Chapter 4

Micheal found himself in the field of roses again. He looks around to find it empty. He didn't see the smoky figure this time though. Micheal soon woke up and saw it's still night time. Before he could go to back sleep he could barely hear a high-pitch roar. He thought 'It seems that whatever creature that is will be waiting for me tomorrow,' and went back to sleep.

The next morning, Micheal woke up later than most of the initiatives. He sees most of the room is empty. He walked to the locker room to get his weapon and get a change of clothes. He entered as a young guy in green clothes and young girl in black and pink clothes left. The wolf faunus walked over to his locker pass Ruby and Yang, who were having a conversation over Ruby growing up. He opened his locker with his back to Ruby and Yang. He heard Ruby ask "Um Micheal, about last…."

"Ruby, please forget about it, it's a personal matter that I don't want to talk about right now," Micheal interrupted in a stern tone that left no room for argument.

"Okay," Ruby says sadly. She turns to Yang and said "Back to our original conversation, you sound like dad, okay first of all, what does meeting people have to with fighting, and secondly, I don't need people to help me grow up, I drink milk," then Micheal chuckled and shakes his head. The brunette glared at her friend "What's so funny Micheal, I'm being serious," and he waved his hand in a gesture to calm down

"Nothing it's just that line 'I drink milk' is adorable," Ruby just blushed. Micheal pulled his suitcase out and opened it.

"Ruby, what about when we form teams," Yang getting back on topic. That made the brunette a little sad.

"Yang's got a good point, Ruby, you're going to meet new people regardless, and like you I'm not a fan of meeting new people, and before you say something, both of you were friendly and you let me stay in your house, which is a good reason to become friends with you two, but I'm willing to work past my inability to speak with new people for teams," Micheal said. He pulled out a clean set of his new clothes and put them on his arm.

"I don't know, I-I'll just be on your team or something," Ruby said.

"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team," Yang nervously replied. Micheal heard a little ruffling of hair.

"My dearest sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me," Ruby said with her voice steadily getting louder to the end.

"No, of course, I do I just thought, I don't know maybe it will help you break out of your shell," Yang said. Micheal put his suitcase in the locker. He heard footsteps approaching and then covered his ears.

"What the…, I don't need to break out of my shell, that's absolutely…," Ruby shrieked.

"Ridiculous! there's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday, I would remember having to count that high, ohh, why does this have to happen today." Jaune finishes Ruby's sentence while saying his own.

Micheal closed his locker and began to walk to the bathroom. He could hear another conversation as he walked. He could hear Weiss and another girl talking. He knew the girl was Pyrrha Nikos. He heard Weiss' voice first "So Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you would like to be on, I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong well known individual such as yourself."

"Hmm, I'm not quite sure, I was planning to let the chips fall where they may," Pyrrha said and then Micheal entered the bathroom and change clothes. After he changed clothes, the wolf faunus came out of the bathroom to get his weapon. He finds Jaune stuck to a stone pillar by a red and yellow javelin.

"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon cliffs for initiation, again first-year students report to Beacon cliffs immediately," the speaker turned on to say. Micheal sees Weiss approaching him. He also sees Pyrrha walk over and pull the javelin from the pillar.

Pyrrha is a tall muscular girl with a red ponytail that goes to her waist curled slight into a loose ringlet and has green eyes. Her seem to be consisting of two layers and the only girl Micheal's seen so far that wears armor. The top layer is light-brown strapless top split vertically with some bronze patterns and appears to be very stiff, maintain its shape without support. There also seems to be some kind of riveting or small round, embroidery on the sides that may be heavy sticking. The bottom layer is just a low bronze V-neck. Pyrrha also wears an elastic, red, A-line mini skirt and brown cut-off sleeves on both of her arms. She wears an ankle-length drapery that appears to be wrapped around her around her skirt. There appears to be a small circular plate on her right hip opposite of a pouch with both connected to the same belt. She has a few pieces of jewelry on her. A bronze circlet above her ears, a pair of small, green, teardrop earring attached to a thin chain that comes from her circlet, then a bronze gorget around her neck, and finally a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. She only has a few pieces of armor; she has bronze greaves starting from her mid-thigh going down into her boots, a pair of cuisses that begin at her mid-thigh and stop slightly above her knees. Her final piece of armor is a bronze bracer on top of the sleeve on her left arm. Finally, she wears brown boots, that have a bronze trim that reaches up to her mid-calf.

