A/N: I will make a warning now for people moving from the previous chapter. I'm in the process of a major rewriting of the first nine chapters of the story, to updating them to where I'm at now in my writing skill and to fix some issues. So, be prepared that the following chapters are going to be what I was writing at when I first started this story.

Chapter 2

In his dream, Micheal found himself in a field of roses. The field appeared to be shaped like a circle. It looked to be at least two hundred feet in diameter surrounded by smooth cliffs. They appeared to be unclimbable. Looking down at the roses the wolf faunus sees something off about them. They were unmistakably roses but appeared to be clear instead of being in the usual colors of roses. Looking down at his feet he sees that the roses around his feet had color. Within a one-foot diameter around his feet, he sees a mix of pink, white, red, and a couple of black roses, though Micheal mainly sees more pink and white than the other colors.

A growl catches Micheal's attention. Looking straight ahead The wolf faunus sees a figure covered in black smoke. This smoky figure seemed to stand around ten feet tall and is at least seventy feet long. There is too much smoke to get any more detail of the figure. The roses under its feet are black. Micheal thought 'Cliché, but okay I get the idea.' The smoky figure started to move closer. Micheal tried to move but couldn't. The grey wolf started to panic and his ears flattened in fear 'Come on; wake up, wake up, wake…up,' but nothing happened. Soon the smoky figure stood in front of him. He sees what is shaped like a head move up and down in front of him. It looked like it was sniffing and sounded like it too. After a few seconds, the head reared back. The smoke parted to show what looked like a mouth. It roared the same roar Micheal heard before he got pulled into Remnant.

Xiao Long Residents

Micheal woke up breathing heavily. He put his head in his hands to calm himself down. He took a couple deep breaths, in through his nose, out through his mouth. He did finally notice that he could smell a lot of different scents now. Too much happened yesterday for him to notice. He decided to concentrate on the smells. He could smell roses, sunflowers, and a lot of other smells that he couldn't name. There are so many smells that he had a hard time telling what was what, outside of the obvious ones. After a minute the wolf faunus calmed down. Micheal knew he wasn't going back to bed after that dream. He decided to see what time it was. The guest room lacked a clock. So Micheal left the guest room and went to the living room. On the way, he looked out a window and sees that it's still dark. It didn't bother him since he is now a faunus and can now see in the dark. Micheal found night vision strange though. He could see the walls, doors, and pictures on the walls clearly, but they have no color. Though there were shreds of light coming from out the street lights outside. Wherever the light hit shows color. Micheal wasn't complaining, but it's still strange to him. Once in the living room, he sees a digital clock on the wall. In red numbers, it showed 5:30 am.

Seeing that it is still really early Micheal went back up to the guestroom. On the way to the guest room, he sees a light under a door. Curiosity getting to him moved closer to the door. After a couple of steps, the wolf faunus stood in front of the door. As soon as he stopped it opened revealing Ruby in nothing more than a towel. She had just gotten out of the shower. Both Ruby and Micheal stared at each other for a long minute. They both turned as red as Ruby's cloak. Micheal turned around shouting "I'm so sorry," while Ruby shrieked and slammed the door shut. Yang shot out of her room in her pajamas with Ember Celica activated.

"What happened," She shouted and then she sees Micheal. His ears flatten and he turned to Yang.

"Nothing too bad, just accidentally saw Ruby come out in nothing but a towel," with that the blond deactivated her weapon. She put an arm around Micheal's shoulders and dragged him away from the door.

"I'll let this slide just this once but don't do this again," with a bit of a glare and squeezing Micheal a little hard. The wolf faunus just nodded. Yang loosened her grip and patted Micheal on the shoulder which caused the wolf faunus's ears to return to normal. As he was turning away, Yang threw a punch to his kidney.

"That's just a warning, next time I won't be merciful," she said seriously. Micheal nodded as he limped to the guest room holding his side.

Once, inside Micheal sat down in front of Order. He held out his right hand with his palm open. He thought of a small fire on his hand. He concentrated for a minute, but nothing happened. The flame didn't appear and Order's miniature shield didn't glow. The wolf faunus sighed "I guess I was just lucky last night," and closed his hand. He knew he was going to need training, a lot of it.

About an hour and a half later, the trio was in the kitchen eating breakfast. Micheal and Ruby still blushed a bit when they looked at each other, but they have otherwise moved on from the incident. After getting done eating breakfast, Yang went up the stairs. A little later, she came down carrying a gold suitcase and couple cardboard boxes on her shoulder. Looking at Micheal and Ruby "Well I'm off to Beacon be a good girl Ruby while I'm gone," then she walked over to Micheal. Yang bent down and whisper into his ear "Try anything funny with my sister and I'll rip out your spine then make a necklace out of it," then Micheal just shakily nodded. The blond grinned and went out the door. It took a second for the duo register that Yang said Beacon. Both Ruby and Micheal rushed upstairs to grab their stuff. Micheal came down first with his weapon and the dust case Ozpin gave him. Ruby came down a few minutes later with a red suitcase and her weapon on her back.

