Chapter III: Initiation
It is the morning of Initiation and Noctis is the first of the students to wake up. He gets up from his sleeping spot and begins to pack up his sleeping bag. He grabs his supplies to take a shower and makes his way to the bathroom.
"I can do this." Noctis said as his looked at his reflection in the mirror "I have to do this. I can't let my friends down… I can't let my kingdom down."
Noctis takes a shower to wake himself up and heads to the locker rooms to get dressed into his battle attire. He summons the sword he had received in his "dream" and begins to examine it.
"I still can't believe that wasn't just a dream."
He desummons the weapon and puts the rest of his belongings into the assigned locker they had received. After putting his belongings into the locker he makes his way to the ballroom and sees that he is still the only one awake. He looks at his scroll and checks the time.
"It's only 5:45, the Initiation doesn't start till 6:30." Noctis says as he sighs in relief that he had time to relax himself before to Initiation and disappointment that he didn't use that time to get a bit more sleep. Noctis puts his scroll into his pocket and makes his way out of the building.
"Nothing like the smell of dew in the morning" Noctis said as he took in the fresh morning air.
He makes his way to a nearby bench and takes a seat, he grabs his headphones from his pocket and plugs it into his scroll. The young Prince closes his eyes and drowns in the music making his surroundings nonexistent as he sinks into the lyrics as he mentally prepares himself for the Initiation.
Ruby Rose wakes up from her much needed slumber and looks to her sister who is still fast asleep spread all over her sleeping bag.
"Yang, Yang. Wake up." The young scarlet says as she tries to wake her sleeping sister, but to no avail. "Guess I'll just wait till you wake up yourself." Ruby says giving up her futile attempt at waking her near comatose sister. Ruby turns to where Noctis and his friends had set up for the night and notices the young Prince missing from the group. She gets up from her sleeping bag and decides to get ready to look for Noctis. She heads to the locker room and changes from her black tank top and pink pajama pants into her battle attire. She grabs her Crescent Rose and closes the locker and heads out of Beacon's main building. She heads to the main courtyard and notices Noctis laying on a bench with his eyes closed and his headphones on.
"Maybe I should just leave him alone." She says to herself as she sees that Noctis seems like he doesn't want to be bothered. Ruby begins to head back inside, but stops as she opens the door.
"Maybe he needs the company." She said as she tried to convince herself to go and start a conversation. She closes the door and makes her way to Noctis.
"Hey, Noctis."
Ruby doesn't receive a response so she gives his shoulder a push which causes Noctis to open his eyes and pulling him away from his safe haven that was his music.
"Yeah?" Noctis said as he took out one of his headphones and sat up straight. "What's up?"
"Is it okay if I join?" The redhead asked as she pointed towards the seat next to Noctis.
"Go for it."
Ruby removes Crescent Rose and puts the scythe next to her foot as she takes the seat next to Noctis. ""So what are you doing up so early?" She asked the young Prince.
Noctis rubs his eyes trying to fully open them as he tries to show interest in the conversation that he was forced into "Couldn't sleep so I came out here to sort of clear my head."
"Oh" Ruby replied sheepishly "Guess I interrupted."
"No, it's fine. I probably would've slept through the whole initiation if you hadn't" Noctis said as he gave her a little smile that made the young huntress in training's heart start to flutter.
"What are you doing up so early, Ruby?"
It takes a few seconds for Ruby to realize that she had been continuing to look at Noctis and that he had asked her a question that she had not heard. She looks at Noctis and sees that he is waiting for her answer and she begins to blush in embarrassment.
"S-Sorry Noctis, Wh-What did you say?"
"I was just wondering why you were awake so early."
"O-Oh well, I guess I'm just a bit nervous for the Initiation so I couldn't really get that much sleep."
"You shouldn't be nervous, Ruby." Noctis reassured her as he gave her another warming smile that further added to her already blush filled face. "I've seen you in action, it's no wonder Ozpin let you attend Beacon 2 years ahead. You'll pass the Initiation with flying colours." The compliments that Noctis had given Ruby not only encouraged her, but also further deepened the red on her face.
"Th-Thanks, Noctis. That actually makes me feel a lot better."
"No worries, Ruby." Noctis checks his scroll and gets up from his seat "Hey, Ruby. I'm gonna head to the cliff that Ozpin wanted us to meet at. Wanna join?"
