The Schnee Black Sheep

A/N

I know I seem to be dragging this out but I don't want to rush through this fic. So please bare with me for that. We will be getting to the action next chapter when the initiation trials start. For now, you'll get a bit more back ground and meet some more of Characters from RWBY. This is my longest chapter so far and will give show a lot more of Coals personality and humour. i hope you all enjoy this chapter, i worked really hard on it.

Please no flames, im still new to this stuff

I do not own RWBY nuff said.


Chapter 4: New Friends and Old Rivals

(Headmaster Ozpin's Office)

"Your gear is in locker 69. Try not to get lost on your way here Frosty :P" Coal chucked to himself, for childish reasons, reading the message he just received on his scroll. He sent his sister a quick thank you message before looking at the person who had summoned him. The headmaster has woken the twins up earlier that morning to request the eldest Schnee twin's presence in his office. Coal had decided to follow the headmaster, rather than follow the directions that his sister had tried to give him. He would never make it having gotten lost somewhere around the school... Again.

Watching the teen, Professor Ozpin, the Headmaster of Beacon, couldn't help but smile slightly as he drank his third coffee of the morning. He had reviewed the boys file when he had first applied, it contained a brief amount of detail on the teen and his abilities, but not enough to satisfy the old hunters interest. He had heard that this boy had been trained by an old friend of his. This peaked the headmasters curiosity. "General Ironwood speaks very highly of you, Mister Schnee."

Coal's expression instantly changed upon hearing his former mentors name, and changed again after being called by his former family name. "It's just Coal now Oz. I would have thought you had been informed given your reputation." Coal said after giving the silver haired man a glare. The obsidian eyes dared the older hunter to call him that again.

Ozpin let out a small chuckle at how the young hunter in trained had just challenged him without any fear. He could tell instantly that this boy was going to be entertaining. If what the General had said about the teens outward defiance to authority held any truth, Glynda would think somewhat differently.

"Why am I here Grey?" Coal asked having not received a response from obvious coffee addict.

"No reason to be honest with you." Ozpin stated after taking an intentionally long drink of coffee. "Just wanted to confirm something for myself. James was right, the red doesn't suit you."

Groaning and looking away from his superior, Coal muttered some sort of insult under his breath before turning on his heel and head towards the door. Only to be stopped by Ozpin calling out to him as he gripped the handle.

"Try not to disappoint me today Mister Coal." Ozpin said as he interlocked his fingers. "I'll be needing something to entertain me today."

Looking back over his shoulder, Coal gave the headmaster his usual mischievous grin "Iron ass says that that's why you keep that blond with the riding crop around. What was her name again… Naughtywitch or something? I'll admit Grey, you have good taste." Coal said with a wink. With his point made he turned once more to leave the headmaster, who was trying his best to choke on his coffee, hiding a laugh. The abusive coffee drinker had given the general the same nickname many, many years ago.


(With Wiess)

Having just sent her brother a message, informing him of where she stored his weapons and armour, she couldn't help but imagine him giggling like a small child at the locker number. Surely, he wasn't that immature… Pushing her brothers mental state to one side, Wiess sheathed her rapier, Myrtenaster, before sitting down on a nearby bench. With a heavy sigh she began to look around hoping that her brother would show up soon. Only to spot an old friend of hers.

Smiling as she stood up and tiptoed up behind a girl with crimson hair, thinking that she could have been ninja in another life, she pounced her only female friend engulfing her into a surprise hug. Something that the red head had not seen coming due to the sudden yelp that came from her. "PYRRHA!" Wiess shouted.

After taking a few deep breathes to calm her now racing heart, Pyrrha Nikos turned to see her friend, having not expecting to see the Schnee so far from home. "Weiss? Jezz don't scare me like that!" After both girls shared a quick hug, a typical greeting between the two, Pyrrha spoke again. "How are you here, I thought you were attending Atlas?"

Releasing the redhead, Wiess tried her best to keep her upbeat attitude and not let recent events upset her again. Her efforts were in vain as Pyrrha had seen the change in her eyes. The redhead couldn't tell exactly what was wrong but decided to let it go for now, she knew Wiess would tell her eventually. If not she would ask Coal later… speaking of which. "Is Coal here with you?" Pyrrha asked, not noticing that her own checks held a light shade of pink when she asked.

Weiss, having noticed the other girls checks change colour, decided to engage in one of her favourite pass times with the girl… Teasing. "Why do you ask Pyrrha? Wanting to go another round with him?" This caused the Spartans cheeks to match her hair, unable to make a full sentence to explain that there was nothing between her and the elder twin. Wiess just laughed at her friend's antics before playfully reaching up to flick her friend's forehead to reset the poor girls brain. "I'm kidding, relax. And he is around… Somewhere. Although, you both do need to settle the score, you are tied after all."


(Flashback – 2 Years ago)

"And the winner of this year's Mistral Regional Tournament is… COAL SCHNEE!" The tournaments announce proclaimed after the final match had ended. "Unable to hold her title for a third year, Miss Nikos put up a great fight, but was in the end… Completely outclassed!"

