The airship finally reached Beacon and everyone got off, the first one being the unimpressive blonde punk who was barfing the entire trip, whose first stop was the trash can, depositing whatever was left in his stomach into the receptacle. The three sisters continued up the courtyard, stopping and looking in awe at the castle- like school."The view from Vale's got nothing on this." Yang said.

"For once, dear sister, I can agree with you." Bayonetta said as she looked at the school as well, then they both looked to their younger sister as she turned into a strange chibi form as she looked at the various weapons their fellow students were carrying around. "Oh! Sis! That kid's got a collapsible staff! Oh! And she's got a fire sword!" Ruby said in delight as she floated after the girl, only for Yang to pull her back. "Easy there, little sister. They're just weapons!"

"'Just weapons'? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us! Oh, they're so cool!" Ruby said.

"You do have to admit, Yang, it's always fun to see new weapons." Bayonetta said. While she wasn't as weapon-crazy as her sister, her wide knowledge of weapons and large arsenal has left her with a love for weapons.

"Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with it?" Yang asked.

Ruby transformed her weapon into its scythe form and hugged it like her best friend. "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose! I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people, but better..."

Yang playfully pushed her sister's hood down over her face, earning her a glare and an elbow from Bayonetta. She teases Ruby from time to time as well, but Yang's teasing is significantly rougher, so she disapproves. "Ruby, come on, why don't you go try and make some friends of your own?" Yang asked.

"But... why would I need friends if I have you and Bayonetta?" Ruby asked.

"Exactly. You always do this. You try to force her to make friends. Let her do it at her own pace." Bayonetta said, putting an arm around Ruby's shoulders.

"Well..." Yang started, in a flash, a group of other students surround Yang. She grabbed Bayonetta's free arm. "Actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up. Taking Bayonetta with me! 'Kay, see ya, bye!" She said quickly as they all dash down the road, leaving Ruby spinning in circles and dizzy from their sudden.

"Wait, where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms? I don't know what I'm doing..."She groaned, before falling back into a luggage cart, sending cases flying.

Suddenly, someone stood over her furiously. "What are you doing?!" The girl demanded.

"Oh, sorry!" Ruby quickly apologized.

"Sorry?! Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?" The girl demanded.

"Uh..." Ruby said, unsure of how to respond as she handed a case to the angry girl in front of her.

"Give me that!" She snapped as she snatched the luggage from Ruby and opened it to reveal its twinkling-sounding contents. "This is Dust - mined and purified from the Schnee quarry!" She explained, while still quite angry.

"Uuuhhhh..." Ruby said, unsure of how to respond to the angry girl

"What are you, brain-dead?" She demanded, holding out a vial of red Dust and shutting the case. "Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!" She ranted as she shook the vile in her hand.

"I... I know..." Ruby said through coughs as the Dust filled the air.

"Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?!" The girl demanded.

With all the Dust in the air, filling her nostrils, Ruby was about to sneeze, when suddenly, a finger was pressed up to her nose to block it and the vile was kneed out of Weiss' hand, over a head of white hair, almost hitting the ground, but the mysterious savior threw his foot back and kicked the vile lack a hackey-sack, back over the person's head and into his hand. "Well, what do YOU have to say for yourself, Weiss? Shaking around Dust like that isn't very safe. You're supposed to be the responsible one, remember?" Dante asked as he looked to his twin.

"Dante?!" Weiss said in shock at how her twin appeared from nowhere and disarmed her of her Dust. "This girl sent all my Dust flying! Who knows how much damage she could've caused?!" She said to justify her actions.

"But she didn't, so who cares? Besides, you would've cause just as much shaking this Dust around like it was salt, especially with such a loose cap.. Maybe you need to go back and read one of those 'Dust for Dummies' packets." He said, pushing it down and shaking it once himself, nodding in satisfaction that no more Dust escaped.

Weiss scoffed at this. "Oh, be quiet! It probably came loose when SHE sent it flying!" Weiss said, giving her brother a punch in the chest (which didn't even faze him), glaring back at Ruby once again.

