Jeff- I know Daemons only come out at night, but with the way I want the story to go I am changing a few things that differ from the game. And Niflheim students attending would be interesting, I'll think about how I can incorporate that into the story.
Guest- I know Noctis doesn't get the "Armiger Arsenal until he collects enough Royal Arms, but I wanted to give him that as sort of his semblance. The Royal Arms just make his semblance stronger.
Chapter IV: A New Beginning
It's the first day of classes for team PING and Noctis is still in his bed sleeping. Prompto stands in front of his little brother dressed in his Beacon Academy uniform. The uniform consists of black sacks, a black suit coat with a gold outline near the buttons, a blue suit vest, white dress shirt, and a plain red tie. Prompto grabs a chocobo feather and puts it in front of his little brother's nose.
"Oh Noctis waaaaaake uuuuuuup." Prompto says in a sing song voice as he waves the feather.
Noctis wiggles his nose and slaps the feather away. "What the hell, Prompto?" The half asleep Prince says as he pulls the covers over his head and turns away from his older sibling.
"Dude, get up! You have to get ready for classes!"
Noctis groans as his brother continues to stop him from continuing his sleep "Go away, Prompto. I need my beauty sleep!"
Prompto grabs the end of the blanket and pulls the covers completely off of Noctis' bed. "No can do. I promised dad that I would make sure you actually attended the classes.
Noctis reaches out for the blankets, but realizes that the blankets are on the floor and sighs in defeat. "Fine, you win." Noctis grabs his bag containing the same uniform as Prompto and makes his way to the bathroom. He takes a shower and gets dressed into the school uniform and heads out of the bathroom. "Say, where's Specs and the big guy?" Noctis asked as he noticed that the two of them weren't in the room.
"They said they were heading to the cafeteria for some breakfast before class starts." Prompto replies to his brother as he lays in his bed reading a comic book. Prompto puts his comic on the bed and gives his younger brother a look of despair "So do me a favour and hurry up, I'm starving here!"
Noctis finishes getting ready and they both head out their dorm room. They walk past the dorm room of team RWBY and they hear what sounds like construction sounds. Noctis heads to their door and gives it a knock and the noises stop and a familiar crimson headed teen opens the door.
"Hey, Ruby. Is everything okay in there?"
Ruby looks back into her dorm and then looks back at the young Prince "Oh, yeah! Everything is fine. We're just doing some redecorating." Ruby begins to blush as she looks at Noctis in his uniform "He looks so handsome!" She thinks to herself "S-So where are you guys headed?"
"To the cafeteria to get some grub before class starts." Answers the Prince's brother.
"You guys wanna join?" Asks Noctis
"We would, but we're still trying to fix up the room. I'll see you guys later in class?"
"Yeah, sure thing."
Ruby then closes the door and the construction sounds start back up again. Noctis and Prompto make their way to the cafeteria and they see Ignis and Gladiolus sitting at a table and they join their two teammates.
"Good morning, Noct." Ignis says as he notices Noctis and Prompto walking to the table.
"Morning." Noctis says through a yawn.
"How's it feel being up this early, your Highness?" Gladio asks as Noctis takes a seat next to Ignis and Prompto takes a seat next to Gladiolus.
"Not too great, Big guy."
Ignis pushes a plate to Noctis and Prompto with mixed vegetables, waffles, scrambled eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and two slices of toast. "Eat up, you two. Class starts in half an hour."
Noctis looks at the mixed vegetables and grabs a spoon and pours the mixed vegetables onto Ignis' plate. Causing Ignis to sigh.
"Ignis, quit babying him or he'll never grow out of that picky eating." Gladiolus says as he watches Noctis pour the vegetables onto his plate."
"I appreciate the advice, if you could, tell him that yourself."
"Why me?"
"Because I say it everyday."
"Can you guys pipe down, I'm trying to eat here." Noctis says with his mouth full of food.
"It's too late, you guys have spoiled him rotten." Prompto says with his mouth also full of food.
