"Ruby! Ravus! Over here!" Ravus felt himself relax when he heard Yang's voice in the large auditorium. He quickly looked around spotted both Yang and Aero in the crowd. "We saved you two spots!"

"Oh! Hey, We-I gotta go! I'll see you after the ceremony!" Ruby awkwardly told their new acquaintance Jaune Arc as the two of them went to meet up with Yang. Ravus was happy to have found Yang again after she had ditched them. He liked Jaune enough, but if they ever ran into that Schnee girl again he would feel better if Yang was there. Not like he wants Yang to protect him. I can take care of myself. But having her around would…even things out. He wouldn't mind seeing that black haired girl again though. How did she know so much about the girl? And what was she reading?

"How's your first day going, little twins?" Yang asked, arms crossed over herself. Would she please stop calling us that?

"You mean since you ditched us and I exploded?" Ruby answered upset.

"Yikes! Meltdown already?" Yang asked half concerned.

"It's perfectly normal to feel out of place in a new setting Ruby." Aero added.

"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school!" Ruby corrected them. "And there was some fire, and I think some ice...?

"Is she being sarcastic?" Yang asked Ravus, smiling broadly.

"We wish." Ravus answered as Ruby scoffed next to him.

"Yeah. I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!"

"You!" Both Ravus and Ruby jumped at the voice of the mean girl, Ruby specifically jumping into Yang' arms.

"Oh, God, it's happening again!" Ruby cried, vocalizing Ravus' thoughts.

"You two are lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" She shouted between Ruby and Ravus.

"Oh, my God, you really exploded..." Yang said, finally realizing that they had been telling the truth.

"It was an accident." Ruby began explaining to Yang. "It was an accident!" She repeated toward Weiss. She then held up a pamphlet to Ruby. "What's this?" Suddenly the girl begins rambling a long list of disclaimers, causing Ravus' ears to ache by time she finished. He looked over to Aero for support but he had almost faded into the crowd.

"Uuhhh...?" Ruby asked

"You really wanna start making things up to me?" Weiss asked irked.

"Absolutely?" Ruby answered, weary of how she will respond next.

"Read this, and don't ever speak to me again." Weiss ordered, handing the pamphlet to Ruby. "And you, keep a better eye on this girl. I don't know how much better you are but just keep her away from me." She commanded, pointing at Ravus.

"Uuhhh…" Ravus answered.

"Look, uh, it sounds like you all just got off on the wrong foot." Yang began. "Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" She offered positively.

"Yeah! Great idea, sis! Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! And this is my brother Ravus. Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!" Ruby asked chipper, holding out a hand for Weiss to shake.

"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, blond, and scraggly over there!" Weiss answered, suddenly enthusiast as she gestured to Jaune behind her.

"Wow, really?!" Ruby asked, almost ecstatic.

"Really?" Ravus added, more skeptical than Ruby.

"No." Ravus put a hand on a disappointed Ruby's shoulder as a man cleared his voice over the microphone. He looked up to see Professor Ozpin on the stage with Glynda beside him.

"I'll... keep this brief." The Professor started. "You have traveled here today 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." Ravus gulped and looked around at the rest of the incoming students, wondering if any of them felt like he did. Probably not. "You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." With that final word the Professor left the stage, leaving Glynda to give the final instructions.

"He seemed kind of... off." Yang commented.

"It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby added. I wish I wasn't here.

Ravus rolled out his sleeping bag on the ground of the ballroom and laid down, putting his hands behind his head.

"Hey Ravus." Ravus opened his eyes and saw Aero standing above him.

"Hey Aero." Ravus responded as Aero set down his own sleeping bag. The nice thing about Aero was that he didn't really have to talk with him. Aero just kind understood. However, that also made it really hard to keep things from him.

"What's up?" Aero asked.

"The ceiling."

"Miss your dad already?" Aero asked through a small laugh. Ravus smiled slightly but returned to looking at the ceiling. "Hey, I know it's a new place. But don't worry. You've already meet some interesting people."

"If by interesting you mean terrifying." Ravus responded back, still hearing Weiss' yelling in his ears. "I don't know what I'm gonna do if I end up with her in one of my classes."

"Prove to her that you know what you're doing. She just thinks she's all that." Aero commented courageously.

"Easy for you to say. You didn't have to face off with her twice today. Why did you, like, disappear during the assembly?" Ravus asked, propping himself up on his elbows to look at Aero.

"Well…"

"Hey, mind if I set my stuff by you?" Ravus and Aero looked over to see Jaune Arc.

"Why not, dude." Ravus said, gesturing a place for Jaune.

"Thanks." He said with a smile. "I'm Jaune." He introduced himself after he set some of his things down. Aero took Jaune's hand.

"Aero Branween." He replied.

"Nice to meet you." Jaune smiled. "I'm gonna go change. Be back shortly." Jaune headed off, carrying a small bag with him.

"He seems nice." Aero commented. Ravus didn't respond. His eyes scanned the crowd. There had to be at least 50 there in the great hall. Per Glynda's directions girls stayed on one side and boys stayed on the other. Ravus tried to see if he could spot Yang but being too lazy to get up and look he couldn't get a decent view.

"I think I spotted Ruby in the crowd." Ravus turned to look at Jaune and felt his eyes widen. He sat down next to Ravus, wearing a baby blue onesie with bunny slippers and a bunny head on his chest.

"Cool." Ravus said, trying not to laugh at Jaune.

"You meet Ruby?" Aero asked curious.

"Yeah. I kinda ran into her and Ravus in the courtyard. Then we sorta got lost walking around Beacon." Jaune trailed off at the end. "But you know her?"

"Yeah." Aero smiled slightly. "I live with her, Ravus, and their sister Yang."

"Oh, so are you two brothers?" Jaune asked.

"Not exactly." Aero answered.

"We're kinda a mixed up family." Ravus commented.

"Hel-looooo!" The boys all turned their heads to see Yang dragging a hesitant Ruby by the arm over to a black haired girl. "I believe you two may know each other?" Yang asked.

"Like I said, our family is weird."

"Oh, don't worry." Jaune said with a smile. "I get it. My family isn't that neat and tidy sometimes too." Jaune paused before continuing. "So, what do you know about this rumor of teams?"