"She said she was sorry, princess. Let it go." Bayonetta said as she walked back up. "Sorry, sis. It took me a little bit to get away from Yang. Are you okay?" She asked, before looking to the white-haired boy standing between her sister and the girl relentlessly berating her, raising her eyebrows in interest.

It was apparently mutual, as she could see his eyes running up and down her body. He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything. "It's heiress actually." They all heard, looking to the side to see a new girl in mostly black walking up. "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world. And her brother Dante Schnee." She explained.

"Finally! Some recognition!" Weiss said smugly.

"We're famous. I'm surprised it took that long." Dante said with a shrug.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." Blake said bluntly.

"Wha- How dare you- The nerve of... Ugh!" Weiss grumbled before storming off.

Dante narrowed his eyes at the girl for a moment, before shrugging. He knew his family had a bad rap for faunus labor and while he felt bad about it, there was nothing he could do about it. He had no current stake in the company. He was honestly more offended by how the remark angered Weiss than the remark itself. "I guess I'll see you guys later." He said, taking a step and looking at Bayonetta. "Especially you." He said.

"Looking forward to it." She said with a smile.

He then caught up with his sister. "You know, you're not making friends with that attitude." He told her.

"I'm here to be a huntress. Not to make friends." She said simply.

"Really? Because I saw more than just anger when you were looking at her. She might not have noticed it, but I definitely saw you were checking her out!" Dante said teasingly.

Weiss' whole body turned bright red from blushing at her brother's comment. "Oh, be quiet LITTLE brother!" She snapped.

"20 seconds, it's not that big a deal." Dante said.

"I promise I'll make it up to you!" They heard Ruby call after them.

"Well, that's a nice offer, huh?" Dante said in a sly, inappropriate tone.

"Just...! Urgh!" Weiss said, crossing her arms and storming off.

"Looks like I'm not the only one having a rough first day." Ruby said sadly, before perking up and turning towards the girl who had inadvertently saved her from Weiss' wrath. "So, what's your...?" She started to ask, before noticing the girl walked away. Ruby sighed at this before collapsing on the ground. "Welcome to Beacon." She said sadly.

Bayonetta sighed at this. "Come on, Ruby. It's not that bad. Come on, let's go." Bayonetta said, reaching down to help her sister up, but suddenly, a somewhat familiar blonde boy walked up and also extended a hand to help her up.

"Hey... I'm Jaune." He said.

"Jeanne?" Bayonetta said quietly, remembering her former Umbran sister.

"Ruby..." Ruby introduced herself. She then let out a small chuckle as she noticed something. "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" She asked.


Beacon inside the walls are filled with scenic trees, arching architecture, and a winding road alongside a river, down which Bayonetta, Ruby and Jaune are walking.

"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Jaune defended himself.

"If you say so. You wound up puking on our sister's shoes, so I can be happy you had it." Bayonetta said, still annoyed how Yang left Ruby and dragged Bayonetta along with her.

Ruby laughed a bit at this before responding. "Look, I'm sorry! Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind." She said.

"Oh, yeah? What if I called you Crater Face?" He asked.

"Then I'd throw you in that river." Bayonetta said with her eyes narrowing, flicking her head towards the river to prove her point.

"Okay! Sorry!" He said, flinching.

"Besides, that explosion was an accident!" She said.

"Well, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue - ladies love it!" Jaune said.

"Do they?" Ruby asked skeptically.

"For some reason, I doubt that." Bayonetta said.

"They will! Well, I-I hope they will. My mom always says that... Never mind." He said.

"That logic will almost always fail you." Bayonetta said.

An awkward silence began to fall, which Ruby evidently didn't like. "So... I got this thing!" she said, pulling out Crescent Rose and stabbing it into the ground.

"Whoa! Is that a scythe?" He asked in shock.

"It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!" She said proudly.

"A-wha...?" He asked, confused.

