As they enter the large building, they're greeted by the sight of many new students waiting for the ceremony to begin. "Wow, there are more people here than I expected there to be.", Yang says in aw of the amount of people who're also attending Beacon.
Sapphire doesn't seem surprised and replies with, "This is one of the best schools for training Huntsmen and Huntresses. It should be expected of such a place."
They make their way through the ocean of people before Yang looks at her scroll to see that it's a minute before the ceremony is set to start. She looks around for a second before asking, "Does anyone see Ruby?"
"Nope, no Ruby.", Sapphire replies as she glances to her left.
Yang turns around and asks, "Do you see her anywhere, Ash?", only to see he's already gone. She looks around again and asks, "Where did he go? I didn't even notice he left."
"Eh, we'll probably see him again.", Sapphire suggests as she glances back at the entrance to see a girl dressed in all red with Vomit Boy. "Hey Ruby, over here!", Sapphire shouts as she waves her arms, trying to get the girl's attention. When the girl turns her head, they see it's Ruby and she smiles. They see her say something to Vomit Boy before rushing over to their side.
"So, making friends with Vomit Boy, huh?", Yang asks with a smug grin.
Ruby quickly punches her sister's arm with all her small person strength before saying, "Shut up, you! He was the only one who was nice to me all morning!"
"Come on, it couldn't 've been that bad.", Sapphire replies, earning a glare from the red hooded girl.
"First, you two ditched me. Then I bumped into some crummy girl and literally fell over her luggage. Then she yelled at me and called me names. Then I EXPLODED! Then she yelled at me AGAIN! And after that, everyone left me again and I wanted to cry really REALLY BAD!", Ruby explains as she counts off the events on her left fingers.
Ruby quickly leaps into Yang's arms when she hears a familiar voice shout, "YOU!"
"OH NO, IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!", Ruby exclaims in fear as she trembles in Yang's arms, causing Yang's and Sapphire's eyes to widen in disbelief.
"You're just lucky you didn't blow us off the side of the cliff, you dunce.", Weiss scolds her as the small girl hides her face in Yang's shoulder.
"Oh my Gods, she really exploded.", Sapphire says in disbelief.
"Ruby.", Yang says to her, causing the young girl to hop out of her sister's arms and onto her own two feet to defend herself.
She tries to defend herself by saying, "It was an accident, Weiss! Honest!", but is met with a pamphlet only an inch from her nose. It says, "Dust for Dummies", on the top and has a picture of a man holding a Dust crystal in his right hand while scratching his head in confusion with the other. "What's this?", Ruby asks with a confused look on her face.
"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damage sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product. Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages our customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust application and practice in the field.", Weiss recites as if it were a slogan ingrained into her memory.
"Uh, what?", Ruby replies with an even further confused look on her face.
Weiss glares at the young girl and asks, "Are you really sorry about what you did today?"
Ruby nods and replies with, "More than anything!", and Weiss shoves the pamphlet into the small girl's hands before telling her, "Then to start making things up to me, you can read this and never speak to me EVER AGAIN."
"Listen, it seems like you two just got off on the wrong foot. How about you two start over and try to be friends, okay?", Yang suggests with a slight smile.
Ruby quickly agrees with the idea before saying, "Great idea sis!", and extending her hand out to Weiss while saying, "Hello Weiss, I'm Ruby. Wanna hang out sometime? We can go shopping for school supplies."
Weiss replies with an overly sarcastic smile before saying, "Yeah, we can be total BFFs and paint our nails and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there.", and point at Vomit Boy in the distance.
Ruby is rejoiced by Weiss' claim, not seeing the clear sarcasm before her, and happily asks, "Wow, really!?", only to be rejected with a stern and emotionless, "No.", from Weiss.
Their conversation is cut short by the sound of a microphone being turned on. They all look up at the stage to see Professor Ozpin standing on the stage by himself in front of the microphone. He pushes up his glasses by the bridge with two of his right fingers before saying, "I'll keep this brief." This causes all of those who weren't already paying attention to turn their heads to the green haired man. Once he feels that he has everyone's attention, he says, "You've all travel a great distance to reach this point. Not in physical distance per say, but in hard work and dedication. You all in some way desire the same end goal, to become a Huntsman or Huntress and live your life as you see fit. So, you all came to this school in search of knowledge. Knowledge that would help you achieve your goal of becoming a warrior who'd defeat the monsters of the darkness and bring about a better world. But I look amongst you all and only see wasted energy. You seek purpose and direction in your lives and think this knowledge will free you of this burden. Know that your time here at Beacon Academy will prove that knowledge alone can only carry you so far. It is up to each and every one of you to find the first step toward finding your purpose, and take it."
