that you should be proud of" she stated as she gave it back to him, Ruby and Jaune took her words in and realised what she meant, that brought a smile to both their faces. "thanks" he said as he put his weapon away "just saying the truth" she replied as they kept walking.

"so why'd you help me out back there, in the courtyard?" Ruby asked Jaune "eh, why not? my mom always says, "strangers are just friends you haven't met yet"." He replied to her making her hum in thought "smart woman" Lilly said from by Ruby's side.

"Hmmm... hey, where are we going?" Ruby asked her friends "Oh, I dunno, I was following you" Jaune replied as they stopped "you think there might be a directory? maybe a food court?" he asked making Ruby start to giggle "some sort of recognisable landmark?" this had her snort "is uh... is that a "no"?" "that's a "no"," she replied with a small laugh.

"well, how about you follow me then, this way" Lilly spoke up leading them back the way they came "you know your way around?" Ruby asked "I have been here for a month, so yeah, I know my way around" Lilly replied "wait you're a senior?" she asked in slight shock "no, I'm a new year, like yourselves" Lilly explained "but then why where you here a month before everyone else?" "now that's a little secret that I will tell you at a later date, okay?" "fine" Ruby groaned at Lilly for not telling them now but kept quite at the promise of being told later.

The three of them arrived just as everyone was getting ready; everyone was standing around waiting for the announcement.

"Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!" called a tall blonde by the name of Yang grabbed the three's attention and saw said blonde waving at them "hey I gotta go!" Ruby said turning to Jaune "I'll see you after the ceremony!" and then ran off towards yang "Hey, wait!" Jaune called her but to no use "great. where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" that's when Lilly grabbed his shoulders and turned him around to face Pyrrha Nikos "try her" she said and gave him a small shove towards said girl before walking over to join Ruby and Yang.

"how's your first day going, little sister?" Yang asked as Lilly got within earshot "you mean since you ditched me and I exploded!?" Ruby shot back with her arms crossed over her chest "yikes. meltdown already?" Yang asked "no, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school and there was some fire an-and I think some ice" Ruby replied as she put a hand under her chin in thought.

"are you being sarcastic?" Yang asked "no she is being completely truthful" Lilly spoke up making Yang jump and spin round "ah! Don't do that! ...who are you?" she asked after her little heart attack "my names Lilly, nice to meet you Yang" Lilly greeted holding out her hand that Yang shook while nodding "you too. So you know my sis?" Yang asked "Yep, I helped her out at the front of the school and she really did explode. It was red dust and a sneeze. here take a look" Lilly said showing her what happened with her scroll.

"Oh my god, you really exploded," Yang said in a deadpan voice "it was an accident!" Ruby tried to defend herself just as Weiss showed up "hello Weiss nice to see you again" Lilly greeted her "likewise Lilly. I see you haven't blown anything else up?" Weiss said turning to Ruby who blushed, it seemed Weiss was slightly teasing the young girl, but you couldn't really tell without looking deeply.

"Yea, sorry again about that" Ruby replied scuffing her shoes on the ground a bit only to stop when Weiss gave her a pamphlet "here, I thought you could use it to help in learning more about dust" Weiss explained "thanks, Weiss…friends?" Ruby asked holding out her hand which Weiss didn't shake but said "we'll see" before turning to Yang "Weiss Schnee" she nodded to her and Yang replied the same "Yang Xiao long, Ruby's sister" that got a slightly raised eyebrow but nothing more.

At that moment the speakers turned on and everyone went quite as Ozpin began to talk "ahem... I'll... keep this brief. You have travelled here today in search of knowledge - to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." And with that, he walked off to the side letting Glynda take the mic "you will gather in the ballroom tonight. tomorrow your initiation begins. be ready. You are dismissed!" and that was the end of that.

"he seemed kind of off, almost like he wasn't there" Yang commented getting their attention "must be the council" Lilly spoke up drawing the heads to her "he must be under pressure from them and couldn't put his heart into it" she concluded and they nodded in thought, until Jaune walked up and said to Weiss "I'm a natural blond, you know!" causing said girl to pinch the bridge of her nose.