"I'd love to, but I'm gonna meet up with my sister." Ruby replied as she tried to hide her blushing face from the one who made it that way. "I'll meet up with you there,okay?"
"Sure thing, Ruby." Noctis makes his way to the cliffs leaving the scarlet teen trying to flush her face of the blush.
Emerald Forest
Noctis makes it to the cliff and takes in the scenery of the forest in front of him.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
Noctis turns to Ozpin walking towards him with a cup of coffee in one of his hands.
"It sure is." Noctis said as he turned back towards the forest. A silence surrounds the two as they take in the scenery as the sun begins to rise.
"Did your father ever mention me?" Ozpin asked as he took a sip from his cup.
"Not really." Nocti replied as he took a seat on the edge of the cliff "He never really mentions anything from back when he was a hunter."
"Makes sense, really." Ozpin says as he takes a seat next to his godson. "Your father never wanted the life of a Huntsman for his heir. He always intended for you to live a life of peace and safety in the palace."
"And what do you think caused for the sudden change of heart?"
"To be honest with you, I don't really know. Your father never was really easy to read." Ozpin continues to look at the rising sun "Me and your father were never really that close when we first were assigned in each other's team."
"Really, why?" Noctis asked giving the headmaster an interested look "Whenever my father did talk about when he was a Huntsman he would mention that you two were like brothers."
"You see, Noctis. Your father was always a role model to other Huntsman. Every girl wanted to be with him, and every guy wanted to be him."
"So you didn't like him because he got a lot of girls?" Noctis asked raising his eyebrow.
"Not just that. I always came in 2nd after your father so I had always viewed your father as a rival rather than teammate."
"And what changed?"
"He saved my life."
The sound of footsteps are then heard from a distance heading towards the cliffs that Ozpin and Noctis were at.
"Looks like the rest of the students have finally come" Ozpin said as he stood up. "Looks like story time will have to continue later" Noctis gets himself up and heads to one of the platforms and wait for everyone else to get to their platform.
"Woah, Noct. You're actually here first!" Prompto says in a sarcastic tone "It's a christmas miracle!"
Noctis grabs Prompto and puts him in a headlock "You wanna say that again, Prompto?"
"Ow Ow Ow Ow! Dude, the hair!" Prompto shouts as he tries to escape the headlock. Noctis lets go of Prompto and laughs as he tries to fix his hair.
"Hey, Noctis. I told your friends that you were gonna be here already so they wouldn't worry about looking for you or anything." Said a familiar redhead as she made her way to Noctis and his friends.
"And we appreciate it Miss. Rose." Ignis said giving her a bow as thanks.
"You can just call me Ruby… uh."
"His name is Ignis" Noctis said answering Ruby's question before she could ask it "And the big guy next to him is Gladio, and I'm sure you've already met my older brother, Prompto."
"It's nice to meet you guys!" The redhead said as she waved at them with a friendly smile on her face. She grabs her sister and shoves her in front of the 4 boys "This is my older sister, Yang!"
Yang looks at the 4 guys and gives Prompto a seductive smile "Hey, cutie."
Prompto looks at Noctis thinking that she had been talking to him and notices Yang looking at him "Wait… Me?" Prompto asks as he points at himself.
"Yes you!" Yang replied as she giggles at his innocence and continues to give him the same seductive smile. Her attention is then turned towards Noctis as she recognizes him from the transit that had brought them to Beacon. "So you must be the Prince Charming that my baby sister has a crush on."
"Huh?" Was all Noctis could mutter as he blushed at Yang's statement about him.
"Sh-She's crazy, Noctis. I don't know what she's talking about. I think she's still half asleep or something!" Ruby muttered in one big continuous almost incoherent sentence while trying to cover her big sister's mouth and hide her blush.
Ozpin then cleared his throat to get the attentions of all the students that were present. The group of students made their way to their individual platform and stood on them as Ozpin addressed them.
"If everyone is here I would like to get started." Glynda makes her way to Ozpin's side and hands him a small tablet. "Thank you, Glynda." He gives his coffee mug to Glynda and she steps to the sidelines as Ozpin continues to address the students. "For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
Glynda then walks up to the students and continues where Ozpin had left off "Now, I'm sure many of you heard rumours of the assignment of teams well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates… Today."