They soon left the house, with Micheal making sure Ruby locked it. The quickly made it to their flight. Once on the airship to Beacon, the duo found Yang. Yang looked at them surprised. "What are two doing here?"

"We're going… to Beacon … too," Micheal answered between breaths. Yang then hugged Ruby in an iron death grip.

"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me, this the best day ever," Yang shouted while Ruby was gasping for breath.

"Please stop," Ruby finally managed to say. Yang then released her.

"But I'm so proud of you," and Yang then turned to Micheal. "I'm proud of you too, Micheal; wielding a weapon like that must have impressed many people," Yang said while smiling. Micheal just turned his head away from the sisters and blushed.

"Only a few people have seen me actually use my weapon," he responded while scratching his head. Micheal wasn't lying about that. He only got this weapon last night. He turned his head back toward the sisters and saw Yang was still smiling at him. Micheal's blush got a little darker and Yang turned back to Ruby.

"Really sis, it was nothing," Ruby said to Yang.

Yang continues her boasting "What do you mean, It was incredible, everyone at beacon going to think you're the bee's knees," then Micheal just shook his head.

"Couldn't think of anything better to say could you?" Micheal asked but Yang just ignored him.

"I don't want to be the 'bee's knees,' okay, I don't want to be any kind of knees, I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees," Ruby nervously responded.

"What's with you? Aren't you excited?" Yang asked.

"Of course I'm excited…I just…," Ruby responded. She sighed "I got moved ahead two years; I don't want people to think I'm special or anything," sounding depressed.

Yang gave her a one-armed hug "But you are special," then Micheal just patted Ruby's shoulder.

"Hey Ruby, don't worry about other people think, just care about what you think about yourself," Micheal said with a smile on his face. Ruby just smiled back.

A VNN report began to play. It was discussing Roman Torchwick and the White Fang. Micheal thought about his encounter with Torchwick yesterday and just sighed. He definitely left an impression and probably became a person of interest or a threat to eliminate, more than likely both. As the news ended an image of Glynda Goodwitch appeared next. She said "Hello, and welcome to Beacon," snapping Micheal out of his thoughts.

"Who's that?" Yang asked.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch," the hologram responded. Micheal sighed not too pleased to see her again.

"Oh," responded Yang. "Do you know about her?" She asked Micheal.

The wolf faunus nodded "Unfortunately," with Yang raising an eyebrow to that answer.

Both Yang and Micheal had returned their attention to Glynda on the hologram. Glynda continued to speak "you are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy, our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future huntsmen and huntresses, it's your duty to uphold it, you have demonstrated the courage to needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world," then the hologram disappeared. The trio heard and saw the surprise of some of the passenger looking out the window.

Then Ruby follows in suit of everyone else "Oh wow, you can see Signal from up here," with Yang and Micheal peering out the glass walls with her. "I guess home isn't too far after all," Ruby said.

Yang put her arm around her shoulder "Beacon's our home, now." Micheal began to feel uncomfortable looking out the glass wall of the airship. He steadily stepped away from the glass and got a concerned stare from Ruby.

"Micheal, are you okay," she asks. Micheal simply nods his head. Once he felt that he was at a comfortable distance, he took a breath.

Then the wolf faunus replies "Yeah, I just feel uncomfortable around that kind of window, like I'm going to fall through them or whatever I'm inside of regardless it was a building or airship is going to fall and in the direction of that window," then he got a pat on the shoulder from Yang.

"That not going happen, so don't worry," Yang said with a reassuring smile on her face. Ruby just softly smiles that her friend is okay, just a little uncomfortable. Micheal simply smiles at their concern. The trio heard a groan from a passenger and saw him run to the back of the ship.

"Well…, I guess the view isn't for everyone," Yang said with a roll of her eyes.

"It was a nice moment while it lasted," Ruby stares at her sister. Micheal scratched the back of his head; at least he doesn't have a problem with heights.

"Oh, Yang gross, you have puke on your shoe," Ruby looking down at her sister's shoes. Yang looks down and shudders at the sight. She kept saying "Gross," and Ruby attempts to push her sister away repeating the same phrase "Get away from me," with Micheal just smiling sadly at the sisters' antics with his ears flattening. Micheal wished he still had this good of a relationship with his siblings. Micheal sighed and decided not to think of his family, knowing he'll never see them again.