Ruby cocks it and smiled as Bayonetta leaned in. "It's also a gun." The sisters said together.

"Oh. That's cool!" He said excitedly.

"Bayonetta, show him some of yours!" Ruby said excitedly.

"I have a feeling you just want to see my weapons again." Bayonetta said, looking at Ruby suspiciously, raising a brow.

Ruby giggled. "Guilty." She said.

Bayonetta sighed. "Very well." She said, pulling out Chernobog.

"Whoa! You guys must like scythes... This one looks scarier, though." Jaune said, looking nervously at the menacing triple blades.

"Well, looks like I win, sis." Bayonetta said, pinching Ruby's cheek.

Ruby shook her sister's hand away and pouted, before looking back at Jaune. "So what've you got?" Ruby asked.

"Oh! I, uh..." He stammered, unsheathes a blade. "I got this sword!" He said.

"Ooooohh!" Ruby said, impressed.

"Not too shabby.

Yeah, and I've got a shield, too!" He said, getting his scabbard, raising his arm and expands the metal into his shield.

"So, what do they do?" Ruby asked, touching the shield.

This touch somehow disrupted the shield, as it retracts off Jaune's arm, expands, and retracts again before he finally manages to put it back in place and shrinking it down for good, putting it back on his belt. "The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just... put it away..." He explained.

"But... wouldn't it weigh the same?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah, it does..." He said dejectedly

"It still beats carrying it. It's hands free at least." Bayonetta said.

"Thank you!" Jaune said, jumping back to eager and excited once again.

Ruby giggled at this. "Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, sooo... I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it." She admitted.

"Wait - you made that?!" He said in disbelief.

"Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons! Even if some are too lazy to make their own now." Ruby said, looking at her sister, teasingly.

"I just work smarter, not harder. Now I have a bunch of FREE weapons I didn't have to make myself." Bayonetta countered.

Ruby rolled her eyes at this. "Didn't you make yours?" She asked Jaune.

"It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the War." He admitted.

"Well, that sounds like A LOT more than a hand-me-down to me." Bayonetta said.

"Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!" Ruby said, laughing. "Well, I like it! Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days." She said.

"Yeah, the classics..." He said, sheathing his sword.

Bayonetta sighed, putting a hand on his shoulder. "You know, when you carry those weapons of yours, you're not just carrying pieces of metal, you're carrying the pride of your family name and the honor that comes along with those weapons used by heroes in the past." She said supportively, winking at the end.

Jaune was shocked at this. He'd never thought of it like that before. He just thought of his parents simply giving him the weapon, not having earned it. "Wow... Thanks..." He said as the wisdom sank in.

Ruby was also shocked at her sister's support of a relative stranger and words of wisdom. However, she shrugged it off as they started walking again. "So why'd you help me out back there? In the courtyard?" She asked.

"Eh, why not? My mom always says, 'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.'" He said.

"That's a little too optimistic. Make sure to pair common sense with that theory." Bayonetta said.

"Hmm." Ruby said in thought, before looking around. "Hey, where are we going?" She asked.

"Oh, I don't know! I was following you." He admitted. "Y-You think there might be a directory? Maybe a food court? Some kind of recognizable landmark? Is, uh... Is that a 'no'?" He asked as Ruby started to laugh.

"That's a 'no'." She confirmed.


"Dammit, Yang." Bayonetta cursed her older twin, before sniffing the air. "Oh. Speak of the devil." She said.

"What's wrong, sis?" Ruby asked.

"I just caught a whiff of Yang's cheap perfume. If we're lucky, she's in the auditorium and we can follow her scent there." Bayonetta said. Amazingly, Bayonetta's keen sense of smell actually managed to get them to the auditorium where, after a few moments of looking around, the girls did see their older sister, who waved them over. "Ruby! Bayonetta! Over here! I saved you both a spot!" Yang called.

"Oh! Hey, I-I gotta go! I'll see you after the ceremony!" Ruby said, hurrying over to Yang.

