Hey I'm back with another chapter! Hope y'all enjoy. Now I will be answering and responding to comments at the beginning of each chapter so bear with me. Any and all notes will be at the end of the chapters as well.

"Last call for Beacon dropship."

"Oh, I can't fucking believe it! My little sister's going to Beacon with me!" A girl with long blonde hair flowing down her back said. Ruby knew though during combat, her hair was hidden inside her jumpsuit. Said girl was crushing Ruby in a hug. She was wearing her heavy built A-wall gear painted a dark yellow with a flaming heart on her helmet above the right eye. (all insignias will be there)

"Yang...stop! You're…...killing…...me." Ruby barely squeezed out.

Yang dropped Ruby causing her to collapse and letting her take in much needed air. She then nudged her shoulder when she got back up. "Oh! Sorry, but come on sis! I'm just so excited! Man, everyone gonna think you're the fucking bee's knees!"

Ruby pouted and looked at the ground. "I don't want to be the bee's knees. I want to be a normal pilot with normal, functioning and intact knees." Ruby still shook at Glynda's threat to her knees. She would now forever treasure them.

"And we are a go for take off! This is your captain speaking! Thank you for flying with the Last Resort. Alright now sit back and relax as we jump to Beacon hanger."

"Davis, stop. They don't need a whole speech from you. "

"Aww come on Droz. Can't a guy have some fun."

" *sigh* Just jump us to Beacon."

"You got it! Jumping in 3, 2, 1, JUMPING!"

And with that they jumped from the planet's surface to the outer atmosphere. Beacon hanger was a short distance from the planet of Vale, only one quick jump. The students all milled about the dropship, their titans had already been shipt over. They were dressed in their combat attire that was varying from pilot type to pilot type but all consisted of a jumpsuit with a bulletproof vest, their helmet, gloves, and their smart pistols, as well as their jumpkits, some grenades or throwing stars, a pulse blade here and there, and the essential data knife. They all had their helmets under their arms. Some had bulkier equipment and some had the bare minimum. One kid that had on pulse blade gear was trying his hardest not to lose his food, the jump doesn't agree with everyone. As they arrived at Beacon, a starship cruiser orbiting Vale, many were in awe at the size and beauty of the ship. At this point, Ruby started to get nervous. She was the youngest one there at the ripe old age of twenty. They docked in the titan bay and offloaded there. Ruby looked around in awe at the titans that lined the wall suspended by magnetic clamps over dropshutes. "Oh my God there's so many! *gasp* It's a scorch titan! I haven't seen one of those in forever!"

Yang sighed and pulled Ruby backwards before she started running towards the titans. "Rubes, come on, you can drool over the titans later."

"Ah sorry Yang they're just so cool!" Ruby scratched the back of her head sheepishly.

"Well go talk to the other pilots, make a few friends and geek out." Yang said, smiling at Ruby slowly putting distance between them.

Ruby continued to look at the Titans. "Why would I? I got you, right?" Ruby turned around to look at Yang only to see empty air in her place.

"Wha-!, Yang! Why would you do this to me!" She began looking around for her sister. For someone in bright yellow, she was not easy to find. "Ohh. Why does this have to happen to me?" With that she groaned looking up at the ceiling and walking forward. After a couple steps she looked back ahead and promptly tripped on some crates that were on the ground and landing on her face.

"Ahh what are you doing! Don't you know what that is, you fucking dunce!" A girl with white hair said as she rushed over. She had on lighter cloak gear and had it painted white, her helmet that was in her arms had a snowflake on it.

"S-sorry, I didn't see them there." Ruby said from her position on the ground, slowly getting up.

"Do you even know what you knocked over?!" She screeched.

"Ummm, no?" Ruby said questioningly. She actually had no clue what she fell over on. Though she feels like she should.

"It's D.U.S.T. you dunce!" Ruby paled at that. D.U.S.T. otherwise known as direct uranium synthesizing technology or the improved version of what was commonly called ion batteries during the war by pilots and shipmates. It's what powers the ships, titans, and other combat oriented technologies. Its mass produced and highly volatile.

"S-sorry!" Ruby quickly got up and distanced herself from the batteries.

"Do you know who I am?! I could have you court martialed!"

"Look I said I was sorry princess."

"It's heiresses actually. Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee D.U.S.T. plants." A girl with dark black hair and a bow walked over, her uniform was painted black and white with a black flame on her helmet.

"Finally some recognition."

"A company also known for its controversial labor practices and faunus treatment, with rumors regarding deals with the IMC." Faunus, they are soldiers created by the IMC in the end days of the war to bolster their manpower. They had animal traits that allowed them to be better suited for combat in the wilds and well, combat all around, behind the pilot. After the war ended, they were cast out by the IMC because they actually thought for themselves, but since the Frontier saw them as their enemies, they were shunned. They eventually fought on the frontlines against the G.R.I.M.M. in an effort to gain the Frontier's favor. They were cannon fodder, the larger Grimm easily killed them. After the Grimm invasions, faunus became 'citizens' but they were heavily discriminated against. There are very few faunus pilots and many faunus grunts. They worked in uranium D.U.S.T. plants and were seen as expendable. Progress has been made, but progress is slow.

"Wha-, bu-, ah-, ugh!" With that Weiss stomped off.

"I'm sorry!" Ruby called out to her. "Well it seems I'm not the only one having a bad first day, hey what's your na-." Ruby turned around only to find the girl walking away. "Oh why me." She sits down on one of the previous boxes.

"Looks like you need a hand."

Ruby looked up and saw a blond guy with his hand outstretched. Ruby smiled and took his hand standing up. "Yeah, aren't you the guy that almost threw up on the dropship?"

"Gah."

***RWBYfall***

"I'm just saying, jumping doesn't agree with everyone, titanfall I can handle but jumping? Nope, can't do it."

Ruby giggled at that. "I can understand that, my first few jumps had me like that." After that there was an awkward pause. "So which titan is yours?"

Jaune looked at her. "Oh mine? It's nothing special, just a standard Ion titan, though my vortex shield is three times as strong."

"Really?! That's amazing! I have a northstar titan with extra boosters on the back, a sniper scythe, cluster missiles, and a rocket salvo."

"Wow, that's a lot of customization there."

Ruby sheepishly rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah, I may have gone overboard on the design."

"You designed it!" Jaune said, staring at her.

She laughed sheepishly. "Yeah, with both my parents being pilots, and damn good ones at that, we had the money to design our titans to fit our needs."

"Wow, that's amazing, mine's just a hand me down. By the way, where are we?" Jaune asked, looking around.

"I don't know I was following you." Ruby said just as lost.

"Umm, there is probably a directory somewhere."

***RWBYfall***