As he finishes his speech, he goes to walk off the stage, but is stopped when Glynda Goodwitch steps in front of him and gestures for him to get closer for her to tell him something. He lowers his head down to her level to better hear her whispering before seeming to snicker to himself and heading back to the microphone. He leans into the microphone and says, "I've just been informed that uniforms are still on their way here, and they won't arrive for at least three whole days. For now, students are permitted to wear their combat gear on school grounds in place of their uniform until they are delivered to you. And, Welcome to Beacon."
Ozpin takes a sip from his mug before calmly walking off the stage, letting Glynda finish up the ceremony for him. She walks up to the microphone and adjusts it so it's at her height level before saying, "You all will gather in the ballroom for the night. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."
"Does he always talk like that?", Sapphire asks with a slightly disgruntled look on her face.
Ruby is a bit spooked before saying, "Yeah, he's usually that odd when he speaks."
Suddenly, Vomit Boy walks over to them and says to Weiss, "I'm a natural blonde, you know.", causing her to facepalm.
Later that night, all the students are gathered in the ballroom and are laying down sleeping bags as they prepare to go to sleep for the night. Ruby is laying on her sleeping bag as she starts writing a letter, dressed in a black tank-top, white pajama pants that have pink roses on them, and a black eye mask with red Grimm eyes on the front strapped to the top of her head. Sapphire is laying on her sleeping bag to Ruby's left, looking up at the ceiling with her hands behind her head while wearing a pair of grey sweatpants and a blue sweater. Where her black eyepatch once was is now a white bandage made of a soft cotton like fabric. Yang lands on the sleeping bag to Ruby's right, dressed in only a pair of black short shorts and an orange tank-top with her symbol on the front, while saying, "It's like a big slumber party!"
As Ruby continues her writing, she replies with, "I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys though.", causing Yang to give her a sinister grin.
"I know I do.", Yang replies before giving a soft purr when she sees all the boys topless. She then sees Ash again, but he seems to be wearing the same thing he was earlier, as he sits on top of his sleeping bag with his legs crossed and his eyes closed in almost a meditation position. Before she can ask what he's doing, she sees Vomit Boy in a blue onesie and starts to giggle as she covers her mouth, trying to contain her laughter.
Sapphire glances over at her and asks, "What? What's so funny?", causing to which the blonde simply points at Vomit Boy. She glances over at him with her one good eye before quickly sitting up to get a better look. She can't help but laugh when she sees his matching blue rabbit slippers with bunny ears. Their laughter causes Ruby's pencil to fall out of her hands, drawing a line down her paper.
"Could you guys keep it down? I'm trying to write.", Ruby asks as she aggressively erases something on the letter. The two girls calm down before looking to Ruby.
"What'cha writing sis?", Yang asks as she crawls over to her to see what she's writing.
Sapphire does the same and when she sees it, she asks, "A letter? Who's it for?"
Ruby smiles and replies with, "It's just a letter to my friends back in Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going."
"Awww, that's so cuuuuute~", Yang mocks in her usual big sister fashion, earning her a pillow slap to the face.
"Shut up. I didn't get to take my friends to school with me! It weird not knowing anyone but you two here.", Ruby says to her with a stern glare before returning to her letter.
Yang and Sapphire look to each other before looking back to Ruby, seeing she's actually quite upset about this.
"What about Vomit Boy? You guys came to the introduction ceremony together, right?", Sapphire asks causing Ruby to sigh.
"Yeah, that's Jaune, Jaune Arc. He's nice.", Ruby replies as she continues to write.
"See, plus one friend! That's a fifty percent increase!", Yang explains enthusiastically.
Ruby continues to write as she says, "I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero."
Sapphire lets out a slight snicker before saying, "There's no such thing as a 'negative friend', you just made one friend and one enemy."
Ruby glares over at her before chucking another pillow, this time hitting Sapphire in the face with it. Ruby puts the letter in her sleeping bag before laying down on her back and looking up at the ceiling. Yang just lets out a chuckle before saying, "It's only been one day, Sis. You have friends all around you here, you just haven't met them yet. Just give it some time."
