Chapter 7-Welcome to Argus
"So kid what's the story with the pup? I may not know much about dogs but I do know they don't go turning into grimm at the drop of a hat." Qrow asked, looking at the wolf pup who slept soundly on Oscar's lap as they rode through the thick snow covered landscape. "That's a long story..." Snowla said. "We got time. It's gonna be a long ride to Argus." Qrow replied. The lion faunus sighed, glancing around at the others. "Storytime." Everyone looked at the girl slightly confused as the snowy forest slowly but surely began to change around them, replacing the white flakes, green pine trees and snow covered road with a tall building towering over the road, its shadow over the group as students humans and faunus walked through the large courtyard chatting away or walking to class, books or weapons in hand dressed in their uniforms, trees dotted around the large campus as birds flew over head in the cloud covered skies. Everyone looked about in confused as to how they were now at Beacon Academy. Snowla smiled at this as she began explaining Okami's story.
Six year old Snowla Raion sighed, feeling quite bored as she sat in Professor Goodwitch's office watching the huntress grading a few papers at her desk. The lion faunus was supposed to be spending the day with her uncle Tick Tock but he was busy meeting the general of Atlas, as a result the little lion was stuck being with the awesome yet sometimes boring Glynda Goodwitch. Mentally groaning in annoyance the six year old got out from her chair claiming she needed the little girl's room, Goodwitch got up from her seat to take the girl but Snowla told the woman she knew where to go and walked out. Though in reality Snowla was off to find something more fun to do rather than be bored all day, walking through the halls the lion faunus couldn't help but be a bit annoyed at Goodwitch for being super busy and thought of the best way to get back at the huntress. Going into one of the empty classrooms Snowla went to the empty chalkboard and quickly wrote a silly message in big letters. More specifically 'Goodwitch and Ozzy sitting in a tree K-i-s-s-i-n-g!' knowing the huntress had denied having any romantic feelings for the headmaster whilst blushing like a rose when Snowla asked about it last month. Happy with her handiwork the little lion left the classroom in search of someone to play with but after looking around for several minutes Snowla wasn't able to find anyone. Everyone she came across either said they had class or they had work to do, Snowla soon found herself sitting on one of the benches fighting back her welling tears, her furry ears pinned down as she held her tail. A tall boy with green hair saw this and went over to the sad six year old getting down to her level and asking what was the matter. "No one wants to play…." Snowla whimpered, rubbing her eyes as tears began falling onto her lap. "Would you like to play with me? I don't have classes today." The boy asked with a smile. "R-Really?" Snowla asked, looking at the young man. He nodded, getting back to his full height. "Yayyyy!" Snowla cheered, hugging the huntsman in training and the pair walked off and played hide and go seek tag. Waving goodbye to her new friend known as Iggy Snowla smiled to herself when she spied a few butterflies flutter by her. Curious the six year old followed them to the school gardens, several flower beds held budding or blooming flowers of various kinds as ladybugs and other plant friendly insects went about the garden. Suddenly a bush shook violently, causing several loose leaves to fall to the ground as the sounds of an animal whining filled the girl's ears. She rushed over to the bush and pulled back some of the shrubbery to find a small beowolf pup trapped inside, tangled in what looked to be thorns. "Poor thing." Snowla said as she got to work on freeing the little grimm, trying her best to ignore the thorns that were scratching and poking her arms. She soon freed the small grimm but it retaliated by biting down on its saviour's hand. Snowla winced in pain but smiled as she gently stroked the beowolf showing she wasn't a threat. The grimm let Snowla's hand go and began licking it as though apologizing. "So cute." Snowla giggled as her tail swished back and forth with joy but this moment wouldn't last long as a voice made itself known. "Ahem." She looked up to see Glynda standing over her, crop in hand, her gaze stern. "I saw your handiwork young lady." Snowla got to her feet, still holding the grimm. "I'm sorry… I was just mad that you were so busy. I thought you didn't want to play with me. Am I in trouble?" Snowla asked, feeling rather ashamed of herself. Glynda sighed, gently stroking the six year old's head. "No your not in trouble but you shouldn't have wrote that message on the chalkboard. Although I understand it can be difficult for someone who is full of energy to be patient. I'll make sure to have some of my work done and play a few games with you. But could you not sneak out of my office? It's hard enough to find your uncle when he sneaks off from his paperwork." "Yes Ma'am." Snowla said. "Now as for your friend here I think we should see the headmaster about it." Goodwitch said, glancing down at the small grimm. "Okayyyy…." Snowla sighed, following the huntress to the headmaster's office. They walked in finding the headmaster seated at his desk having a mug of hot chocolate alongside the Atlas general. "Yes ?" Ozpin asked, wondering why the headmistress had came by, when he spied a certain faunus's tail swishing behind her. "And whose the little troublemaker behind you?" The headmaster asked, as Snowla let out a squeak quickly grabbing her tail. Ozpin chuckled as Snowla side stepped into view, holding the small grimm. "What's this?" "This is Okami… I found him in the school gardens stuck in a thorny bush." The six year old explained. "Hmmm a grimm pup." "Oz don't tell me your actually thinking of allowing her to keep that grimm." The general said, eyeing the grimm warily. "It's just a baby." "Yes but I'm sure that baby has a mother who won't be happy that her pup is gone." The general said, being the voice of reason. "Possible…" The headmaster replied. "Please don't take him away from me. He's not bad." Snowla begged. "Hmmmm." Ozpin thought the matter over for a moment. "You may keep him but if he become aggressive you are to release him." Snowla set her furry friend down and ran over to the headmaster hugging him. "You are welcome my little snow cub." He said, smiling at his niece.
"And that's how I found Okami. Once he was a year old I released him knowing he couldn't stay since he was getting a bit too big and I trained him to come when I play this old song from one of my ancestors. Unfortunately he is kinda overprotective which is why he treats me like I'm his puppy and grabbed Ruby earlier to keep her away from the grimm." Snowla said, wrapping up the pup's story as the Ozpin's office reverted back into the snowy landscape. "That's….so….cool!" Ruby said in awe. "Quite impressive kiddo. Looks like the whole grimm can't be raised in captivity and will maul the one who put them there thing is off." Qrow said, impressed. "Thanks Mister Qrow." Snowla said, smiling. "So what we all saw earlier...was that your semblance?" Weiss asked, curiously. "Yeah. I'm able to bring stories to life. Literally. But can't interact with it, sorta like when we all saw Tick Tock's past." Snowla explained. "Pretty cool." Blake said. Okami barked in agreement before playfully gnawing on Oscar's gloved hand. "Hey I'm not a chew toy." The farm hand laughed trying to get his hand free from the wolf pup's mouth only for the furry pup to hold onto the boy's hand with his front paws. Everyone laughed as they continued down the snowy road when Ruby's scroll pinged. Looking at the caller idea she saw a familiar blonde known as Vomit Boy. Picking up the call and putting it on speaker mode everyone heard a young man's relieved voice. He spoke about how he hadn't heard from everyone since they had seen each other on the train and how they were waiting for them in Argus. Soon the group arrived at the top of the snowy hill to see the large seaside town known as Argus. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls welcome to Argus." Yang said with a smile.
A/N: Hi everyone ^^ Lopunnygal here with a redo of chapter 7. I wasn't really happy with how the chapter turned out so I wanted to fix it. I hope you all enjoy this new version of the chapter. Please read, review and tell me what you all think! Oh yeah things have settled down now so I wanted to tell ya that chapters for Lore will be posted on Sundays. Bye!