Hours later when the moon was high up, everyone was in the ballroom either asleep or about to go to sleep.

One little Ruby was laying down on her sleeping mat while writing a letter to her friends when one blonde beauty landed on the mat next to hers "it's like a big slumber party!" she spoke with enjoyment looking at her little sister "I don't think dad would approve of all the boys though" Ruby shot back while still writing her letter "I know I do" Yang replied with a purr, only to get turned off by Jaune walking by in a onesie.

"so you only like men?" a voice said startling Yang making her turn around to see Lilly in her sleepwear, "I said don't do that! And what do you mean "only men"?" Yang asked which got Lilly to give a predatory smirk that she had learned from Glynda as she silkily spoke "Oh don't play dumb Yang, I know that the thought has crossed your mind, just like it crosses every teenager's mind. "what would it be like? Would it be nice?" those types of thoughts, the type that make you a little afraid to find out" as she spoke she got in close to Yang, drawing Ruby's attention away from her letter "look me in the eye and say you haven't, ever, thought about it, even once" Lilly was basically on top of Yang but had not touched her and said girl was looking a bit nervures "i-i-I, t-that is-" she couldn't get her voice to stay straight as Lilly replied "well in any case, if you do or don't is all up to you. But let me ask one thing, who knows a woman's body better than another woman?" and with that Lilly had stood and walked away saying "see you later dragon" but Yang couldn't help looking at the retreating girl's hips with a blush on her cheeks as they swayed side to side.

A few moments later Yang came back to her senses saying "well…that was a thing?" and all Ruby could do was blush brighter than her cloak and nod.

"so…what's that?" Yang spoke looking to what Ruby had been doing, trying to change the subject. Ruby looked at her sister before looking at her letter "oh, a letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going" Ruby explained putting what happened to the back of her mind for now.

"Aww, that's so cuuuuute~!" Yang teased which got her a pillow to the face with a "shut up!" from Ruby "I didn't get to take my friends with me to school, it's weird not knowing anyone here" she said in frustration, still a little upset at Yang ditching her out front.

"what about Jaune?" Yang pointed out "he's nice! There you go, Plus one friend, that's a 100 percent increase! Then there's Weiss-" "she said we would see, that doesn't mean we are friends. Pretty sure that means a negative friend, back to zero" Ruby cut Yang off as she rolled onto her back.

"there's no such thing as negative friends! You just made one friend and one possible enemy!" and again Yang got hit in the face with a pillow, a doggie faced pillow.

"look, it's only been one day, trust me, you've got friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet" Yang said trying to help lift Ruby's spirit, not knowing she had said the same thing as Jaune's mother. Their attention was grabbed by a match being lit to the side, they looked to see one Blake sitting against a wall, with a lit candle to her side and a book in hand.

"that girl…" Ruby wondered out loud getting Yang's attention "you know her?" she asked "not really, just that Lilly called her Blake" Ruby replied still looking at the girl "she saw what happened this morning and she talked a little, but she left before I could say anything to her" "well, now's your chance!" Yang said grabbing Ruby's hand and dragging her up "hey, wait! What are you doing?" Ruby protested with a squeak as she was dragged to the girl they had spoken of.

Off to the side watching them go and talk with Blake was Lilly, she was blushing slightly at teasing Yang, she wanted to show Yang what it was like to be teased a bit, just a little fun is all…but something felt different when she did, she couldn't place her finger on it and tried to place it, but nothing came to mind.

As Lilly was thinking she watched the interaction between the three girls, then as Yang picked up Ruby to which lead to a small brawl between the sisters that drew one Weiss to the group, making Lilly chuckle a bit at them. She saw Blake about to blow out a candle only to stop when a voice spoke up saying "Lilly" drawing those still awake to the main doors of the ballroom, it was Ozpin and Glynda, the first having called out her name.