"What?!" Was all Ruby could say as she began to have a mini panic attack at the revelation of the teams.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." Ozpin explained as he walked up and down the line of students waiting to begin their Initiation. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next 4 years."
"What?!" Ruby shouts in panic as the sound of her world breaking apart is heard over her groaning.
"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path… or you will die"
The last part of Ozpin's "Speech" brings a shiver to Prompto's spine as he turns to his little brother "Hey, Noct. Do me a favour and find me before the grimm do, okay?" Prompto tells his little brother with a shutter present in his voice.
"No problem, Prompto." Replies his little brother as he gives him a grin.
"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an old abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one of the relics and return to the top of the cliff. We will guard your relic as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"
Jaune hesitantly raises one of his hands "Yeah, um, sir?"
"Good! Now take your positions."
A few students are launched into the forest as Noctis and his friends take their stances preparing to be launched. Jaune still has his hand up as he tries to catch Ozpin's attention.
"I've um.. Got a question, sir. So, this landing strategy thing. Uh… Wh-What is that? Are you like dropping us off?" Jaune asked
"No, you will be falling." Ozpin said in his same monotone voice
"Oh, uh I see. So like did you hand out parachutes or something?"
"No, you'll be using your own landing strategy."
Noctis watches as his 3 friends are launched into the forest and seeing that he is next he crouches so that he can prepare for the launch He looks to his side and sees that Ruby is clearly terrified about the assignment of teams. "Ruby, you'll be fine. Trust me." Noctis says in a reassuring voice while giving her the same warm smile that had caused her heart to flutter and giving her the same results this time around.
"Thanks, Noctis." Ruby says in a soft, shy voice while returning his smile.
Noctis is then launched into the sky and lets gravity take over until he sees a clearing under him and a lone Beowulf. He summons his Engine Blade and tosses it towards the Beowulf on the ground, he then warps to his weapon and lunges it into the Beowulf using the grimm to soften his landing. He desummons his Engine Blade and hops off the grimm as it begins to disintegrate. "'That… Was actually pretty fun." He looks overhead and sees Prompto flying through the air screaming in joy "He seems like he's enjoying himself." Noctis begins to make his way towards the abandoned temple, but stops in his tracks as he begins to feel the same throbbing pain in his head that he had felt the other day.
"No, no, not right now!" Noctis yelled as he fell to his knees with his hands clenching at the temples of his head. Another vision begins to form inside Noctis' head. He sees a large titan like shape holding up a meteor. The titan begins to speak to Noctis in another language "Damn it, get out of my head!" He shouted as he continued to clench his head in pain.
3 Ursas begin to creep up on the young Prince as he is on his knees, helpless. One of the Ursas lunge at Noctis when it is shot in the head, killing it instantly. The remaining 2 Ursas turn towards the one who had killed their ally and see Prompto loading his gun with 6 regular bullets. The 2 Ursas lunge at Prompto in unison, he slides under one of the Ursas and fires 3 shots at its underbelly as he slides under, killing it. The last Ursa turns to attempt another lunge, but is stop by a bullet into its leg causing it to fall to the ground. Prompto walks up to it, puts his foot on its head and fires his last 2 shots into it.
"Hey, Noct. You're supposed to find and rescue me, remember?" Prompto jokes as he helps his little brother to his feet.
"Thanks, Prompto." The young Prince responds with a light chuckle.
"Eh, no biggie. But seriously, are you okay?" Prompto asked with concern in his voice.
"Y-Yeah I'm fine, Prompto. Just a little headache, that's all. Come on we should meet up with Gladio, and Ignis."
"Should we just go to the abandoned temple? I mean knowing Iggy that's what he would do rather than wasting time looking for us in the forest." Prompto said as he reloaded his weapon.
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
Noctis and Prompto make their way to the temple killing a few grimm on the way. They head to the clearing and see the temple and see Ruby's older sister and a girl wearing a black bow with her.
"How bout a cute little pony?" The blond asked her partner as she picked up a Knight chess piece.
"Sure" Her partner responds in the same monotone voice that Ozpin uses, but offers a small smile.