Later, Beacon Academy

The trio manages to get a view of the front of the school, along with the other students and stare at it in astonishment.

"The view from Vale's got nothing on this," said Yang in awe. Micheal suddenly saw that Ruby had turned into a chibi version of herself somehow. She was staring at other students' weapon with excitement.

"Uh, how did you do that Ruby," Micheal asks puzzled at how that was physically plausible, but he was just disregarded.

Yang snaps Ruby out of her weapon trance "Easy there little sis, they're just weapons," with Ruby looking frustrated.

Ruby turned to her sister "Just weapons, they're an extension of ourselves; there are a part of us, oh they are so cool," after her comment, she gazed at the other weapons.

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

"Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose; I just really like seeing new ones; it's like meeting new people, but better…," Micheal just shook his head at the statement.

Yang then playfully pulls down Ruby's hood. "Ruby, come on, why don't you go try and make some friends of your own," Micheal doesn't say anything about this.

Ruby pulls her hood back "But… why do I need friends if I have you two." Then a group of people surrounded Yang in a flash.

"Well, actually my friends are now got to go catch up, bye," Yang said then she and the group of student dash away in a flash. They dashed past Ruby, spinning her in the process and making her dizzy.

Micheal scratched his head 'What kind of sister are you,' he thought as he saw Yang disappear into the distance.

"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," Ruby said before falling over into push cart with white suitcases on it, knocking them over. Before Micheal could go help Ruby up they heard an angry voice.

"What are you doing?"

Micheal turned to a young girl in white staring at Ruby. He had recognized her as Weiss Schnee. She is wearing a white bolero jacket over a similar color thigh-length dress with a piece of black lace making up the neckline. Inside the bolero was red and the sleeves turned blue as they got closer to the wrist. Even though Micheal couldn't see it, he knew on the back of the bolero is her symbol and the symbol of her family company, a snowflake. She is wearing a few pieces of jewelry, an apple shaped necklace, and tin rectangular earrings. She is wearing white, heeled wedge boots that go to mid-calf; the insides are also lined with red. The last piece of jewelry is in her hair. Her long white hair is tied into an off-center ponytail, which at the base is a small tiara, which looks like icicles. There is ribbon wrapped around her waist and if Micheal remembers it's tied to a small bag on her back. She has a pale complexion with azure eyes and a crooked scar down her left eye.

Ruby sat up looking at Weiss "Sorry," Weiss bent over a little bit and pointed at Ruby.

"Sorry, do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused," she said.

"Uhhhh," was Ruby only response as she tried to give Weiss one of the suitcases. Micheal backed up a bit.

Weiss snatched it out of her hands "Give me that," and opened it up. Weiss began a lecture "This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry," as she reached into the case and pulled out a vile full of red dust. Ruby is still a little confused. Weiss closed the case with white and blue dust coming out of it "What are you brain dead, dust, Fire, Water, Lightning, Energy," which each elemental list, she shook the dust vial with dust coming out of it. Ruby got up to her feet but began to look like she was about to sneeze as the dust tickled her nose. Micheal slowly held Order in front of him knowing what was coming. Weiss oblivious to Ruby reaction to the Dust continued her lecture "Are you even listening to me, is any of this sinking in, what do you have to say for yourself," then sudden Ruby sneezed.

A loud boom was heard as fire, ice and lightning filled the immediate area and a crater formed at the trio's feet. Micheal heard a clink of glass hitting the concrete behind him and his ears twitched at the sound. He moved his shield to the side to see Weiss stomping her foot and the smoke dissipating. Weiss said angrily "Unbelievable, this is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about," as Ruby was tapping the tips of her fingers together.

The brunette looked down "I'm really, really sorry," but Weiss continued to belittle her.

"You complete dolt, what are you even doing here, aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon," and bent down a little to give her a glare.

Ruby nervously tried to reply "W-well, I-I-," but Weiss didn't give her a chance.

"This isn't your ordinary combat school, is not just sparing and practicing you know, we're here to fight monsters, so watch you're going," and Micheal slammed his shield down. The slam got Ruby and Weiss attention immediately. He had enough of Weiss belittling Ruby, its different being in person than watching through a TV.

Micheal said, "She said she was sorry, princess."

"It's heiress actually," a voice said from behind Micheal and the trio looked in the direction of the voice.

