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"I like that one, Pyrrha, was it?" Lavender stated as he watched the red-head walk into the arena confidently. "Grace and discipline. An exquisite form that belies the warrior within, why, it reminds me of Miner-"

Albion held up a hand before his team-mate, interrupting him.

"Yes, I agree. Still, I wish I could say the same for his opponents." He looked at team CRDL with distaste.

"Indeed, no discipline, sloppy form and honestly…" Omegos watched as the spar began. "They have terrible team-work. The seven work better together than that." He snorted derisively.

Shortly thereafter team ROAL burst into laughter, drawing even more odd looks, particularly from a certain green-haired girl.

Still, she quickly averted her gaze when it met Riina's, the leader of the odd group.

Said purple-haired girl then looked at her silver-haired team-member.

"'His', Albion?" She said curiously.

He blinked a few times in confusion before realisation dawned upon his face.

"Oh my." He said abashedly.

The sound of an armoured person crashing into the ground signalled the end of the spar, with Pyrrha standing victorious, and team CRDL lying down on the floor, although their leader did manage to force his arm and head up a slight bit, and groan out the words; "Lucky shot."

No one present, and conscious, agreed with that.

"Well then, we have time for one more match. Any volunteers?" Professor Goodwitch stated, looking into the gathered students.

A grey-haired teen rose. "I'll do it."

"Very well, mister Black. Choose your opponent."

The teen seemed thoughtful, humming as he seemingly regarded his options.

"I think I'll choose… you." He then said, and pointed towards the red-head still standing in the arena.

"Mr Black, I hardly think-" The stern teacher started, but was interrupted by Pyrrha.

"I don't mind." She said.

Certainly, there was no sign of fatigue on her, and she didn't seem averse to the idea at all, but…

"I disagree." Albion spoke up, his voice carrying around the chamber despite being level and calm, as he rose from his seat. "I do not think letting the same person fight several times in a row would serve the purpose of this place. I would like to take her place."

Mercury looked quite taken aback by this, but was unable to speak up from the sheer pressure of the other.

Glynda simply nodded.

"Very good. Mercury Black, Albion Dracul will be your opponent." She stated imperiously.

"What are you doing?" Omegos asked.

"I feel no honour from that boy. I believe his intentions were dishonest." Albion replied coldly. "Besides, it is unchivalrous to make a warrior fight several battles in succession."

"Just don't overdo it." Riina said, surprisingly serious.

"Of course not, if the worst comes to happen, he'll at least leave a corpse." The silver-haired boy said, not entirely seriously. "Don't worry, if anything, these kids are at least durable."

Then he left to retrieve his armour and weapons.

-Break—

Emerald stared intently at the doorway through which this Albion Dracul would emerge.

It hadn't been their goal this day, but testing this oddity wouldn't be a bad idea either.

She had wondered slightly what they had been talking about between themselves, but she had been unable to hear anything, and it didn't particularly seem like anyone else had heard anything.

A sound brought her attention back.

The sound of an armoured boot on stone, of metal plate moving around.

Albion emerged, and suddenly she could see that he had applied his name to his armour.

White plate covered his chest legs and arms, with great red and gold pauldrons covering his shoulders. The Dracul part was covered by a slightly draconic full-helm that covered his entire head, with an opening to let his pony-tail out.

And to complete the insanity he wore a red cape on his back!

Who even wears that much armour!?

And here she thought Cardin Winchester had too much of it.

Still, it suited the slightly knightly aura he had always been giving off, and it was most certainly an imposing sight.

To complete this, he carried a massive round shield in his left hand, white with a gold band around the edge, within which weird symbols had been carved. In the middle was a red upside down triangle with smaller red triangles on each side, almost like two triangles where one was put atop the other. Surrounding that was another golden band, and between that and the band on the edge was a series of small golden triangles, which when combined with the inner band reminded her of the sun.