"Lilly, myself and Glynda would like to discuss something with you, if you would please" Ozpin spoke gesturing to the hallway "sure thing" Lilly replied as she walked out with the two adults, and to say a few eyes were watching the door was an understatement.

I walked into the hallway with Ozpin and Glynda, and for said woman to close the doors behind us "now I would like to-" "just a sec Ozpin" I said cutting said man off as I walked to the door, I then hit it hard which gave me a sound of a yell and tumbling. I chuckled as I whispered under my breath "it's not nice to eavesdrop little kitty" and I knew Blake would understand, as I knew she would try listening in.

I then motioned for us to walk a little farther down and the two nodded in agreement. We stopped a good twenty feet away from the door "as you were saying Ozpin?" I asked indicating for him to continue. "yes as I was saying, I would like to inform you of tomorrow's initiation. No doubt you already know what it is, but I have a different objective for you to do" Ozpin explained as I listened to him "you will not go after the relics at the end, nor will you seek a partner. Instead, you will make sure a group of students find the objects they are looking for and make sure they get to the cliff alive, you can do whatever you see fit during this time, help them, don't help them. It is up to you. You will also be launched after the others seeing as there are not enough launch pads" now I understood why he wanted to talk in private.

I nodded in understanding "got it, thank you for telling me this now, it will give me time to think" I said as the gears began turning in my head "just so you know is all" he replied as he and Glynda turned and made their way down the hall "one last thing, good luck" he said as Glynda nodded to me before going out of sight. I then made my way back to the ballroom to be greeted with four girls falling on top of me.

"well if I knew you four were so eager I would have taken you all out to dinner," I said making them blush and jump to their feet, stuttering to come up with an excuse. I chuckled a bit before getting up and answering what they were trying to ask "Ozpin just wanted to inform me that due to complications I will be following the rest of you a few seconds after the initiation has started, that is all" I explained to them, telling them part of the truth of why I was called by him and Glynda.

"Aw, is that all?" Yang said sounding disappointed, which made me smirk inside "well seeing as you are upset how about I spend the night with you, my dragon?" I asked leaning in close "t-that's okay! I'm fine!" she replied taking a step back "oh, okay then. I'll just cuddle with my little gem then" I said as I hugged Ruby from behind and making her blush "of course you are welcome to join in" "nope! That's fine, she was going to sleep with me anyway!" Yang said grabbing Ruby from me and hugging her into her own chest. As Ruby flailed her arms in an attempt to get free I couldn't keep my laughter in anymore "hahaha! You are just too easy to tease Yang!" I said while holding my sides, this made them gape at me "y-you were lying!?" they asked and I calmed down enough to talk "teasing a bit, yes, but I don't really lie. I really do want to cuddle with my cute little gem though" I said grabbing Ruby back into my arms, making her blush. "i-i-I would like to sleep on my o-own thank you" she squeaked out from within my arms, I pulled back with a pout "aww, okay. Maybe another time" I moaned as I let her go while complaining about losing my cute little cuddle buddy.

After everyone calmed down we went to bed, getting as much sleep as we could for tomorrow.


The next day, as the sun rose up over the horizon, Lilly awoke to the ballroom filled with sounds of sleeping soon to be students. She got up, got washed, dressed and then packed up her things, the items being a sleeping mat, her nightwear and the clothes she wore yesterday. She took the bag then left the room, noticing a few people starting to wake up, and took her bag to her room, placing it on her bed before grabbing some breakfast. After she was done she went down to the locker-room that the other students used to store their weapons and gear, she had one but didn't use it for anything.

She waited, as students came to collect their gear and leave, for a certain group to enter. She didn't wait long as an orange headed Nora and a black with pink strip haired Ren came in, with Nora talking Ren's ear off, and grabbed their gear. Off to the side was four other students, two being Yang and Ruby, while a little more downwards was Weiss and Pyrrha.