Yang notices Noctis and Prompto heading towards them and gives Prompto the same seductive smile from before and looks at Noctis "Well if it isn't my sister's Prince Charming and his cute friend!"
"Wha-What?" Noctis said as a blush started to form on his face. Yang goes up to the young Prince and playfully punches him in his shoulder causing Noctis to wince a bit.
"Oh, nothing." Yang says with a sing songy voice. She then turns her attention back to the Prince's brother "Hey, cutie."
"U-Uh hey, u-um what's up?" Prompto said as he began to form the same tint of red on his face as his brother.
Yang puts her arm around the girl in black earning an annoyed look from said girl "This is my partner, Blake! Blake, this is Noctis and his cute brother Prompto."
"Hello Noctis, and Prompto." Blake said in an emotionless tone.
"Hey"
"Yo!"
"Hey Prompto, maybe we should go get our relic?" Noctis said as he made his way to the pedestals that held the relics. He picks up a white King chess piece and tosses it to his brother.
"A King piece, fitting."
Suddenly Jaune can be heard screaming in a high pitch voice from a distance from where they were at "Oh no, Noct! There's a girl in trouble!" 3 beowulves make their to the temple and creep around the 4 Hunters in training. Yang and Blake prepare for a fight, but Prompto stops them.
"I'll handle them, ladies." Prompto says as he summons his weapon and holsters it at his side, earning another seductive smile from the blond brawler.
"I love a guy who can take charge."
Prompto faces the 3 beowulves as they creep around him and he gets in a western stance. And hovers his hand over his holstered gun. "It's high noon." The 3 Beowulves lunge towards Prompto in unison and he quickly draws his gun and quickfires 2 shots in each of the Beowulves heads and they disintegrate as they pass him. He twirls his gun with his finger and holsters the gun back at his side and walks back to his brother.
"Nice shooting there, cowboy." Yang compliments Prompto as he passes her and gives him a wink.
"You just had to show off, didn't you?"
"Just a little." Prompto replies giving his brother a smirk.
Blake then looks up to the sky and sees someone falling "Um, Yang. Isn't that your sister falling from the sky?"
"Huh?" The blond said in a confused voice. She looks to where Blake was looking and sees her baby sister actually falling from the sky.
"Heads uuuuuuuuup!" Ruby shouts as she falls and flails her arms. Noctis summons his Engine blade and prepares to toss it so that he could catch Ruby until Jaune comes flying through the air and crashes into Ruby sending them both into a tree. "Owwwww… What was that?" Ruby says as she shakes her head to rid of the dizziness.
"Eh-hem."
Ruby looks down and sees Jaune hanging upside down in a tree branch under her.
"Hey, Ruby…"
"Your sister just fell from the sky." Blake tells her partner as she stares at the scene that just took place.
"I…" Yang starts but is interrupted when crashing noises are heard from inside the forest, and an Ursa comes out with its claws slashing everywhere, but then a pink energy hits it in the back and it hits the ground.
"YEEE HAWWWW!" Says a young girl with orange hair as she gets off of the Ursa. "Awwww it's broken." She says as she examines its body.
"Nora! Please… Don't ever do that again." Says a teen guy with black hair and pink lines in his hair as he tries to catch his breath. He looks around to find his partner, but she is nowhere to be found.
Nora appears at the temple with the relics and stares at a Rook piece. "Ohhhhhhh." She takes the Rook piece and balances it on her head while singing "I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!"
"Nora!"
Nora stops singing and drops the chess piece into her hand "Coming, Ren!" Nora says as she skips to her partner, Ren.
"Did that girl just ride an Ursa?" Blake asked to no one in particular.
"I…" Yang begins again, but is again interrupted as a girl in Spartan stylized armour and with red hair comes running in with a Deathstalker chasing her.
"Jaune!" The redhead screams.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune shouts back as he still hangs from the tree. Ruby stands up from the tree and looks down to see the monster under her. "Whoa!" The scarlet teen says as she runs off the branch and lands in a roll. Leaving her blond friend stuck in the tree.
"Ruby!" Jaune whines as he sees Ruby off the tree.
"Ruby!" Shouts Yang in glee as she sees her sister is safe.
"Yang!" Ruby shouts as she goes in to hug her sister.
"Nora!" Nora shouts as she gets in between the two sisters.