"It was nice meeting you," Pyrrha said while walking off.

"Likewise," Jaune sighed and slid to the ground.

Weiss stood in front of Micheal "Micheal, mind if I speak with you," then the wolf faunus nodded with a smile on his face.

"Sure, let me get my weapon and then we can talk on the way to Beacon cliffs," he said. Weiss nodded and then followed Micheal. The grey-haired boy quickly grabbed his weapon.

"Why do you need a huge shield and why is it bladed," Weiss asked staring at the shield.

Micheal strapped Order on his back "The shield doubles as an axe head," and gesture for them to walk. "If we see each other in during initiation, I'll show you," Micheal said. They began their walk and saw Ruby helping Jaune over to his locker.

"Have you thought whose team you want to be on," the heiress. Micheal shakes his head.

"Nope, like Pyrrha, I'm just going to let things happen," he said.

"How would you feel about being on a team with me," Weiss asked.

Micheal looked at Weiss "Why," and the white-haired girl looked at him confused. "Weiss, while I have no problem with that, what made you decide to want me on your team, I could tell yesterday that you did not like the fact that I am a faunus, and I'm also basically a nobody," Micheal said.

"It's for a few reasons," Weiss replied. Now it's Micheal turn to look confused. "Your weapon and dust capability," the heiress said. The wolf faunus raised an eyebrow. "First, what kinds of dust do you have in that shield," Weiss asked.

"Fire, ice, lightning, and violet dust," the wolf faunus responded

Weiss began a little rant "You're one of, if not the most versatile person amongst the first years here, the size and thickness of the shield makes you capable of taking hits, even without the dust you could probably hold your own against large grimm for a while, and still be able to fight small and mid-size grimm, something from what I can tell amongst the first year, we lack people with weapons that can fight large grimm, then you told me that shield is also an axe, then that means not only can you hold off large grimm but can probably slay them with ease, you could also clear a group of grimm in one swing, now let's put dust into the occasion, now you can fight grimm at a distance with fire, ice, and lightning, you can enhance your speed with lightning dust making you able to fight the faster, smaller grimm and escape horrible situations, you can use ice dust to help you defend yourself even more and from more angles, then you have violet dust, not only can you enhance you defense again, but you can enhance the power of your axe, once you enhance you axe with violet dust, I don't think there is single thing that can stop the swing of that weapon, then I wonder what your semblance, and what your capable with it." Micheal wondered what his semblance is too.

"What's your other reason," he asked.

"I was interested in what you said yesterday, I wondered what you meant by 'that fireball was supposed to be another lightning bolt'," Weiss said erecting a sigh from Micheal.

"Let me be honest with you Weiss, I honestly been lucky," The wolf faunus said, earning a confused look from Weiss. He said "I don't really have any idea how to use dust effectively and consistently, I was just lucky a couple nights ago and yesterday and I kind of forgot to read that pamphlet," and now it was Weiss' turn to sigh. They were now halfway to the cliffs.

"Great, can use dust but doesn't know how to use it," the heiress said and put a hand to her forehead. She rubbed the bridge of her nose. She said, "If we are on the same team then I'll teach you." Micheal nodded. They finally reached the cliffs after they got done talking.

A row of students was placed in a straight line in front of the cliff. Weiss and Micheal split up and stood on what looks like concrete squares. They have Beacon Academy's symbol on them. The wolf faunus got on the square to Yang's left. He found himself between Yang and a guy he knew he was going to have problems with, Cardin Winchester. Cardin is a very tall guy with burnt-orange hair with indigo eyes. He wears gray armor with gold trimming. On the chest plate is a bird with outstretched wings and under the armor is a black t-shirt and pants with a red belt. Micheal leaned back and looked down the line of initiatives, he saw Weiss next to Pyrrha, Blake down a few more spots. He sees a bright orange bushy tail even further down.