Lilly made her way over to Ren and Nora just as Nora said they should use Sloth sounds as secret communication "I don't think sloths make a lot of noises" Lilly said getting the two's attention "w-why would w-we need to know that? Hehe-" Nora said nervously "maybe you shouldn't talk about secret signals loudly with others around, people might hear" Lilly answered while whispering the last part to Nora "really?" she whispered back "yeah, but don't worry, I won't tell anyone" Lilly spoke back "promise?" "promise. Have some syrup" Lilly replied giving the girl a small jar of sticky goodness, which she grabbed with joy "you are one of my new friends!" Nora cried as she scoffed the syrup down.

Lilly chuckled at Nora before turning to Ren and offering a hand "names Lilly, nice to meet you, Ren, Nora" she said as Ren shook her hand with a raised eyebrow "how do you know our names and that Nora likes syrup?" he asked while letting go of her hand "I know a lot of stuff I shouldn't, one of the reasons why Ozpin let me join Beacon" Lilly explained earning a node from Ren "well it was nice to meet you both, but I think you two have somewhere to be, right?" she asked and got a nod from him "let's go, Nora. It was interesting meeting you Lilly" he said as he walked away with Nora following while saying "nice meeting you!" before they were out of sight.

Lilly then watched as Jaune walked by, complaining about his locker number and how he would have remembered counting that high as he passed Weiss and Pyrrha. She walked over as Weiss was about to have her not so quite thoughts on how great things would go with Pyrrha as a teammate.

"you know Weiss" Lilly started placing a hand on the girl's shoulder, taking her by surprise "just because someone is strong doesn't mean they aren't intelligent. Also, it doesn't matter who you decide to team up with now, the chances of you being with said partner is very slim" Lilly explained to her making her think about her words "also you shouldn't judge by first appearances, the eye can't see beneath the surface. You know that old saying, never judge a book by its cover?" she got a nod in return "well you should listen to it. Like just because someone is too young doesn't mean they aren't worthy to be here" Lilly said looking towards Ruby and Weiss followed her eyes to said girl "there is always a reason for what happens, so for what reason do you think Ruby is here?" her question had Weiss thinking deeply as she turned to Pyrrha.

"nice to meet you Pyrrha, I'm Lilly" she said as she shook Pyrrha's hand "nice to meet you, Lilly" said girl replied while shaking Lilly's hand, that is when Jaune showed up. "oh hey Pyrrha, Lilly, Weiss" he said nodding to each girl before leaning into Weiss "so Weiss I've been hearing rumours about teams and I was thinking we would make a good one. What do you say?" he said getting close to Weiss before Lilly pulled him back by the hood.

"Jaune, I know your dad said to act confidently" Lilly started getting a surprised look from Jaune "but what you're doing isn't confidence, it could be looked at as being a jerk. I'm not saying to not be confident, but just don't sound too full of yourself. okay" she explained and Jaune thought for a moment before answering "okay, I think I get it" he nodded to her, then Pyrrha spoke up "from what I heard the teams are comprised of 4 students each" "that is true Pyrrha, but how the teams are made is unknown until the test happens. It could be completely different from what it was last time for all we know" Lilly replied getting nods from them all.

Just then Glynda's voice entered the room from the school speakers "would all first-year students please report to Beacon cliff for initiation? again, all first-year students report to Beacon cliff immediately" the speakers went silent after that and Weiss along with Pyrrha walked off with Pyrrha saying "it was nice to meet you!" to Lilly who nodded in return to her while saying "likewise" and Jaune saying "see you later!" as the two left out of sight.

They were both soon joined by Ruby and Yang, with Yang saying "you guys ready to do this" "as we'll ever be" Lilly said with Ruby and Jaune nodding with her words, then they were on their way.

Lilly had run ahead to catch up with Weiss "yo, Weiss, wait a sec!" said girl stopped for a moment for Lilly to stop at her side "just wanted to give you 4 pieces of advice. 1st it doesn't matter who your partner is, you should be proud no matter who they are and get along. 2nd being wrong isn't a bad thing, just admit when you don't know and learn from it. 3rd you can't always do things by the book, your enemy won't wait for you to get ready so why should you. And 4th sometimes to complete a mission you have to do things that are dangerous, insane or downright crazy, but it won't matter in the end because if it gets the job done then who cares" Lilly said making Weiss look at her in curiosity.