"Noctis, Prompto!"
The two brothers turn towards the voice and they see Ignis and Gladiolus making their way towards them. "Ignis, Gladio! Glad to see you two in one piece" Noctis says as him and his brother make their way to the relics to meet up with their friends. Ignis picks up an identical chess piece of Noctis' and Prompto's.
"We have our relics, we should regroup with everyone else." Ignis says as he puts the relic away.
"Right." The 3 friends agree.
The 4 friends head back to the rest of the group and sees that everyone has gotten their pieces and there is a Deathstalker circling around the group and a Nevermore circling them in the sky.
"Great! The gang's all here, now we can die together!" Yang sarcastically says.
"Not if I can help it!" A redheaded teen says as she lets out a battle cry and rushes towards the Deathstalker with her scythe in hand.
"Ruby, wait!" Her sister screams as she watches her sister dash for the oversized Grimm.
Ruby continues to rush towards the Deathstalker, she fires Crescent Rose to give her additional momentum and charges at the grimm with full speed, before she could get close enough to the Deathstalker it hits her with its stinger, sending her back and tumbling to the ground. Ruby gets up slowly as she tries to recover from the hit "D-Don't worry, totally fine!" Seeing that she didn't have a chance against the Deathstalker in a one on one battle, Ruby holsters her scythe and begins to retreat back with the rest of the group. Before she could make her way back to the group the Nevermore above the students fires a barrage of sharp feathers at Ruby as she tries to flee and Yang who is reaching out to her sister. One of the feathers pins Ruby's cape to the ground trapping her, and another feather lands right in front of Yang stopping her from reaching her younger sibling.
"Ruby, get out of there!" Yang yells as her voice is filled with for fear.
"I'm trying to!" Ruby replies as she desperately pulls at her cape, but unable to get it out beneath the pinned feather. The Deathstalker begins to approach Ruby and raises its stinger preparing for the killing blow.
"Ruby!" Yang cries knowing that all she can do is helplessly watch as her sister is skewered by the Grimm.
Ruby closes her eyes and awaits her death from the Deathstalker, a few seconds pass and the killing blow never makes it to the scarlet teen. Ruby still has her eyes shut and all there is is silence and the relieving sighs of her older sister. She opens her eyes and looks up as the Deathstalker is only a few feet away from her, she looks to the stinger and notices that it is gone. She sees a crystal like residue where the stinger should be and looks to the side of the Deathstalker and sees the person behind the missing stinger.
Noctis summons a battleaxe and slams it down into the Deathstalker's head, crushing its skull and killing it instantly. He then summons his Engine blade and cuts the feather, freeing Ruby. "Don't ever do something that stupid ever again, okay Ruby?"
Ruby looks up to her saviour and puts her head down in shame, knowing that if it weren't for the Prince she would be dead. "I-I'm sorry, Noctis." Noctis pats her on the head and makes his way back to the rest of the students who reward Noctis' sudden actions with looks of disbelief and amazement of the young Prince's ability to kill a Deathstalker in one blow and awe at the kindness that the Prince had shown contrary to his appearance and uninterested attitude.
Yang runs to her younger sister and embraces her in a bear hug. "I'm so happy you're okay!" She lets go of her younger sister as she gasps for air and gives her a sly smile "I guess Noctis really is your Knight in shining armour."
"Sh-Shut up, Yang!" Ruby tells her sister as she begins to blush "He might hear you!"
"You are such a child!" A girl wearing an almost identical combat skirt as Ruby but has it all white and blue says as she walks up to Ruby.
"Weiss?"
"You need to stop trying to show off!"
"I-I'm not trying to show off! I just want you to know that I can do this." Ruby says as she drops her head in shame and sadness.
"You're fine" Weiss says as she crosses her arms.
"Huh?" Ruby asks as she gives Weiss a confused look.
Weiss sighs and uncrosses her arms and walks closer to Ruby "I know I can be difficult at times, but if we're gonna be a team we have to act like one. So… If you promise to stop trying to show off… I'll be nicer. Deal? Weiss says as she holds out her hand towards Ruby
"Uhhh.. Y-Yes! Deal!" Ruby replies with joy in her voice as she shakes Weiss' hand in agreement.
"Good."