"Another time, Jaune. Stay handsome." Bayonetta said, giving him a few soft taps on the cheek before sauntering over to her sisters.

Jaune was shocked at her flirtatious actions and the fact she called him handsome, somehow not even realizing as she walked away until the last minute."Hey, wait!" He called after them, sighing when they didn't come back. "Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?!" He complained. However, when he walked off, it revealed a certain red-haired girl who NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENED TO, standing near the wall with her bald brother, a hand on her hips as she watched the blond boy walk away..

"Don't waste your time with him, Pyrrha. He doesn't even look like he knows how to hold that sword on his belt." Kratos criticized.

Pyrrha let out a good-natured scoff as she rolled her eyes at her brother's words. "Well, I see potential in him. What about you? Anyone here look like a fitting teammate for the 'walking armory.'" She asked teasingly, referring to him by his tournament nickname.

"I've noticed a few people who have... piqued my interest, yes." He said, looking to 3 people in particular: a boy with brown hair in a ponytail dressed in all black with several weapons visible on his person, standing between a bouncy orange-haired girl and mellow black-haired boy, a white-haired boy with a large sword, a few large guns and what appeared to be an electric guitar on his back and a girl dressed in all black with several weapons visible on her as well... and were those guns attached to her heels?

Back to the sister, Yang tried to welcome them back warmly despite their annoyed expressions. "How's your first day going, little sisters?" She asked.

"You mean since you ditched me and I almost exploded?" Ruby said accusingly.

"And for dragging me along with your friends you know I don't like." Bayonetta said.

"You know you love them." She said teasingly, then looked to Ruby. "But jeez, meltdown, already?" She asked.

"No! I literally almost exploded!" Ruby said.

"Some girl had Dust, Ruby tripped over her things and the girl never stopped bitching while shaking the Dust in Ruby's face." Bayonetta said.

"Bitching?!" Weiss snapped.

"Oh, god, it's happening again!" Ruby cried, jumping into Bayonetta's arms.

"Look, she said sorry, back off." Bayonetta said.

"It was an accident!" Ruby said as she got down from Bayonetta's arms.

Weiss simply responded by shoving a pamphlet titled "DUST for dummies and other Inadequate Individuals" in her face. "You're going the right way for a heel up your ass, Princess." Bayonetta threatened.

Weiss rolled her eyes. "The Schnee Dust Company-" She started, but the pamphlet was pulled out of her hand by her brother again. "Dante!" She said in a mixture of anger and embarrassment.

"The Schnee twins would like to offer our apology for the way she's behaved here, today. Right, sis?" He asked, looking at Weiss with a smirk. She simply huffed and turned away from him. "Come on, make nice." He said, before leaning in. "That's no way to get that girl to like you." He said in a more teasing tone.

She turned deep red in a blush again, before taking in a deep breath, turning back to her natural pale color and facing the 3 sisters. "I apologize for my reactions today. Just try to be more careful," She said to Ruby, before turning to Bayonetta, "And respectful, in the future." She said, before storming off.

"Well, she seems charming." Bayonetta said.

Dante chuckled at this. "I like to think I'm the charming one. She's more of the perfect student. She'll warm up to you eventually... Probably." He said unsurely at the end, looking back to his sister worriedly.

"I think I'd rather warm up to you." Bayonetta said slyly, poking his chest.

"SIS!" Ruby screamed in embarrassment while Yang chuckled.

"That's our girl!" She said.

Dante chuckled at this. "I wouldn't mind that. See you around, baby." He said, giving a 2-fingered salute in farewell, before heading back to his sister. "Looks like we've both met a couple of nice girls for once." He said.

"Oh, please." Weiss said rolling her eyes.

"You never know. I hear this place is gonna split us up into teams. You might wind up on a team with one of them. So you should learn to play nice." Dante said.

"I'm worried you'll play TOO nice." Weiss said.

"You know me so well, sis." Dante said.