The 15-year-old Pyrrha Nikos lay on her back staring at the arena's ceiling. She had lost. The invincible girl, as she had been named by her fans, lost. She rolled over and forced herself up to one knee, her body hurt all over due to the tense battle. Breathing heavily, trying to regain some form of strength, a hand appeared in front of her face. Shiftin her gaze up her emrald eyes met the obsidian orbs of her opponent, and he was grinning… As he ran his free hand through his messy white hair, still holding the other one out to help her up he said. "That was an amazing fight! You almost had me a few times there." This angered her. Was he taking pitty on her? She slapped the hand away and forced herself to stand. Before she could even vow to beat him into the ground next time they meet, the new champion was tackled to the ground by what seemed to be a mass of snow. On second look, Pyrrha saw that he had actually been speared by a girl with the same hair colour.

"You were amazing Coal!" the snow girl shouted still hugging the champion. After releasing the now blue faced boy, Wiess stood back and turned to the ex-champion. "You were amazing too Pyrrha, I've watched all you matches, ever since your first appearance in these tornaments. You are just the best. Had you gone against anyone else you would have won I'm sure of it!"

This surprised Pyrrha, she had been praised many times by her fans but for some reason this seemed different… that last part didn't seem like an insult to the Spartans strength, it sounded more like a testament to the obsidian eyed boy's strength. Was she truly that weak in comparison? "Erm… Thank you umm…"

"Oh im Wiess, Wiess Schnee." Pointing down to the winded boy she continued. "And you have already had the pleasure of meeting my brother Coal. Frosty here said he wouldn't hold back and true to his word, he went all out from the start. I'm sorry if he went a bit overboard." Wiess said as she bowed her head to the Spartan to emphisise that she was truly sorry for he brother lack of restraint.

Pyrrha was shocked. All this time she had though that her opponent had just been toying with her during the battle. But after being told that he had taken her at full strength, she no longer felt any rage towards him… Rather she felt honoured that such a strong fighter had gone all out. Before she could say anything to the still bowing girl, something caught her attention. The sound of light snoring.

Looking back down, she registed that the noise was coming from this boy, Coal. He was sleeping, in the middle of a battle torn arena. Looking closer she could actually see signs of exhaustion and a small smile crept onto her face. 'He's kind of cute like this.' She thought to herself still staring.

Wiess also heard the snoring coming from her twin and with a roll of her eyes, she spun on her heels and using that momentum, kicked Coal in the backside. Jolting awake from the literal pain in the ass of a sister, Coal stood back up grumbling something under his breath that neither girl could make out, he turned to face the redhead and asked her. "So, same time next year?" Extending a hand again to the Spartan, this time for a handshake.

Her smile growing, Pyrrha took the hand in a firm grip. " Yes, we will face eachother again next year. You are only aloud to lose to me so be ready."

Coal chuckled. "Bring it on redhead." Not having anything else to say, Coal took this opportunity to leave the areana,

Wiess watched her brother leave bfore turning back to the defeated champion. A sly grin on her face. "So pyrrha, did you like watching my brother sleep?"


(Present Time)

The two girls had become very quick friend that day and had kept in contact since. They called each other at least once a week, just to talk during the lead up to the next tournament where, due to some coaching from Wiess, Pyrrha had reclaimed her title as the Mistral Regional Champion. Coal didn't seem to upset by the loss, he actually seems happy that he lost. Pyrrha figured that he had been waiting for a challenge, and she had delivered in full. After the fight, she had given her contact details to her self-proclaimed rival in hopes that they would keep in touch. The two did call eachother on occasion, but not to the extent that she spoke with Wiess. For reasons unknown to her, when she thought about him she got nervous. This feeling seemed to go away when the faced off in a battle, something she put down to adrenalin pumping through her system.

Pyrrha was broken from her confused state after hearing Wiess mention something about the two of them forming a team. The Spartan nodded back to the Schnee girl stating. "I think that would be wonderful." Pyrrha instantly saw the happiness in her friends eyes having agreed to the idea. In truth, she was glad Wiess was here, many of the other students here had been avoiding her due to her reputation as the invincible girl. She had only lost one official battle in the last four years after all. After her second win, she started to believe that she truly was invincible and that no one could match her in the arena. After suffering the loss two years ago, the invincible girl had been knocked down off her high horse… In hindsight, she was glad that he won their first match.

Before the girls could make any plans on how they were going to form a team. A blond knight appeared next to them. "You know what else is wonderful? Me… Jaune Arc." He proclaimed with confidence, as if the girls should know who he is by his name alone.

Wiess raised an eyebrow to the new arrival. Unsure on what to think of him. Sure, he seemed confident, but after giving his body a quick once over, she quickly assumed that the supposed knight was all bark and no bite. Deciding to have a little fun with the boy, Wiess did something she rarely ever got the chance to do to anyone while her brother was around… Give them an offensive nickname. "Well umm… Jaune Arse, was it? That's nice and all but we were having a conversation if you don't mind."