"Uhhhh guys that thing is circling back!" Jaune screams grabbing the attention of the newly formed friends. They both look to Jaune who is pointing towards the Nevermore.
"I suggest we leave and avoid a battle." Ignis says as he takes out the relic "Collecting these relics was the mission and we've all achieved that. So there is no need to stick around and fight that thing."
"He's right." Ruby agrees "We should really avoid a fight with that thing."
"Run and live. That's an idea I can get behind." Jaune says happy that he wouldn't have to fight the Nevermore.
The group makes their way out of the temple ruins in the jungle and come across an abandoned are filled with ruins of houses. Gladiolus turns towards the direction the group had come through and notices the Nevermore is no longer behind them. "Uh, guys. There's no Nevermore."
The rest of the group stop in their tracks and turn to confirm what Gladiolus had just said.
"That's not good." Noctis says as he summons his Engine blade "If a Grimm disappears out of nowhere then that most likely means a bigger one just took its place."
The rest of the group draws their weapons and prepare for a fight. The ground then begins to shake and out of the forest from where they came from comes a giant Grimm that has the lower half of a giant snake and the upper half of a human with four arms and blade like claws.
"Wha-What the hell is that?!" Prompto says as he tries to keep his hand steady from trembling with fear.
Ozpin looks at the Grimm that just appeared before the students and a look of fear is present on his face. The appearance of the Grimm caused Ozpin to drop his coffee mug as he turns to Glynda who is also watching from her own tablet. "Glynda, go and get the teachers, now! We have to get those students out of there immediately!"
Glynda looks at Ozpin with a concerned expression as she had never before seen ozpin act as afraid as he is "Ozpin, what type of grimm is that?"
Ozpin continues to monitor the students through his tablet as they engage in battle with the grimm. "That's no ordinary grimm, that is what is known as a Daemon. Grimm made up of pure darkness and evil. They cannot be killed with regular weapons."
Upon hearing this Glynda shows the same expression of fear on her face that Ozpin wore. She quickly dashed towards the school as quickly as she possibly could as Ozpin grabbed his cane."
"I won't let my students meet their end this way."
Back with the group
"Our weapons are damaging it, but it heals as quickly as it is attacked." Ignis says as he tries to catch his breath.
"What should we do?" Pyrrha asked as she helped Jaune up from the ground.
Noctis looks to his friends and sees that they are barely holding on against the grimm. He looks to Ruby and sees that she is terrified. "Get out of here."
"What?" Ruby asks as she uses Crescent Rose to pick herself up from the ground "What are you saying, Noctis?"
"I'll hold it off while you guys get back to the cliff and warn Ozpin." Noctis says as he watches Ren, Nora, Prompto, Gladiolus, and Blake fighting the grimm.
"There's no way we're letting you fight this thing alone!" Ruby yells in protest.
"Don't you get it, Ruby? If we don't do something that thing will make its way to Beacon. If we all stay here and fight we'll die and no one will be able to warn Ozpin. So go."
Gladiolus, Ignis, and Prompto make their way to their friend's side with their weapons drawn.
"Don't worry, Ruby we'll be right here fighting with him." Prompto reassured Ruby giving her a warm smile.
"N-No way, Prompto. You guys should go with them."
"And let you take all the glory? No way." Gladiolus says as he rests his greatsword on his back.
"Besides we promised the King that we would stay by your side, no matter what" Ignis says as he adjusts his glasses.
"So you guys go and make sure the teachers come and save our asses." Noctis says as he turns towards the grimm with his friends at his side.
Ruby and the rest of the group reluctantly agree and make their way to the cliffside "Please don't die Noctis" Ruby mutters under her breath as she leads the way.
Noctis looks to his friends as they ready their weapons "Let's make sure this thing doesn't hurt any of our friends."
Ignis, Gladiolus, and Noctis rush at the grimm's sides as Prompto gives them covering fire by shooting at its head causing it to cover its face and getting the attention away from the three. Noctis and Gladiolus slash at its sides using their greatswords and Ignis slashes it on its back using his lance. The grimm uses its tail to slap Ignis away and then slaps Gladiolus and Noctis towards Prompto, landing on their backs. Noctis gets back up and summons his Engine blade and warps to the front of the grimm and prepares to slash at its face, but he is slapped away by its tail again.