Before Micheal could lean back more to get a better look, he heard footsteps. He stood up straight and turned to the footsteps. He saw Ruby and Jaune walking up and getting on the last two spots at the end of the line. Ozpin walked up with Glynda close behind him and stood in front Ruby and Jaune. Ozpin said, "For years, you have trained to become warriors and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."

"Now I'm sure of, you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams, well, allow us to put an end to your confusion, each of you will be given teammates today," Glynda said right after Ozpin.

"What, no," the brunette said sadly.

The headmaster spoke again "These 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 whom you can work well," earning a groan from Ruby. Ozpin continued his little speech "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Micheal swore he heard something break in Ruby's mind.

"What," Ruby shouted.

"See I told you," another girl down the line said.

Ozpin went on "After you 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," and Micheal stared out into the forest. He knew it was out there, but where he didn't know. The wolf faunus heard Jaune gulp loudly. Ozpin said "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 one and return to the top of the cliff, you will guard that item, as well as your standing and grade you appropriately, are there any questions?" Micheal heard Jaune and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Yeah, um sir," Jaune said weakly.

"Good, now take your positions," Ozpin ignores him then everyone got in a pose excluding Jaune and Micheal. The grey-haired boy put his right hand on the side of his head tapping his temple with his index finger. Yang looked at him.

"What are you doing," she asked.

"Thinking of a way to land," Micheal responded and Yang mouth an "Oh," went back to her pose. It came to his attention due to his weapon's design. 'How do the hell do I land with a giant shield or axe,' he questioned in his head.

Micheal could still hear Jaune trying to ask his question "Uh sir, I've got um, a question." The wolf faunus then heard the sound of a mechanical click. He saw Weiss launched into the air. Jaune asked while people were being launched "So, this landing strategy thing, what is it, you're like dropping us off or something."

"No, you will be falling" Ozpin answered. Micheal could hear the clicks getting closer.

"Oh, I see, so did you hand out parachutes for us," the blond boy continued his questions. An excited shout comes just a couple people down from Micheal.

"No, you will be using your own landing strategy," the headmaster replied.

"Uh huh yeah," Jaune replied. Micheal heard the click next to him. He sees Cardin get launched into the air. The wolf faunus turned to Ruby and Yang and gave a two finger salute and then heard a click under him. He quickly spread his legs and crouched down and then suddenly felt a tremendous force propel him into the air. After about ten seconds later, he could hear Jaune crying.

After a bit, Micheal could see himself getting closer to the ground faster than everyone else. He thought of a landing ramp of ice. After a few seconds, he saw nothing pop up and the wolf faunus sighed. He pulled Order in front of him and put his right shoulder against the back of the shield. He closed his eyes and braced for impact. The wolf faunus heard a series of loud crashes as Order slammed through trees. He could also feel the impact of his shield slamming through the trees. He went through about seven trees before landing. The trees slowed him down a bit, but he was still falling at a good speed. As he impacted the ground, he grunted and felt an extreme amount of pain in his right shoulder. Order hit the ground and slid flat along it. Order started losing a lot of speed quickly as the shield slid across the ground. The shield stopped sliding when it hit the first tree it slid into. The wolf faunus rolled flat on his back holding his shoulder. He stayed like that for thirty seconds and then got up. He wanted to get his aura fully functioning soon at least to numb the pain. He strapped his shield onto his back and began to run north. His shoulder still hurt a lot but he had to get moving. He didn't want to be alone if the creature strikes.

Somewhere else in the Emerald Forest

The grimm was waiting at the north-eastern part of the forest for its person of interest to enter it. It had been waiting since last night. Even though the grimm couldn't harm this faunus do it being a dream. It could smell it and get a feel for its aura. This faunus has an extremely strong aura, stronger than anything its seen in its long life. The grimm had a hard time telling if its aura was active or not though. It was like this faunus' aura was flickering on and off. That garnered its interest and decided to investigate. It felt multiple auras land in the forest at one time. Most of the auras were weak, some strong, a few very strong, but the grimm felt two familiar auras. It knew one was the faunus it was waiting for. The other is one the grimm hasn't felt for a long time and it has matured greatly. It got up and began to walk towards its target.

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