"why are you telling me this?" Weiss asked getting a smile from Lilly as she replied "because no matter what training you have been taught by whatever teachers, a sheltered girl can only learn so much from a book or lesson" Lilly raised her hand when Weiss was about to retort "you can say whatever you want, but it won't change a thing. I know because I see it in your eyes. In your eyes I see a young girl who never had a true friend, always had to look over her shoulder, had to grow up faster than she should have and didn't get to have proper fun" Lilly's words had made Weiss speechless "you don't have to follow the road paved for you Weiss, you can make your own" and with that Lilly turned and walked off, saying one last thing as she went "and good luck!"

Later on, everyone was at the cliffs, standing on silver pads with Ozpin and Glynda standing in front of them between them and the edge of the cliff, Lilly was standing to the left side of Glynda, seeing as she didn't have a pad at the moment.

"for years you have trained to become warriors. And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest" Ozpin spoke to them before Glynda took over "now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumours about the assignment of teams. well, allow me to put an end to your confusion. each of you will be given teammates... Today." She explained to them.

"what?" Ruby said with a whimper "theses teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. so it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well" Ozpin said getting a scared noise from Ruby "that being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next 4 years" he continued and dropped the bomb on them.

"what?!" Ruby exclaimed in shock "see? I told you!" Nora commented to Ren "after you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. you will meet opposition along the way. do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die" Ozpin said making Jaune laugh nervously and gulp.

Ozpin continued to explain to them "you will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. but our instructors will not intervene. you will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. each pair must choose 1, and return to the top of the cliff. we will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. are there any questions?"

"yes, why isn't Lilly on a pad?" Pyrrha asked indicating to said girl next to Glynda "we did not have enough pads for Lilly, so we will send her a few moments after yourselves" Ozpin answered and everyone nodded in understanding.

"Anything else?" he asked again "yeah, um, sir-" "good! Now, take your positions" Ozpin said ignoring Jaune's attempt at questioning and everyone got ready, while Lilly pulled out her scroll and started recording.

"Uh, sir? I've got, um, a question" Jaune spoke up as Weiss was launched "so, this landing strategy thing, uh, w-what is it? you're, like, dropping us off or something?" he asked as others got launched "no. you will be falling." Ozpin responded.

"Oh, I see. so, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?" Jaune continued asking while Nora got launched with a "woohoo!" "no. you will be using your own landing strategy." Ozpin replied, "Uh huh... yeah." Jaune said just as Yang winked at Ruby then got launched with Ruby a second after.

"so, um, what exactly is a landing strateGYYYYY!" Jaune tried to ask only get launched into the air after the others, with Ozpin just turning to watch him go flying while drinking from his mug. Lilly couldn't help but laugh before turning to Ozpin, turning off her scroll and saying "have I said how awesome you are?" Ozpin looked to her with a small smile while he said "a few times, yes. Now if you would climb onto Mr Arc's pad you can get started" and Lilly did as ask.

Once Lilly was on the reset pad Glynda spoke up "now the pads power has been increased, so as to send you farther than the others. You should just about reach the temple but will have to hurry to get there before the rest so you can find a good place to monitor them and chose a group to assist" she explained getting a nod from Lilly.

The pad began to click as Lilly got into position "one last thing, good luck" Ozpin said with a nod from Glynda, Lilly nodded back and was then launched into the air at a much higher speed than the others, on her way to finishing her objective.

As Lilly soared trough the sky, with the wind whipping at her face, couldn't help but think back to over a month ago. to when she first came to Remnant. How she fell from the sky after that vortex had dragged her in, to her first transformation, to when she was in her first fight with a Beowolf, meeting so many people on her way to meeting Ozpin and Glynda, her training, meeting team CFVY, to recovering her sword Medajalibur and to meeting the soon to be members of teams RWBY and JNPR.