"Are you okay, Noctis?" Ignis asks as he covers his friend.
"There's no way we can fight this thing." Prompto says as he helps his brother to his feet. "We have to get out of here!"
Noctis gets back to his feet and summons his Engine blade again "Then go! But I'm staying, there's no way in hell I'll let that thing make it to Beacon. I'll fight it with everything I have!" Noctis rushes at the grimm and the grimm slashes at Noctis with its blade like hands, Noctis tosses his blade into the air and warps to it, dodging the attack. The grimm then begin to slash at Noctis in the air, but Noctis parries all of its attacks. He goes for a backhand attack, but is hit by the Grimm's tail and is sent into a tree knocking him unconscious."
"Noctis!" Prompto yells as he sees his little brother's body hitting the tree at a high momentum. The remaining three friends begin to fight off the grimm hoping to give Noctis a chance to recover. They surround the grimm and are about to attack, but the grimm uses its tail to keep them at bay and at a distance leaving them unable to attack. The grimm then smacks all three of them in one swoop sending them flying and tumbling to the ground.
"D-Dammit." Gladiolus says as he struggles to stand back up "There's no way we'll be able to last any longer against that thing."
The grimm then turns towards the tree that Noctis was thrown to and sees that he is not there. The grimm looks around and out of nowhere Noctis' Engine blade pierces the Grimm's chest. Noctis then warps to his blade and jumps into the air and summons the sword he received in his "dream" and slashes at the grimm's face. Causing the grimm to shriek in pain. Noctis sees that the damage he has done to the grimm isn't healing like the other attacks.
"This sword must be able to kill it." Noctis thinks to himself as he holds the sword in his hand.
"Noct!" Prompto shouts as he has a smile on his face. "I thought you were dead!"
"Sorry, just needed a little shut eye." Noctis says as he gives his brother a smirk, and summons his arsenal as they circle around him in their crystallized forms. The grimm charges at him and slashes at him, but Noctis warps overhead of the grimm and starts slashing at it using his crystallized weapons. Noctis lands on his feet and faces the grimm. The grimm then lunges at Noctis at high speed but he tosses his weapon into the air and warps to it, the grimm then begins to slash at Noctis, but Noctis warps away from every attack. He warps above the grimm and summons the sword from his dreams and plunges towards the grimm. The grimm begins to slash, but Noctis is too fast and cuts off one of the grimm's arms. The grimm becomes outraged and slashes uncontrollably and lands a hit on Noctis and sends him to the ground tumbling.
His friends stand in front of him with their weapons drawn ready to fight the grimm once again.
"You're not in this fight alone, Your Majesty." Gladiolus says as he helps Noctis to his feet.
"It's not over yet." Ignis says as he watches the grimm's movements.
"We've got your back Noct." His brother tells him as he reloads his gun.
Ignis turns to Noctis as Noctis summons a sword that Ignis had never seen before "Are you ready, Noctis?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Then let's finish this."
Noctis and Ignis charge at the grimm, Noctis has the sword and Ignis summons his lance. They leap at the grimm and manage to cut off 2 of its arms off. The grimm shrieks in pain and stumbles back.
"We have to hurry before its arms grow back!"
The grimm then uses its tail to slap Noctis and Ignis away.
"We have to do something about that damn tail!" Ignis yells as he stumbles back to his feet.
Noctis looks at Gladiolus and Ignis. "Prompto I need you to give me some covering fire!"
"No, Problem, Noct."
"Gladio, Specs. You two are with me. I have a plan. Follow my lead."
Noctis rushes towards the grimm as Prompto begins to fire at it taking the attention off of them. Noctis rushes towards it with Gladiolus in front of him and Ignis to the side. "Gladio, now!" Gladiolus summons a shield and sets it on his back so that Noctis can jump off of it he gets low and allows Noctis to get on the shield. Gladiolus gives Noctis a boost into the air "Ignis, Lance!" Ignis summons his lance and tosses it to Noctis. He catches it and plunges it into the grimms tail pinning it to the ground and unable to move.
"Nice one, Noct!" Gladiolus says as he pats Noctis on the back.
"It's not over yet!"
Now that the grimm is unable to move Gladiolus rushes in with his greatsword and cuts off the grimm's remaining arm. Noctis then slices the grimm in the back and Prompto fires at its face.