As Yang finishes her pep-talk, they hear the sound of someone lighting a match. The three girls look to see a girl dressed in all black lighting some candles. She's dressed in a black and white night gown with her usual black bow on the top of her head. The girl picks up her book off the ground before starting to read it. "It's her again.", Ruby says as she recognizes the girl.
"You know her?", Yang asks with a slightly raised eyebrow.
Sapphire glances over to Ruby and asks, "You didn't catch her in your explosion earlier, did you?"
"No! She was there this morning though. She left before I could catch her name.", Ruby replies as she looks over at the girl with a curious look.
Yang smiles and suggests, "Welp, let's go say hi!" She gets up and grabs her little sister's arm, pulling her to her feet as she starts heading straight for the girl in black.
"B-but what about taking my time? Yang!?", Ruby asks her sister in a panic.
Yang just smiles before saying, "And there's no time like the present. Come on!", and continuing to drag her sister along.
Sapphire can't help but smiles at this sight of her friend pull Ruby along like a rag doll before laying down for the short moment of peace.
On the other side of the room, Jaune is sitting down on his sleeping bag while doing a connect the dots puzzle from a puzzle book he brought from home. As he finishes, it forms the shape of a bunny and he smiles, seeming proud of what he has accomplished. He's suddenly interrupted when someone grabs the book out of his hands as they say, "What do we have here?"
As he looks up, he says, "Hey, that's mine!", and sees that the person who took his book is a large muscular guy with orange hair wearing only brown sweatpants.
"What are ya gonna do about it, Loser?", the bully asks, and Jaune instantly recognizes who it is.
"Hey, you're the same guy who shoved my head in the trashcan this morning!", Jaune exclaims in frustration.
"Vomit Boy! I barely recognized you! Now that I get a better look at you, you were probably better off in that trashcan, right fellas?", the bully replies before looking over his shoulder to three more guys who all nod. Jaune stands up and tries to grab his book, but the bully just lifts the book out of Jaune's reach with his longer arms and superior height. The bully laughs and says to Jaune, "Come on, you have to jump for it." Jaune tries to jump up and grab it, but the bully lifts it slightly higher up, causing Jaune to miss.
The bully continues to laugh until he sees something casting a shadow over him. He groans and says, "What the hell do you want?", before turning around to see another boy, who's actually taller and more muscular than he is with lighter orange hair standing behind him. The bully simply gulps at the sight of someone that tall before hearing a deep growl come from the mountain of a boy. The boy reaches out a hand, causing the bully to drop Jaune's book and head back to his friends sides, saying, "This isn't worth it."
Jaune's just left in shock, afraid of what the giant might do if he happens to do anything to irritate him. He's surprised however when the boy squats down and picks up the book. He hands it to Jaune and says, "This is what you were trying to get, right?" Jaune simply nods before politely taking it from him. "What's your name bud?", the boy asks.
"J-Jaune, Jaune Arc...", he replies nervously.
"Jaune, don't let people like that push you around. You have to stand up for yourself when it comes to people like that. If you let them push you around, that's only giving them more power.", the boy says to him as he turns to walk back to his sleeping bag.
Jaune's left speechless by what the giant just said to him and struggles to ask him, "W-what's your name?"
He glances back at Jaune and simply says, "Persi.", before continuing to walk to his sleeping bag.
In Vale's highest security prison, Roman Torchwich is sitting in a cell without his hat or cane. He hears an explosion from outside and smiles. The once quiet prison is filled with the sounds of screaming guards and gunfire. After a few minutes, the noise dies down and it's silent once more. The door to the his prison block is opened and he hears the sound of loud heels clicking against the concrete. He just chuckles to himself before saying, "You're late."
He looks up to see a girl standing in front of the door to his cell, twirling a set of keys on her right index finger while holding his cane and hat in her other hand. "What took you so long, Neo?", he asks with a sly smile as he stands up and she unlocks his cell. As the door swings open she tosses him his hat and cane, which he easily catches. He puts on his hat and before he can say anything else, Neo starts to cough, covering her mouth with her left hand as she does so.
"Neo!", he shouts in a panic as he rushes over to her side. She uses her umbrella as a cane to support herself as a pained look comes across her face. Roman groans as he throws her other arm over her shoulder and saying, "Come on, let's go home."