Wiess had to force back a laugh as the blonde's jaw hit the floor at obvious miss pronunciation of his name. However, Jaune was persistent. He had already made friends with Ruby and Coal the day before and was determined to add to the list with the beautiful ladies standing in front of him. Forgetting about the name for the time being, Jaune's smile returned as he turned to speak to the white-haired girl.

"I couldn't help but overhear your discussion. Actually, that's why I'm here… To offer you both a place on Team Jaune!" He announced with pride, raising a close fist in the air above him. "Spots are filling up quickly but I'm willing to cut some corners for you two. So, wanna join?"

Tapping her chin and looking away, Wiess did her best to act as though she was deep in thought and actually considering the idea. However, she was actually thinking about…

'I wonder if I should have packed more clothes, we are going to be here for a few years. Is seven cases really going to be enough?'

Having reached an answer for both her mental question and the knight's, she locked eyes with the hopeful blond and said a single word. A word which brought Jaune's hopes and dreams of being constantly around the two beauties crashing down.

"Nope"

"Aww come on Snow Angel… you know you, -AHHHH" Jaune screamed out having being force back several feet into a wall.

Upon hearing the name that was reserved only for her twin, Wiess drew her sword and held the tip straight to the boy's neck forcing him to take several steps back. Being the light and nimble girl she was, Wiess immediately closed the gap that the knight had made and pinned him against a wall. The tip of her rapier finally stopping mere millimetres from the boy's throat.

Jaune didn't know what he had done to deserve such treatment. All he knew for sure that he didn't dare gulp, just in case the movement in his next caused the tip of the sword to break skin. The look in her eyes said it all… she was pissed.

"Don't. Ever. Call. Me. That." Wiess growled between clenched teeth. "Understood?"

"Y… Y- Yes."

"Yes~?"

"Yes Ma'am"

"Good" as Wiess retracted her weapon, allowing the boy to actually breath without fear of pain. She turned to leave with a satisfied smile plastered on her pale face. Pyrrha followed close behind, unsurprised at how the Schnee had reacted to the nickname. Almost as if she had seen it before… Many times before.


(With Coal - Somewhere in the halls of Beacon)

"Ahhh! Where the hell are these damn lockers!" After leaving the headmasters office, Coal had decided to head straight for equipment storage to find the rest of his gear. What should have been a quick 5-minute walk, had ended up with a 20-minute jog around the unfamiliar halls of the school. And a wrong turn into the female bathroom.

As he continued to jog down the corridor, his face still stinging from the numerous slaps he sort of yet sort of didn't deserve, Coal spotted a brown-haired girl with bunny ears wearing the standard Beacon uniform. He immediately decided to ask for directions, rather than risk making another wrong turn.

"Yo!" he called out to get the faunus' attentions "I'm a bit lost where's the Equipment Storage Lockers?" Asking as he skidded to a halt in front of the rabbit faunus.

Having being caught off guard by the boy, she quickly regained her compositor before pointing down the corridor, back the way he had come from. "It's just back there, second door on your right." She informed in a soft voice. She was startled again when the black-haired teen engulfed her in a bone crushing hug, thanking her repeatedly for saving his life.

Coal had released the obviously uncomfortable girl and began making the way back down the corridor to where she had pointed. Calling out once more before disappearing through the doorway.

"Cheers lassie! I owe you one!"


(Cliff at the edge of Emerald forest)

"Phew. Just made it" coal said while panting. It didn't take long to equipped his revolver to his left hip and a custom built ebony black gauntlet on his right forearm. But the full-on sprint he made to the cliff side had left him with a bit winded.

"About time you showed up" Wiess scolded him with a playful slap to the back of her brother's head. "You missed the briefing you Ice brain."

"Well then Snow Angel, give me the abridged version."

Rolling her eyes, her child like smile appeared back on her face, she loved it when he called her that name. "Fine, listen up!" Coal stood up straight and turned to face his sister as if he was some sort of privet in the military. Truth be told, he was actually a few categories higher.

"We are to be launched into the forest to retrieve a relic of some sorts from some ruins deep in the trees. Once we have said relic we are to make our way to the cliff side on the opposite side of the forest. We are going to be given teams today and your partner for the entire time that we will be at this school will be the first person you make eye contact with. You get all that Ice brain?"

"Sir, Yes Sir!" Saluting his smaller sister.

Coal heard the headmaster ask the group of students if they had any questions before the tests began and seeing one final opportunity, he turned to face the headmaster and asked in the most innocent voice as he could possibly muster…

"The general asked me to ask you if you just smacked that ass, or if you like, grabbed on and…" He never got to finish asking, having been launched from his platform by a crimson faced Glynda Goodwich and her semblance.

Wiess at this point had facepalmed with enough force to create an echo across the forest. Pyrrha could only give the younger twin a confused look before asking. "Why does Coal now have black hair? And when did he start wearing red?"

"It's a long story…"

Ozpin could only laugh into his ever-present coffee mug. Attempting to hide his amusement from his long-time friend and assistant. The witch would probably break every last bone in the general's body if he asked such a question himself. Even though the still airborne boy had been launched halfway across the forest, Ozpin could still hear the boy singing at the top of his lungs.

"I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!"

Wiess could only face palm again before being launched into the trees herself.