*AN* Sorry this is late *again* I try. Now to introduce the rest of my Oc characters. Also, I know I didn't flesh out the Gorgon trio well but that was purposeful. Remember you are reading from a character's perspective so you learn what she learns at that moment.I'm also trying to fit a Bi-weekly schedule to update the story once every two weeks. Also, my gift to myself is updating my story so happy birthday to me.

As expected I woke earlier than the rest of the students this morning so I decided to venture out to the edge of Beacon cliff, the same spot I stargazed at two days prior, and I just sat there and watched the sunrise over the ocean. Unbeknownst to me, I had a visitor join me soon after. The visitor made his presence known by clearing his throat with an exaggerated growl.

"Excuse my asking but may I accompany you?" he had a deep, somber tone to his voice but I gestured for him to join me nonetheless. The boy that sat next to me was well built with a head of white hair that hung to his shoulders. He only wore a pair of boxers, which leads me to believe he just woke up, which revealed a worrying amount of scars on his chest and arms.

"The name's Grant, by the way." He stuck out his and in greeting. When I reached out to shake his hand I noticed a cautionary glance at my exposed forearms. "Échelle, and yes I'm a Faunus so if you plan on victimizing me I suggest you leave or you'll find out what the bottom of this gorge looks like."

"Excuse my staring but I was mesmerized by the pattern on the scales."

"I never really saw a pattern but I wanted to know why are you here?"

"I like watching the sunrise, it helps me think. Why are YOU up here so early?"

I considered his question before answering. "My biological clock is out of whack so I meditate like this every now and then," I answered with a shrug.

Grant seemed to ponder on my answer for a while before he stood and offered me a hand. When I answered him with a questioning look, he elaborated. "We should probably head back to get ready for the test, you know, get our weapons ready, that sort of thing."

"That is not such a bad idea." I accepted his hand to stand from the ledge. I noticed him cringe slightly at the strange feeling of my scales on his skin. "I admire how you resisted the urge to stare at a girl in a skimpy nightgown.

He didn't answer me at all so we walked back to the hall in silence. He walked into the hall in front of me and approached (what I assumed was) his bag while I approached my own bag. I took my bag, but before going to the locker room I looked down at Aurel, sleeping peacefully. I considered waking her up so that we can sparr, but I didn't want to anger her.

I went to the locker room and dressed in my casual outfit. I reveled in how clean my blouse, trench coat and boots were.

I took out my weapon, examining the curve of the blade and the state of the chain. The blade had a few chips in it and the chain seemed to have rust at nearly every seam. The early birds started streaming in and I started to realize that Beacon has co-ed locker rooms and likely also co-ed dorms. I have no problem with this but I wondered how Aurel would react.

She hasn't had the best track record with men and may not like a man living in her room. I'll probably find how she feels after the initiation test. When I left the lockers I saw Aurel rise like a zombie from her grave.

"Hey grumpy gills, did you sleep well?" She only replied with a groan that only added to my zombie image.

The rest of the morning just consisted of me trying to get Aurel to prepare for the test.

When the time arrived for the test, Miss Goodwitch called for all of us to dress in our combat outfits. I was was kind of miffed about this since now I had to take off my casual clothes and put on my combat outfit.

Aurel and I entered the locker room to get dressed. Aurel wore the same armour set as when I met her. She wore a deep purple dress with an armoured corset and necklace with chains connecting a plaque that rested atop her breasts to the necklace. Underneath her dress, she wore stockings up to her mid-thigh. Her ankle height boots and vambraces matched the silver armour of her corset and the plaque on her chest read Omnis Fortuna. To finish off her outfit she wore a heart-shaped face guard which covered her eyes and half her face. I assisted in braiding her long golden locks which I tied off with a purple bow were it ended in her middle back. Even armoured and armed to the teeth Aurel looked beautiful, her handmade spear, Gungnir, had a cloth with her runic symbol stitched into it wrapped around the lower half of the blade. While the spear didn't have a ranged form, her vambraces had a retrieval mechanism built into them.

"Are you gonna keep gawking or are you gonna finish up?"

Caught in the act I hastily finished up putting on my body suit and crown. I grabbed my weapon and we left for the cliff side we were instructed to confine at.

Along the way, we met up with the Gorgon trio who all wore their combat outfits. At least I assumed the lavish almost wedding-like dresses worn by the younger looking twins and the skimpy leather number worn by the older looking sister. The lack of armour made me question the Gorgon Trio's skill and/or arrogance.

We convened on a ledge with the Beacon symbol on plates lined next to each other facing the emerald forest. Among the Gorgon trio, Aurel, myself I noticed Grant in a matching black dress shirt and pants with red highlights, knee-high armoured boots, and quite large shoulder pads. The front of his dress shirt was open which showed one of his larger scars glowing blue. The blue glow spread to two small scars on his cheeks and seemed to dim with each deep breath. The large boy I noticed yesterday was clad in only a large red cloth being held up by a large metal belt. He wore three iron bands on his arms and a strange mask which fit perfectly with his horns and long white hair.

Something that scared me a bit was a girl calmly stroking a ghostly king taijitu as she listened to the briefing given by Professor Ozpin. This girl wore a bland robe with a black coat over it and an orange scarf. She had black, messy hair and orange irises.

I held my signature kama-sickle, Aurel had Gungnir, the Gorgon trio each held their own weapons, Medusa had two pyke-like daggers with large hand guards connected by a chain. Euryale had a stylized heart-shaped bow and Stheno had a pyke with a Dust tube centered in the twisted metal that formed the handle. Grant had a broadsword with a cross-shaped handguard and a jewel laid into the handle. The large boy had two large axes of which I'm confident I could even wield one if the handle was sawed in half. Snake girl had a katana and a wakizashi.

Among all the analyzing I forgot to listen to the briefing and had a heart attack when we were launched into the air.

*An*

Thanks for reading as I said I hope to start a Bi-weekly schedule updating on Thursday every two weeks if I fail I apologize.

Once again if you spot my mythology references I will give you an E-hug and an E-cookie.

See in two weeks

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