The bullhead touched down at Beacon, as soon as the ramp lowered a pink-haired warrior burst out onto the ground.
"ALRIGHT I'M ALIVE AGAIN!" Natsu cheered out happily.
Ruby shook her head as she walked up to her new friend "That was a quick recovery Natsu".
"Since I'm off that deathtrap I'm fine" Natsu replied smiling.
Ruby chuckled "By the way this is my sister Yang".
Yang looked Natsu up and down "Not a bad catch little sis, nice work" she said with a cheeky grin.
Ruby went as red as her hood at her sisters implication "I-it's not like that!".
Yang chuckled and walked away leaving Ruby fuming and Natsu confused, after an awkward silence the two set off, Ruby was so distracted that she walked right into someone's luggage.
"What are you doing!".
Ruby looked up to see a girl an white skirt with a rapier upon her side "Sorry".
"Sorry" the white clad girl continued "do you have any idea the damage you could have caused?".
"Uh" Ruby tried to pick a case but the girl took it.
"Give me that" the girl opened it and took out a vial of some red substance "this is Dust, mined and purified from the Schee quarry" when Ruby said nothing she continued "what are you brain dead?".
Natsu grabbed the girl roughly by the collar "She said sorry you spoiled brat! Now why don't you calm down and - ACHOO!".
Some loose Dust had floated up Natsu's nostril and caused the resulting sneeze exploded with trace fire, lightning and even ice.
"Unbelievable!" The girl shouted "this is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about".
"Sorry" Ruby and Natsu said in unison.
"You complete dolts!".
Natsu's anger started to rise again "We said we were sorry princess!".
"It's heiress actually" came a new voice.
A girl clad in black and white with a bow on her head strolled up and looked at the white-haired girl "Weiss Schee, heiress to the Schee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellent in the world".
"Finally, some recognition" Weiss said, satisfied.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labour forces and questionable business partners".
"W-what, how dare-" Weiss stormed off, seething, as Natsu chuckled, Ruby however called after her.
"I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby sighed "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day" she turned to the other girl "So what's-" seeing the girl had walked off Ruby collapsed "Welcome to Beacon" she muttered to herself.
A hand entered her vision "Hey" the owner of the hand said "I'm Jaune".
"Ruby" she introduced herself as she accept the helping hand "aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?".
As they walked Jaune was talking "All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on".
"I know right!" Natsu agreed with his kindred spirit "I'm Natsu by the way".
"Jaune" they shook hands.
"I'm sorry, Vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind".
"Oh yeah, what if I called you Crater Face" he retaliated.
"Hey, that was Natsu's fault".
"It was not" Natsu tried to defend himself "it was the Dusts fault".
"Well the name's Jaune Arc" he said confidently "short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it".
"Do they?" Natsu asked him, genuinely curious.
"T-they will, I hope they will" Jaune was now nervous "mom always says that- never-mind".
Ruby chuckled nervously "So…. I got this thing" she drew and extended Crescent Rose.
"Whoa!" Jaune jumped "is that a scythe?".
"It's also a customisable high-impact sniper rifle".
"Wha?" Jaune was dumbfounded.
"It's also a gun" she explained.
"Oh, that's cool!".
"So what have you got!?" She said excited.
"I've got this sword" Jaune pulled out an absolutely normal blade.
"Ooh".
"I've got a shield too".
"So what do they do?" Ruby touched the shield and it started shifting back and forth as it leapt from Jaune's arm.
When Jaune finally caught it he said "The shield gets smaller so when I get tried of carrying it I can just put it away".
Natsu and Ruby looked at each other "Wouldn't it weigh the same?" Natsu asked.
Jaune slumped "Yeah it does".
"Well I am a dork when it comes to weapons" Ruby admitted "I guess I went a little overboard in designing it".
"Wait, you made that?" Jaune was shocked.
"She made mine too" Natsu smiled.
Jaune just gaped at this girl.
"So why'd you help me out back there in the courtyard?" Ruby asked the barely functioning blonde teen.
"Eh, why not, my mum always says 'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet'".
"Hm" Ruby thought for a moment "hey where are we going?".
"I don't know, I was following you" Jaune replied happily "you think there might be a directory, maybe a food court?".
"FOOD!" Natsu exclaimed "where?" He started sniffing around.
"No Natsu" Ruby sighed "we're looking for everyone else".
"Oh they're over there" Natsu simply headed off in the direction he was pointing.
As they walked into the amphitheater they looked around at all the people.
"Ruby" Yang called out "I saved you a spot".
"Hey I got to go" Ruby said to Jaune "I'll see you after the ceremony".
"Hey wai-" Jaune looked around and saw that Natsu had walked off too "great, now who am I meant to talk to?".
Natsu found his friends and stood next to them as Professor Ozpin walked onto the stage.
"I'll keep this brief" Ozpin said into the microphone "you have traveled here 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, you assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge will only carry you so far, it is up to you to take the first step".
Erza frowned at Ozpin as professor Goodwitch stepped up to the microphone.
"You will gather at the ballroom tonight" she announced "tomorrow your initiation begins, be ready, you are dismissed".
"Well that was encouraging" Gray said sarcastically, then he looked around "what are you smiling about flame-brain?".
Natsu's friends looked at him "Ozpin" Natsu said quietly "I think dad would have liked him".
Lucy patted Natsu on the back, Natsu looked past her and froze "Gray" he said pointing "look".
Gray looked down.
Ruby and Yang were walking away when they heard someone shout.
"Ruby!".
Gray rushed over and picked up Ruby in a hug, Yang pushed the half-naked man in the face.
"What's the big idea chump" she shouted at him.
Gray ignored her "Look" he said to Ruby "It worked".
"Awesome" Ruby cheered.
"What is going on?" Yang questioned her sister.
"This is Gray" Ruby told her "he has a slight…. stripping problem, but my armour idea worked!" She pointed downwards "he kept his pants on!".
Yang glared at Gray "Why the hell do you randomly strip!?".
Gray sighed "My… semblance" he used this worlds term "is ice based, the person who trained me as a kid had a similar one, so as training she made me strip down in the snow now it just…. happens, I can't help it".
Yang looked at him for a second "Well at least it's a good view" Yang teased him.
Ruby facepalmed as Gray blushed and put his shirt back on.
That night Natsu was snoring loudly as Gray wandered over to his sleeping bag in just his boxers oblivious to the stares he was getting from most of the females in the ballroom.
Yang looked over from the spectacle at Ruby "What's that?" She asked her sister.
"A letter to the gang back at signal" she said "I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going".
"Aw that's so CUTE!" Yang said.
Lucy who had overheard the exchange "That is cute" she said to herself, then she turned to Erza "do you think Ruby will do well?".
"She has dedication and skill, she will excel at this school".
"I meant after this school" Lucy said quietly "out in the world, where people actually… die".
Erza looked down "I pray by the time her training is done she'll be prepared for.. any possibility".
Lucy looked sad then amused when Ruby and Yang started fighting in a comical dust cloud.
"Just like home" Lucy smiled "huh Erza?".
Erza smiled as well as she laid down to rest.
Authors Note: Well that's another chapter done, thank you for the support.
Now I need a little help, can anyone think of a good team name for our favourite wizards, remember the initials can be from the first or last names, as evidenced by teams JNPR and CRDL, Erza or Lucy would be decent leaders and Natsu would be a curse.
Adios amigos!