In his right hand he held a long lance, almost as long as he was tall. It was made of pure metal, and looked even more unwieldy than that little girl's scythe, with its unexpected girth, the hand completely hidden within it, narrowing down to a point.

Mercury could barely contain his incredulity.

"What are you even wearing? Who even uses armour like that in this day and age!?" He exclaimed snidely.

Albion didn't even react. He simply stopped at the appropriate distance and faced his opponent, raising his lance in a salute.

The grey-haired teen simply made a whatever face and took a stance.

The teacher herself looked a bit uncertain about the whole thing, but she simply gave the signal to begin anyway.

Mercury dashed forward, lashing out at his opponent with a kick.

It was, not unexpectedly, repelled by the shield, although what followed left Emerald stunned, as instead of being stopped, Albion pressed forward, sending his opponent flying with a mighty swing of his shield.

Then he moved.

Despite that massive shield, despite that ridiculous lance… defying the apparent weight of that armour the white knight flew forward with speed rivalling Pyrrha Nikos herself.

Mercury, seeing this threw himself to the side with all the speed he could muster, lest he be skewered by the sharp lance.

Finally, as the knight righted himself, he spoke, his voice slightly muffled by the face-plate of his helmet.

"It seems you thought you could take this lightly." He said, his voice dripping with disapproval. "Such arrogance… You insult me with your lax attitude."

The grey-haired teen broke out in a cold sweat as his opponent suddenly seemed… far larger.

Emerald could see that Mercury was about to yield.

But he barely had time to start relaxing his posture, much less raise his arms or say any word. For the moment he did, a shield smashed into him with enough force to send him flying uncontrollably straight into the wall, where he left a small crater from the impact.

She had barely even been able to see the knight move.

One moment he had been standing there, the next his shield had smashed into Mercury.

From what she could see he hadn't even been able to react.

And perhaps it was due to the fact she was staring at the knight in shock… but for a single short moment she thought she saw the armour and weapons become indistinct, like static on a recording.

Then Glynda signalled the end of the match by both knockout and depletion of Aura.

With a single shield-bash, Albion Dracul managed to completely deplete Mercury's Aura, and send him flying hard enough to smash into a wall with enough force to cause a small crater to form.

The grey-haired assassin never stood a chance.

Within the arena, none could hear Albion murmur; "Seems like I did overdo it anyway."

-Break—

Within the room of team RWBY Huckmon looked up as it sensed a familiar energy for a few moments.

"This is… They're here?"

-Break—

In the infirmary BlackTailmon looked up from its resting place as it sensed a familiar, and unwelcome energy.

"This… That one is here. I need to be careful, I doubt it's here alone."

-Break—

"I hope you don't call that 'not overdoing it'." Riina said in a joking tone as team ROAL met up with Albion.

"Forgive me. I was infuriated by his attitude. I wanted to teach him a lesson." The knight responded apologetically.

"You? Infuriated? Should we be worried?" Lavender added, a slight hint of genuine worry mixed into his joking tone.

"I'm not that saintly, worry not, I am stable." Albion replied with a wry smile.

"That is true. I guess sometimes your Attribute does shine through." Omegos added jokingly.

"Pardon me! I am also of that Attribute mind you!" The pink-haired boy said with exaggerated offense and a hand on his chest.

"Yes, but he's anomalous within it. You… not so much." The dual-coloured boy retorted amusedly. "To be fair, you are in the more virtuous end of the spectrum." He then conceded.

"That is fair enough." Lavender replied flamboyantly, taking a sniff of his rose.

They continued on, Riina smiling slightly as she looked past her team-members.

-Break—

Pyrrha recoiled slightly as the golden eyes of the purple-haired leader of team ROAL met hers for a few moments.

She had thought she had gone unnoticed as she had slightly followed the white knight that had taken her place as Mercury's opponent.

She had been a bit curious about him, since he was, along with his team, a bit mysterious, and unexpectedly powerful.