The four of them finish their breakfast and head to their first class. They walk into Professor Port's class and take seats near the front of the classroom. Gladiolus takes the seat next to the isle, Ignis takes the seat next to him, prompto takes the seat next to Ignis, and Noctis takes the seat next to his older brother. A few minutes pass as the four boys take out notebooks and pencils to take notes during class when a short bigger man walks into the classroom dragging along a cage. He is wearing a red dress coat, plain white shirt, a red tie, and black slacks. He also has grey hair and a moustache to match.
The big bellied man puts down the cage in front of his desk and walks to Noctis and his team.
"You must be Noctis Lucis Caelum, am I correct?"
"U-Uh… Yeah." Noctis said looking confused that he would know who he was without having seen a picture or anything.
"You look just like your father, Young Prince."
"You know my father?" Noctis asked with interest clearly present in his voice.
"Of course I do! He is the King of Insomnia. But I knew him before that as well, back when he was a Huntsman. With your mother and Ozpin."
"You knew my mother too? What was she like? I never really got to know her. She died when I was a baby."
"Your mother was the bravest woman I had ever known. She as Summer Rose were the best Huntresses I had ever seen in action. Your mother was beautiful beyond comparison and full of compassion. It's a shame what happened to her…" Port said slowly letting his words die out as he noticed Noctis hanging his head in sadness.
"Yeah… It was." Noctis said his head hanging down.
"Your father was an exceptional Huntsman as well, and if you're half the fighter he is, I have no doubt that you'll become great Huntsman!"
"Thanks…."
The students then begin to pour into the classroom and make their way to their seats. Professor Port begins roll call. He gets to team RWBY and JNPR and notices they are not there. He begins to mark the missing students as absent, but just before he could the eight students rush through the classroom door and head to their seats. Barely making it to class.
"Hey, Noctis. Is it okay if I sit here?" Ruby asks pointing to the seat next to Noctis.
"Knock yourself out."
"Thanks." Ruby said with a smile.
The rest of team RWBY take seats next to their leader and team JNPR take seats one row behind teams RWBY & PING.
"Monsters! Demons!... Prowlers of the night! Yes the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha ha!
As Professor Port continues his lecture, Ignis takes notes of the important bits, Gladiolus is reading a comic with a Grimm studies book in front of it, Prompto is playing video games on his scroll under the desk, and Noctis is trying his best not to fall asleep with nudges every once and awhile from his brother. He turns to Ruby and sees her doodling something. She finishes her doodle and shows it to Noctis which is a picture of Professor Port with "Professor Poop" written above the drawing. Noctis holds in a laugh and Weiss gives Ruby an annoyed look. Professor Port clears his throat to regain the attention of the two youngest students in Beacon and then he continues his lecture. Ruby continues to do random things throughout the class such as balancing an apple on a book with a pencil held by her finger, falling asleep on Noctis' shoulder, and picking her nose. As she does this Weiss' annoyance continues to grow.
"So, who among you believes themselves to be ready to show the class their skills?" Port asks the class of future Huntsman and Huntresses.
"I do, sir!" Weiss says as she angrily raises her hand.
"Well then, show us what you can do!" He said as he turned towards the cage that he had brought in that begins to growl and violently shake the cage. "Step forward, and face your opponent!"
Noctis begins to doze off again, but this time his tiredness conquers him and he falls asleep. His eyes open right up, but he finds himself back in the destroyed kingdom of Insomnia.
"This is your Destiny, Noctis." Says the same disembodied voice from before. "All of Remnant will be engulfed in darkness, and you're the only one that can save us all."
"Why me?" Noctis asked as he looked at the ruins that he once called home.
"You will not be alone. You're friends will always be by your side."
Noctis is then teleported into Beacon academy, overruned by Grimm. The Beowulves and Ursa begin to take notice of Noctis and charge towards him. They land a hit on him and he falls back, wincing in pain.
"What the hell? I thought they couldn't hurt me!" Noctis said as he got back on his feet.
Suddenly the sword that had been given to him earlier appeared before him.
"Take the sword and save Remnant."