"It's time we end this, Gladio!"
Gladiolus takes Noctis by his hand and tosses him at the now defenseless grimm. With the momentum from the throw Noctis is able to cut off the grimm's head in one clean swoop.
Prompto watches as the headless grimm falls to the ground and his brother takes a seat, leaning on the grimm. "We did it?... WE DID IT!" Prompto yells as he throws his hands in the air in triumph.
Noctis then feels his aura begin to drain and winces in pain "Ahhh… What the hell?" Gladiolus and Ignis takes seats next to him and catch their breath.
"You did a good job, Noct. We'll make a Huntsman out of you yet." Ignis said as he cleaned his glasses.
Prompto sets up his tripod and puts his camera on it. "Our first big kill. We have to take a picture!" Prompto goes to his brother's side and puts his arm around him and the four friends take the picture. Prompto goes to his camera and takes a look at the picture and notices for the first time in a picture, his little brother was actually smiling "This one is definitely going in the scrapbook."
The four boys then begin to relax and take in the fresh air from the trees around them. Ruby, the rest of the group, and teachers of Beacon rush into the ruins with their weapons drawn ready to aide the four boys only to be welcomed by the sight of the four boys sitting in front of the disintegrating body of the grimm.
Noctis turns towards the group of Huntsmen and Huntresses and points towards the disintegrating body behind them "You guys missed one hell of a party."
Later during the team assigning ceremony
The school stadium is filled with students awaiting the assignments of teams for the first years. The hologram behind the stage shows the pictures of the four students being assigned their team with their name under their picture. Then when all four students are called they are given their team name which is then shown at the bottom of all four students' pictures.
"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewig. Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as team CRDL, led by… Cardin Winchester." The room of students begin to applaud as the boys' pictures are shown on the screen followed by their team name.
"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team JNPR, led by… Jaune Arc."
Nora jumps and hugs Ren and Jaune gives Ozpin a confused look.
"L-Led by?"
"Congratulations, young man." Ozpin says as he offers Jaune a smile.
Pyrrha smiles at Jaune and gives him a friendly punch on the shoulder, which causes Jaune to fall over and the room of students to laugh.
Next up, Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as team RWBY, led by… Ruby Rose."
Noctis goes to Ruby and pats her on the back causing her to blush.
"I'm so proud of you!" Yang says as she hugs the air out of her sister, while Weiss seems upset by Ruby's appointment of leader.
"And finally, Noctis Lucis Caelum. Prompto Argentum. Ignis Scientia. Gladiolus Amicitia. The four of you retrieved the white king pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as team PING, led by… Noctis Lucis Caelum!
Ruby runs up to Noctis and gives him a hug "Congratulations Noctis!"
Noctis looks down at Ruby and blushes "U-Uh thanks, Ruby."
Ruby realizes what she is doing and pulls away from Noctis and looks away "S-Sorry, Noctis."
Prompto then grabs his little brother and drags him with the rest of his team to take their first official team picture. "Hey Ruby, can you take the picture?"
"Y-Yeah, sure!" Ruby grabs Prompto's camera and waits for them to get into position. "Say cheese!"
The four members of Ping say cheese and Ruby takes the picture.
Later that night in Ozpin's office
Ozpin stands by his clock like window as he stares at the moon. He takes a seat in his chair and replays the footage of team PING's battle with the Daemon. Glynda exits the elevator and walks up to Ozpin's desk and sees that he is watching the footage. "Ozpin, if Daemons can't be killed with regular weapons how were those boys able to kill it?"
Glynda turns his computer screen so that Glynda can clearly see the video "Tell me Glynda, what do you see in Noctis' hand as he dismembers the Daemon?"
Glynda looks closely at the video and clearly sees what weapon Ozpin is talking about "I-It can't be… Is that."
"Yes. It's the Sword of The Wise. One of the 13 Royal Arms."
"Then that means…"
"Precisely." Ozpin gets up from his chair and walks back to the clock like window and stares at the moon above him. "The legend is starting to dawn on us, and soon all of Remnant will be engulfed in darkness."
"And Noctis…"
"He's the only one that can save Remnant. He's the one the legend prophesied about. The Chosen king, the one that will lead Remnant out of the darkness."
To be continued...