Even if Mercury's kick hadn't been fully serious, Pyrrha still reckoned it should have at least pushed her back slightly. And while to be fair Albion's large shield and heavy armour should have made him exceptionally stable, she still hadn't expected him to push his attacker off like that.

Not to mention that speed…

He was much stronger than her. She had no confidence she could move that fast with such heavy equipment, but the knight had seemed completely unencumbered by it.

It had confused her. She was one of the most capable people in her class. Sure, Nora was stronger, and Ruby was faster, but in terms of raw combat ability she was confident she was better.

But this guy… even if he was in a year higher than her, it boggled her mind how different he was compared to her.

And now, she was even more confused.

'Attribute? Are they using it to describe their personalities? And same? Lavender and Albion has the same 'attribute'? What do they even mean by that?'

Yes, they had used the word 'attribute'. And not in a manner she thought made sense. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time they did something odd.

Actually…

They almost seemed like they were from a different… time… culture… different something.

The only one who seemed even relatively normal was Riina, but… it almost made her stand out more amongst her team-mates, as if she was the only good actor amongst a group of people trying to act differently.

No, no. Surely she was just overthinking things, that just sounds silly.

Still, she guessed this showed that she really shouldn't sit on her laurels…

Because you can never know what kind of powerhouses lurk around the corner.

She idly noted the mature raven-haired girl that walked past her dressed in Haven's uniform.

-Break—

"Albion Dracul did this?" Cinder asked with an annoyed tone. "Mercury, mind explaining?"

There was a sharp undertone of a threat in the woman's voice.

"I wanted to fight Pyrrha Nikos. I was about to fight Pyrrha Nikos. Then that guy just suddenly decides to take offense to the idea, and demands he take her place." The teen said angrily, if tiredly. "Of course, the teacher allows it, and I have to fight him. Then he comes into the arena, wearing full-plate armour, like some knight out of a damn fairy-tale, and I think, wow, this guy's an idiot. So I go into the fight nice and easy, test his shield, and almost breaks my legs! Then the asshole somehow notices I'm not serious, and gets all offended again and tries to skewer me before making some damn speech about it." He took a deep breath. "And then, when I try to surrender, I could swear he realised it, cause he then decides to up his speed even further… did I mention he was stupidly fast for someone in that much armour? And bashes me in the face with his stupid shield!"

The teen was breathing heavily as he finished his rant.

"And?" The raven-haired woman asked impatiently.

"He was knocked out with that." But it was Emerald that continued. "The bash itself took like 70% of his Aura, and then the impact against the wall took another 25 or so. I'm amazed nothing broke. Apart from the legs. At least they didn't fall off, that would have been awkward to hide."

Cinder's eyes narrowed.

"You couldn't evade it?" She asked Mercury.

"No, by the time I realised it was on its way into my face I could see every non-existent scratch or imperfection on his shield." The teen replied venomously.

"Non-existent?" She asked curiously.

The teen calmed down somewhat from having vented, and breathed out.

"Yeah. I didn't get a good look, but I feel confident in my observation skills, and that thing looked fresh out of the forge. Or cast. No scratches, no damage, and most ridiculously, no imperfections. I mean, I might have missed some in the micro-second I had to look, but that thing was impossibly perfectly made, and impossibly well taken care off." He shook his head. "Either that, or it had never been in battle. And considering that guy handled it like a pro, I doubt it. How come we haven't heard of them before?"

Cinder shook her head contemplatively.

"That is what I want to know."

Author's notes: Yay for doing this in a timely fashion for once. I'm a bit saddened honestly. There seems to be so little interest for this fic. The amount of reviews leaves much to be desired as does the number of followers, and don't even get me started on the favourites. I mean, I think I've seen worse, but it still leaves me a bit unhappy. Even so, I will ask that you review, say if I did something wrong, or if I messed up on some part.

I hope you enjoyed, and that you have a nice day.