Lilly was brought out of musing as she spotted the others below starting their descent, she was able to spot Pyrrha harpoon Jaune, which made her giggle a bit while she kept flying strong. Soon Lilly began to drop down before she got too low she had spotted the temple just ahead.

As Lilly came to tree level she crossed her arms over her front against the small branches, when the bigger branches came into view Lilly grabbed onto one and swung herself around once before releasing and propelling herself towards a lower branch. She did this three more times before doing a back flip and landing on the ground, then making a run to the temple.

A short time later Lilly came to the temple, she took notice that none of the relics had been taken yet, she then quickly made her way to behind the temple and jumped into the trees, hiding from view. Nearly two hours passed with teams coming, collecting relics, then going, while Lilly kept hidden in the trees with her eyes open and waiting for the ones she expected to arrive, her waiting came to an end. Yang and Blake came into the clearing towards the temple and relics, without noticing Lilly.

As they collected their relic there was a girly scream that Yang commented about, it took all of Lilly's will power not to snicker at the fact it was Jaune's scream. Next, there was a cry from above "heads up!" it was Ruby, but before she could get any closer to the ground she was hit from the side by one Jaune and both were sent into the trees to the left of Yang and Blake, nowhere near to where Lilly was hiding.

Then an Ursa crashing into the clearing, only for it to fall over dead from an impact round to the back, along with one Nora falling off of said Grimm's back and said girl saying "aww. it's broken." Then a tired Ren to come up to her side saying for her not to do that again, only for the girl to not be there and instead was collecting a relic.

Then Pyrrha came running in with a Deathstalker behind her, to which Ruby jumped down to join the group that started to form. A second later Yang exploded telling everyone to chill out for two seconds before anything crazy happens. Only for the two seconds to pass for Ruby to get her sisters attention and for the group to look up at one Weiss holding onto a giant Nevermore's Talon, who then began falling. But luckily, or unluckily, Jaune jumped and caught her, only to fall and have Weiss land on his back, a moment later Pyrrha was hit and flung to the group's feet.

Everything that followed was just like the show, Weiss saving Ruby, the gang grabbing their relics, being chased to the cliffs and the slaying of the Nevermore and Deathstalker. Lilly had followed from the trees, she wanted to help them so much, but knew they could handle it and breathed a sigh of relief as they defeated their opponents.

Soon the group had gathered together at the top of the cliffs, only for them to jump at a thunderous roar.

A Grimm about the size of a Deathstalker came bursting from the forest towards the group, its body was the same shape as a salamander. Its body was the standard black with the top half of its head was covered in its Grimm's mask along with glowing eyes and razor sharp teeth. short stubby horns came out of the back of its mask pointing backwards, along with large armour plates with spikes going down its back getting smaller as they neared the tip of its tail at the end of the tail the plates flatten and expand on either side giving its tail a double headed axe for great strikes. Along with smaller scale-like plates protecting its sides and legs, as well as large claws on all of its toes of each foot.

The group was shocked at the Grimm's sudden appearance, but none more than Pyrrha "I-it's a Deathscale!" she exclaimed getting the others attention "you know that thing?" Weiss asked getting a nod in return "they are rare from my home of Mistral, even more rare to be in other kingdoms. They are deadly, especially the Alpha's and this is an alpha, you can tell from the extra armour and spikes" Pyrrha explained to them as they shifted into fighting stances, only for a figure to drop down between them and the Grimm. It was Lilly.

"you eight stay back, I'll handle this" she said as she faced down the Grimm "don't be a fool, we can take it down together-" "you are in no condition to fight" Lilly said cutting Weiss off "you are all low on ammo, aura and are too tired from fighting the Nevermore and Deathstalker, I will handle it" what Lilly said was true and they knew it "but you don't have a weapon!" Ruby shouted, only to get a chuckle in return "I've had my weapons with me this whole time" Lilly replied, getting confused looks.

*song start - Ashes Remain End of Me*

Lilly raised her right hand up and in a shimmering light her sword, Medajalibur, appeared in her outstretched hand, making everyone gawk in awe at the display. Lilly brought her weapon to the ready and rushed towards the Grimm, using her aura to increase her speed.