She was about to berate her brother for being a womanizer (as she's done many times in the past), but Ozpin then walked up to the microphone and began to speak.

"I'll... keep this brief. You have traveled 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."He said as the students began to whisper among themselves.

"Wasted energy?" Kratos demanded, quietly, but angrily.

"We already had purpose and direction before we came here." Ryu said from where he was, crossing his arms.

"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." He said.

"I'm not quite sure I followed that, but it feels like he insulted us." Dante said to Weiss

"I don't know whether to be inspired, or offended." Bayonetta said.

"He seemed kind of... off." Yang said.

"It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby agreed.


The first night at Beacon, students are splayed out in sleeping bags. Ruby, in her pajamas and with a sleeping mask around her head, is writing in a journal with Bayonetta laying beside her on her back, with her hands behind her head, dressed in black silk pajamas. Yang then crashes next to them, similarly dressed. "It's like a biiig slumber party!" She said excitedly.

"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys, though." Ruby said.

"I know I do." The twins said together, purring at a group of shirtless boys, before groaning as Jaune blocked their eye candy, dressed in bunny feetie pajamas.

"What's that?" Yang asked as she saw Ruby writing in her journal.

"A letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going." She explained.

"Aw, that's so cuuuute!" Yang said teasingly, before being knocked back as a pillow is launched at her face.

"Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school! It's weird not knowing anyone here!" Ruby said with a pout.

"What about Jaune? He's... nice! There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase! Then there's that Dante guy..." Yang said, getting a sly expression towards the end.

"You are about to cross boundaries, dear sister." Bayonetta said warningly.

Ruby turned onto her back, still depressed. "Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero..." She said.

"You're better off, Ruby. Trust me when I say, it's best to ignore the haters." Bayonetta said reassuringly.

"There's no such things as negative friends! You just made one friend and one enemy!" Yang said, trying and failing to make her feel better, before being hit with another pillow, this time looking like a dog, to the face. "Look, it's only been one day. Trust me; you've got friends all around you! You just haven't met them yet!" She said.

"AND you can do it at your own pace like you did in Signal." Bayonetta said, giving her twin an annoyed look. She, too, wanted her sister to make friends, but unlike Yang, she didn't want to force her into it.

The three sisters notice a candle being lighted nearby, and Blake Belladonna is seen leaning against a wall, reading her book. "That girl..." Ruby said.

"You know her?" Yang asked.

"Not really. She saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything."

"Well, now's your chance!" Yang said, grabbing Ruby's arm and lifting her up.

"Wait! What are you doing?!" Ruby asked as she was pulled along.

Bayonetta pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head at Yang's insistence. "Does she EVER listen to me?" She asked, following her sisters.

Blake looks over her book to see Ruby unsuccessfully struggling against Yang's grip as she leads her sister over to Blake's spot before letting go.

"Hel-looooo!" Yang said in sing-song. "I believe you two may know each other?" She said, gesturing towards Ruby, who now stood faced away from the girls with her arms crossed.

"Aren't you... that girl Weiss kept yelling at?" She asked.

"Uh, yeah! My name's Ruby! But you can just call me Crater..." She struggled to make conversation with an embarrassed smile. "Actually, you can just call me Ruby." She said

"Okay." Blake said, never looking up from her book.

"She's reading a book, girls. I'm sure she'd like to be alone." Bayonetta said, both to help Ruby out of the awkward situation and to let Blake get back to her book. It might be from reading the Bible so much during her previous life, but Bayonetta had always enjoyed reading and hated whenever someone disturbed her. For once, besides initially looking up at Ruby, Blake looked up from her book at Bayonetta, mouthing out "thank you".

Yang: (whispering to Ruby) What are you doing?

Ruby: (whispering back) I don't know - help me! (goes back to smiling)

"So... What's your name?" Yang asked.

Blake sighed as she was distracted yet again. "Blake." She answered,

"They never listen." Bayonetta said, shaking her head.

