As she stepped into the elevator, Ruby took her folded up lightsaber pike from where it rested on the back of her belt, after all hiding it underneath her cloak was not how one was supposed to present oneself to the Highlord. As she unfolded it, she followed up her weapons red and black shaft, lingering for just a moment on the Aurebesh inscription of the true Sith Code her mother's Holocron taught her.
Just above that was the slanted emitter that would project the flat, teardrop shaped plasma blade her family line had been known for since the Dreadnaught Omen crashed on Remnant.

With her free hand the Wolf Faunus pulled off her crimson cloak's hood, revealing the nervous twitching of her ears as she looked behind her where Yang was just catching up to her. Like so many young Sith of their generation, the blonde was forgoing the traditional robes her sister wore. Instead the older Saber wore a brown leather jacket over a yellow shirt with a black pair of shorts covering part of her legs. As the sleeves of her jacket ended just above the elbow, Yang's forearms were covered by her yellow anodized lightsaber gauntlets, which were essential bracers with a lightsaber hilt attached to their outer edge, a rather simple design, but they did fit the blonde's fighting style perfectly.

"So still thinking the High Lord's summon is related to whatever that thing was yesterday?" Yang asked as the doors closed behind them and the elevator began to rise, bringing them up to the High Lord's offices.

"Yup." Ruby simply replied.

"Any specific reason why?" The blonde lizzard Faunus inquired.

"Why are you grilling me about this right now Yang?" Ruby asked, trying to shift the topic away subtly.

"Because I don't have to keep my focus on driving." Came the prompt response. "Now what makes you so certain the High Lord wants us because of that meteorite or whatever it was."

"Just a hunch." Ruby replied heistantly.

Yang eyed her little sister suspiciously, but was kept from commenting further as the elevator stopped and the doors opened to reveal the large and mostly empty office of High Lord Ozpin, who was standing in front of his desk, leaning on his black and silver cane, his black and green robes fitting him perfectly.

"Greetings Saber Rose, Saber Xiao-Long." Ozpin spoke up as they stepped out of the Elevators. "I was not expecting you to arrive early, it will still be a few minutes before Lady Goodwitch comes with the Apprentices chosen to accompany you."

With a short nod as response, Ruby stepped a bit further into the office and remained standing, while Yang leaned against the room's wall, seeing as they had not been offered any chairs.

As Ozpin had said, a few minutes later the elevator's doors opened again, revealing a pair of girls roughly Yang's age, and Lady Goodwitch. The first of the Apprentices to step into the office had long white hair kept back in a simple ponytail, and while she did wear robes similar to Ruby and High Lord Ozpin, hers where a stark white, a very uncommon color for a Sith to wear, even in this day and age. The young Saber's eyes focused on the other girl's white foxtail for just a moment, before they were drawn to the curved lightsaber attached to her belt, which meant the white haired Faunus was most likely favouring Makashi.

The other Apprentice was wearing more civilian clothes like Yang, although the Cat Faunus, at least judging by the black ears poking out of her raven hair, was wearing a white blouse covered by a black vest and a pair of black leggins. On her belt hung what Ruby at first assumed to be a simple blaster, until she noticed the blade-emitter mounted above the weapons grip. Seeing as there was another lightsaber hilt hanging from her belt, Ruby became very curious about the Cat Faunus unusual weapon.

"Ah Apprentice Schnee and Apprentice Belladonna." Ozpin spoke up once the trio of newcomers had arrived in his office, nodding first towards the white haired then the other girl Yang's age. "May I introduce you to Sabers Rose and Xiao-Long." he finished with a small wave towards the half sisters.

While Apprentice Belladonna simply bowed towards Ruby and Yang, Apprentice Schnee raised her voice. "How come they are Sabers already? We two are the best students at this temple, and she" At this point the Fox Faunus pointed at Ruby. "Is clearly still a child."

"Are you quite finished with your insolence?" Lady Goodwitch barked from behind the white haired girl.

"Now now Lady Goodwitch, while she could have been more polite in how she asked, the question is certainly a valid one, if one does not recognize the name of the Rose line." Ozpin replied calmly, putting a hand firmly on Apprentice Schnee's shoulder. "Saber Rose has been trained longer than any of you two, probably even combined. Furthermore, her family has passed on secrets, about the Force and otherwise, that are known to few outside the Council of Lords, since the time of the first Sith."

Looking deep into the rude Apprentice's eyes, he finished. "And that is why not only young Ruby Rose is already a Saber, but will lead your mission to uncover the object that crashed into Sanus' wilderness yesterday."

For a moment it looked like the Fox Faunus would speak out again, but when Lady Goodwitch stepped past her and Apprentice Belladonna, she decided not to.

"You will be taken as close as possible by one of the Temple's airships, but will most likely have to make your final approach on foot to reach the impact site." Lady Goodwitch began to explain as she showed all four of them a map of the presumed crash site. "You will find out whatever you can about this object and report it the moment you can receive a signal on your scrolls again. Any questions?"

"How much time may we use to familiarize ourselves with the Apprentice's abilities and fighting styles?" Ruby inquired carefully as she looked at Lady Goodwitch.

"I am sure a few horus will not change the outcome of this missions, so take however much time you need, btu leave before nightfall at the latest."

"Thank you" Ruby replied with a short bow before leading the way to the elevator. "Come on you two, no reason to waste time."

After sharing a look with each other, the two apprentices followed after Ruby and Yang, all four of them barely fitting into the elevator comfortably with Ruby's large weapon.

"So how are you a Saber already?" Apprentice Belladonna asked once the doors had closed.

"Well I've been training with my master Xiao-long since I was 7." Yang responded.

"Bu-but training only starts at the age of 10." the white haired Faunus blabbered shocked.

"At a Temple maybe." Ruby spoke surely and quietly. "A Sith may take a personal Apprentice whenever they feel like it."

"So how long have you been training?" The Fox tailed Apprentice inquired further.

"As long as I can remember. My mom turned even simple ball games into lessons about using the force." Ruby responded with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"But enough of that, I hope you won't mind calling me Ruby." She continued with a small smile on her face.

"Thank you Ruby, I am Blake." the Cat Faunus introduced herself somewhat less formal than the High Lord had done earlier.

"Weiss Schnee:" the fox Faunus simply stated as they reached the bottom and Ruby once again lead the small group of Sith, this time in search of an unused training area.


So here's the first actual chapter, I hope all 9 of you Followers and peeps wo left a Fav enjoyed it, as well as everyone else of course.
Also seeing as I do have some coverart for this Story now, the first one to figure out what it reads gets a virtual Cookie( and a Mention in the next update).