The Deathscale pounced forward towards Lilly, only for her leap to the right then bring her sword down on its left side, but then had to jump back as it brought its axe tail down upon where she once stood. Rolling to her feet, Lilly leapt back from the Grimm snapping at her with its teeth, then leapt forward onto its head and then ran along its spine, striking into its sides as she did so. She was flung off by the Grimm rearing up its body, she landed with a roll and was then struck by its claws into the air, where she righted herself with a tree branch and swung up onto said branch. The Grimm charged the tree, then using its claws, dug into the bark and tore it to pieces, making Lilly jump down on top of it, striking at its back and sides before leaping away.

The group of teens watched in silence before Ruby spoke up "we got to help her" the others nodded and were about to run in when they were stopped by a voice "you are not to interfere" the group looked to see the owner of the voice, it was Ozpin with Glynda by his side. "but we just can't-!" Yang tried to argue before she was cut off "you will not interfere, or else Lilly will fail and not be allowed into Beacon…ever" Ozpin stated with finality making them all look at him in shock "what?" Weiss asked in disbelief "you can't mean that, right?" Blake asked next with the others nodding in agreement "I am very serious, but I have faith in her skills, something you all should do as well" Ozpin replied as he took a sip from his mug and turning to watch the battle, something that everyone soon did as well.

Lilly tried to land another hit, but the Grimm rammed its head at her sword strike, causing both of them to go flying in opposite directions from each other, the Deathscale landing onto some trees and Lilly landing over ten feet away from the group.

*song end*

Lilly stood up while looking towards the Grimm that was trying to right its self, she let out a huff as she ran a hand through her short hair "man, I was hoping to defeat a Grimm without using it" she said before planting Medajalibur into the ground beside her "guess I got no choice" and with that she summoned her OOO Driver around her waist, making the teens look at her in confusion "you're going to love this" she said as she looked over her shoulder towards them and then summoned her king core set, she slotted them in and set the Driver to standby before running the O scanner down the face plate.

"Henshin!"

* Taka, Tora, Batta: Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba, Ta-To-Ba! *

"This is my stage now!" Lilly said, quoting Kouta Kazuraba from Kamen Rider Gaim after she finished transforming.

*song start - Linkin Park Bleed it out*

Lilly then used her grasshopper legs to launch herself at the recovered Grimm, leaving behind her sword and a bunch of gaping teenagers, with the adults smirking slightly at said gaping teenagers.

Lilly used her claws and grasshopper legs to strike the Grimm at multiple spots at a fast rate while being able to dodge its attempts at counter strikes. The Deathscale surprised her when it started spitting at her, she dodged to the side, only to look back at the tree the spit had hit and see it start dissolving, it had acid spit. Lilly continued to strike while avoiding the acid spray as much as she could, leaping to the side and back again, she had enough of dodging. So Lilly jumped kicked the Grimm with the power of her grasshopper legs, sending it tumbling into more trees, this gave her a chance to switch cores. She took out the Taka and Tora cores, sending them to her pocket dimension and then summoned her Sai and Denki Unagi cores, placing them into the driver before then using the O scanner.

* Sai, Unagi, Batta! *

It called out as her armour changed to the core medals used, grey rhino head, blue Electric Eel chest/arms and green Batta legs.

"it seems she is eager to use the new Core's she got" Ozpin commented to Glynda as Lilly charged the Grimm.

Lilly used her grasshopper legs to launch herself head first into the Grimm, ramming her rhino head into its own and making it go shooting backwards through the air into a pile of downed trees. She didn't give it a chance as she activated her Unagi Whips on her arms, having them grab the Grimm by its neck and waist, which shocked the Grimm with high voltage currents of electricity. Lilly then used her grasshopper legs to send her flying high into the sky, with the Grimm being pulled along after her.