"Well, Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister!" She said, before looking back at Bayonetta. "And the grumpy one there is my younger twin, Bay-" She started.

"Bayonetta or Cereza, take your pick." She said, smirking at Yang's annoyance. She hated it whenever Bayonetta stole her introduction. "Sorry about this, by the way." She apologized.

"At least you tried." She said, still not looking up from her book.

Yang groaned in annoyance, before turning back to Blake. "I like your bow!" Yang added.

"Thanks!" Blake said, although she was clearly irritated.

"It goes great with your... pajamas!" Yang kept trying.

"Right..." Blake said.

"Clearly, you're running out of talking points. It's time to give up." Bayonetta said. At this point, she was trying to end the conversation out of common decency.

"Never!" Yang said, pointing in her face as Ruby laughed uncomfortably. She then turned back to Blake. "Nice night, don't you think?" She asked.

"Yes - it's lovely! Almost as lovely as this book!" Blake said as Ruby and Yang stand there.

"She could not be more obvious, anymore! She wants us to leave!" Bayonetta said. Now things were just getting embarrassing.

"That I will continue to read." She said. Ruby and Yang continue standing there. "As soon as you leave!" She said.

"I was wrong. She could be more obvious, but now she can't. Leave her alone." Bayonetta said, starting to walk away. At this point, it's all she could do to at least remove herself from the situation.

"Yeah, this girl's a lost cause." Yang said to Ruby.

"What's it about?" Ruby asked.

"Huh?" Blake asked, surprised. Bayonetta turned back as well.

"Your book. Does it have a name?" Ruby asked.

"Well... i-it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body." Blake explained.

"Oh, yeah... That's real lovely!" Yang said sarcastically. She never cared much for books.

"Of course you don't care. All you read are are work out magazines and that's just to look at the guys." Bayonetta said.

"I love books. Bayonetta used to read to me every night before bed. Yang would read sometimes, too. Stories of heroes and monsters... They're one of the reasons I want to be a Huntress!" Ruby said. Bayonetta smiled at this, feeling somewhat proud of her sister... and partly herself.

Blake laughed a little at this. "And why is that? Hoping you'll live happily ever after?" She asked.

"Well, I'm hoping we all will. As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!" Ruby explained.

"That's... very ambitious for a child." Blake said with a smile.

"I like to think she's wise beyond her years." Bayonetta said.

"Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale." Blake finished her thought

"Well, that's why we're here! To make it better." Ruby said optimistically.

"How sweet." Bayonetta said, admiring her sister's optimism and upbeat nature.

"Oh, I am so proud of my baby sister!" Yang said happily, hugging Ruby into the air.

Ruby started kicking out to escape her sister's grasp. "Cut it out!" Ruby demanded, punching Yang in the face. The forced sisterly bonding evolved into a dust cloud of fighting limbs and flying stars.

"And they were doing so well." Bayonetta said, face-palming.

Blake laughed slightly at this. "Well, Ruby, Yang, Bayonetta. it's a pleasure to ha-" She started, before...

Weiss stormed onto the scene in her own pajamas as Ruby trapped Yang's leg. "What in the world is going on over here?! Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?"

Weiss, Bayonetta and Yang: (at the sight of each other) Oh, not you again!

"Shh! Guys, she's right! People are trying to sleep!" Ruby said nervously.

"Oh, now you're on my side!?" Weiss demanded.

"I was always on your side!" The younger girl defended herself.

"Yeah, what's your problem with my sister? She's only trying to be nice!" Yang snapped.

"She's a hazard to my health!" Weiss snapped back.

"No, I believe you're thinking of me." Bayonetta said threateningly.

Back from where Weiss had been, Dante shook his head and rolled his eyes, looking to Kratos, who was the only other person nearby either still awake or paying attention to the squabble. "Sisters, right?" He said, to which Kratos scoffed, but nodded in agreement.

Blake rolled her eyes at the fight, simply closing her book, reaching over to grabbing her candle, and blew it out, enveloping the scene in black.