Micheal saw another young girl dressed in white and black. Micheal recognized her as Blake Belladonna. She is a young girl with a pale complexion, with long, wavy black hair, and amber eyes with light purple eyeshadow that flared backward. Her eyes are slightly tilted at the ends. She wears a ribbon tied into the form of a bow, and under that bow, Micheal knows is her faunus trait, a pair of black cat ears. She is wearing black low-heeled boots and stocking that start off black at her hips, but gradually fade to purple as they near her shoes. On the outside of the stockings are white symbols, which Micheal guessed are belladonna flowers. She is also wearing black ribbons on both of her arms, but on her left arm is a detached sleeve and silver band. Blake wears a black buttoned vest with coattails and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff with white shorts. These shorts look like they are attached to the shirt but are slightly obscured by the vest. There are zippers on the front of each leg on the shorts, Micheal wonders if they have a purpose or are just for decoration. Finally, Blake wears a detached scarf-like collar around her neck.

Blake walked upon the trio and stood next to Micheal. She said "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee dust company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world," and Weiss turned to face her.

"Finally, some recognition," The heiress said then turned her head to Ruby to cast a glare.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners," Blake added on.

Weiss snapped back and got in Blake's face "What how dare…, the nerve," during Weiss tantrum, Ruby was snickering. Weiss scoffed, took the vial of Dust in Blake's hand and walked away. Guys in black suits were picking up the suitcases and pushing the cart in the direction that Weiss was going.

Ruby turned to Weiss and rose her hand apologizing "I promise, I'll make this up to you," but Weiss didn't turn around. During this time, Blake turned around to walk in the opposite direction. As she turned, she looked at Micheal and stared for a couple seconds. She tilted her head slightly and squinted her eyes. She appeared to be studying the wolf faunus but then walked off without a word. Micheal strapped Order onto his back. Ruby sighed putting her head down "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day," then perked her head up "Oh, what's uh," only to see Blake walking away. The brunette fell onto her back depressed "Welcome to Beacon."

"Come on, Ruby lets go," Micheal sighed then he held out his hand. His friend grabbed his hand and got up. He said his ears flattening "I'm sorry Ruby; I should have helped you out more."

"It's okay, though you did scare me when you slammed your shield into the ground," Ruby smiles reassuring.

Micheal chuckled with his ears perking up "Sorry about that, I just got angry that's all, it's not right of her to treat you like that over an accident."

"I know but at least I know you will help me when I need it," Ruby said.

Then a voice spoke from behind the wolf faunus "Hey," and both Ruby and Micheal turn to the source of the voice.

They see a blond teenage boy holding his hand out. Micheal recognized him as Jaune Arc. Jaune has messy hair with dark-blue eyes. He is taller than both Micheal and Ruby. He is wearing a white chest plate and shoulder armor. Under the armor is a black hoodie with reddish-orange sleeves. He is also wearing blue jeans with a white patch on the left knee, and black shoes.

"I'm Jaune," He says politely.

"Micheal," Micheal replies as he shook his hand.

"Ruby," Ruby said as she shook it after her friend. She snickers "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship," and Jaune sighs in disappointment at being recognized for such a situation.

Micheal chuckles "Yes he is, come on we can walk and talk to wherever when need to go," and the trio began to walk. Before they could get a couple of feet from their current position, the trio heard a voice.

"Mr. Law, may I have a moment," and the trio turned to see Glynda Goodwitch, the instructor Ruby and Micheal met the night before. She has one arm at her side with a device in her other hand, more than likely a scroll. A silver suitcase was on the ground at her feet.

"Sure, Ms. Goodwitch," Micheal said then turned to Ruby and Jaune "You two go on ahead I'll see you later, okay."

Ruby looks at her friend sad for a bit but then smiles reassuringly "Okay," and then walks off with Jaune. Micheal turns and walks over to stand in front of Glynda.

He had to tilt his head back to look the professor in the eyes, due to the difference in their heights.

He asks curiously, "What do you need, Ms. Goodwitch?" Glynda picked up the suitcase next to her. She then holds it in front of the wolf faunus gesturing him to take it.

"Ozpin wanted me to give you this," Glynda states. Micheal took the suitcase from the older blonde woman. He then proceeded to hold it flat in his left hand and opened it up with his right. He saw a few pairs of his clothes, a couple of pairs of pajama shirts and pants, a bottle of shampoo and conditioner, with a toothbrush, and toothpaste. It was just some basic supplies he needed, something he seemed to have let slip from his mind.

Micheal glances up at Glynda slightly confused "I'm not complaining, but why is he helping so much," and the female instructor adjusted her glasses.

"All he said was that you're a special guest and he wanted to give you a gift," The blond woman said and Micheal closed the suitcase.

He smiles "Tell him I said thank you," Glynda nods in acknowledgement and began to walk off. The wolf faunus asks, "Oh, Ms. Goodwitch, where am I supposed to go?"

Glynda turned around pointing in the direction he needed to go "The amphitheater," then she gave directions on how to reach the building. Micheal nods in appreciation for the aid and walked to the amphitheater.

Author's Notes: As always, criticism is good.