When Lilly was high up in the air she used her momentum to swing the Grimm up and over her head, then back down towards the ground, making it impact into the ground. Lilly then used the whips still holding the Grimm to pull herself down and towards the Grimm at high speeds, rhino head first. She impacted the Grimm with great force, making the ground rumble and shack from the strike, but that wasn't what had Lilly's attention.

The left side of the Grimm's armour plate had shattered "that's it!" Lilly called in triumph as she leapt back to her sword and the others, she had been striking that spot on the Grimm's armour most, just waiting for it to give way. And now she had her chance.

She picked up Medajalibur while summoning 3 cell medals and then loaded them into the sword while talking over her shoulder to Ruby "yo, Ruby, you're going to LOVE this part" then as the Grimm charged her she pushed the lever and ran the O scanner over the blade.

'Triple Scanning Charge!'

It called out as the Grimm came within reach and jumped towards Lilly, this is when she struck! Striking it at an upwards angle from bottom left to top right while shouting.

"Seiya!"

The Deathscale slide from the strike line for a moment before snapping back into place and exploding with a roaring cry for all to hear.

*song end*

Lilly let out a sigh of relief as she de-henshined and sent her gear back to her pocket dimension, but she didn't have long to relax as she was swarmed by the 8 teenagers that had been gaping only moments ago. All of them asking questions, but none more so than Ruby and Nora, who both had stars in their eyes. She was only saved by Glynda lifting the 8 up and placing them a few feet away so that Lilly could get a word in.

"now I know you all have questions as to what just happened, but we have team assignments to go to. Right Ozpin" Lilly said looking to the headmaster who nodded and replied "Indeed, you may ask questions as we walk" he then turned and began leading them back towards Beacon, the others starting to ask their questions.

Lilly answered what she could, telling them about how she uses the belt to transform and how swapping the coin like objects allow her different transformations, powers, and abilities. She told them that she lost just about all of her gear in an accident and is looking for them, only able to retrieve a few so far. She also made sure to tell them that her semblance, or a part of it anyways, allows her to store her equipment away for when she needs it inside a pocket dimension that only she can access. She explained that her sword could cut space and that's why the Grimm seemed to slant then explode when she struck it. When Ruby and Nora tried to ask how it all worked, Lilly said that it was all handed down to her and that she was still figuring it all out, that made them pout a bit until Lilly explained about Kamen Riders. They soon stopped talking as they came to the room with a stage, a few new teams waiting to be called.

Soon all the teams but 2 had been announced.

"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie." Ozpin called and the four mentioned students walked up onto the stage "the four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. from this day forward, you will work together as... team JNPR (Juniper). lead by... Jaune Arc! congratulations, young man." Ozpin said to Jaune as Pyrrha helped him up after hitting him too hard.

Lilly leant into Weiss and said "it doesn't matter the outcome, just be proud to be in Beacon" the girl gave Lilly an odd look before Ozpin started talking again "Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. and Yang Xiao Long." The girls then walked onto the stage "the four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. from this day forward, you will work together as... team RWBY (Ruby). lead by... Ruby Rose." This got Ruby a bone crushing hug from her sister.

"and finally, Lilly" said girl walked onto the stage and stood in front of Ozpin "your mission to watch over and see the safe trip of a group of students to the cliffs was a success" Ozpin spoke getting everyone's attention "not only that but you faced a rare Grimm by yourself and won" a recording of Lilly fighting before using her armour played on the screen "so it is with great pride that I give to you the title of a solo Huntress, the first in over a 100 years to be chosen" this had everyone cheering and clapping "I know you will make us proud" Ozpin whispered so only Lilly could hear and said girl nodded with a light blush, before she was tackled in a huge from Ruby and Yang, along with a pat and nod from the others.

"looks like things are shaping up to be a... interesting year," Ozpin muttered to himself as Glynda stepped up next to him with a slight node.


Thank you for reading, I hope you all enjoyed the story and will leave a review.

Grimm description by my mate dragonlord1337.

Cores now collected.

king/Tatoba: Taka, Tora, Batta.

grey/Sagohzo: Sai.

blue/Shauta: Denki Unagi.