Noctis takes the sword and the Grimm charge at him again, this time missing their target. Noctis throws the sword into the air and warps to it. An Ursa stops right under him and Noctis plunges the sword into the Ursa and kills it instantly. The two Beowulves look at Noctis and charge him, The two Beowulves swing their claws at the young Prince, but he parries their attacks and kills them both with one swing of the sword. The Grimm begin to disintegrate. A giant dragon like Grimm appears on top of the clock tower overlooking Beacon that serves as Ozpin's office and pushes Noctis away with a flap of its wings. Noctis stabs the sword into the ground to stop him from flying into a building and regains his composure. The dragon Grimm stops flapping its wings, giving Noctis time to attack. He runs towards the grimm and throws the sword and warps to it, bringing him closer to the grimm. He then throws the sword and warps to it again which brings him above the dragon Grimm. Noctis begins to descend onto the Grimm with his sword aiming at its head, but is stopped by a bright white light.
Noctis then wakes up as the bell begins to ring notifying the students that class had ended. Noctis looks up and sees that Weiss had finished her "duel" and Ruby is sitting there, sulking in sadness.
"What did I miss?" The Prince asked his teammates.
Ruby then gets up from her seat and rushes out the classroom. Noctis grabs his stuff and follows her. He stops as he hears a conversation between Ruby and Weiss.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you being-"
Weiss then interrupts Ruby mid sentence "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're supposed to be a leader, and all you've been so far is a nuisance!
"What did I do?"
"That's just it! You've done nothing to earn your position! Back in the forest you acted like a child and if it weren't for Noctis you'd be dead, right now! All you've done is act like a child!
"Weiss, where is this coming from?" Ruby said with sadness clearly present. "What happened to working together? I thought you believed in acting like a team."
"Not a team led by you, I've studied and trained my whole life and quite frankly, I deserve better. Ozpin made a mistake." Weiss then leaves, leaving a saddened Ruby.
After their conversation Noctis turns the corner to try to comfort Ruby. Ruby turns and sees Noctis. She runs up to him and hugs him, not being able to hold in her tears. Noctis returns the hug. He then pushes her away and gives her a reassuring smile.
"I'll go talk to Weiss. Go back to your dorm and study, okay?"
"O-Okay, Noctis."
Noctis then heads for where Weiss was headed and the rest of teams RWBY and PING turn the corner where Ruby is.
"Noctis may be selfish at times, but to say he doesn't care when someone is in need would be a completely false statement." Ignis said as he watches his leader leave.
Noctis catches up to Weiss who is standing outside on the school balcony.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Ruby didn't deserve what you said to her!"
"It isn't fair!"
"What?"
"I should've been leader, not her!" Weiss said with tears starting to form.
"And you think acting like this is gonna change Ozpin's mind about leader? Yes, Ruby is a child, but you're the one acting like a spoiled little kid. For a second think about someone other than yourself, how bout instead of faulting Ruby for everything, you actually try to help her. You say she acts childish then fine, be the example that she should follow. You're her teammate, so act like it. Help her grow, help her become the leader that you think team RWBY should have rather than whining about something that you didn't get." Noctis then turns to leave the balcony "In case you haven't noticed "Princess" Here we're aren't royalty. We're Hunters in training, just like everyone else here." Noctis then leaves the balcony without letting Weiss get in another word, leaving her to think about what he had said.
Later that night.
Noctis is on the school roof sitting on the railing, thinking about the dream he had during Professor Port's class.
"What was that shining light?" Noctis asked himself. He looks at the sky, admiring the moonlight. Prompto then comes from behind and joins his little brother on the railing.
"Y'know there's easier ways to do this, that won't end in a mess the janitor has to clean." Prompto joked as he looked down from the railing onto the pavement below them.
"Shut up." Noctis said as he gave his brother a little shove. "I just really like the moonlight."
"We never did get this kind of view in Insomnia. Just big buildings and that shield."
A silence then falls between the brothers as they both look at the moon.
"Hey, Noct. I've got a question for you."
"Hmm?"
"Why did you help Ruby? It's not like it was any of your business."
"True, but… She reminded me of you."
"How?"
"Well, when dad adopted you and we first met, you were a total loser like her."
"Shut up, Noct." Prompto chuckled as he gave Noctis a little shove of his own. "Seriously though, that was really nice. I'm proud of you little bro."
Noctis then stretches and yawns as he gets off the railing "Well it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna head back inside, you coming?"
"I'll catch up, just wanna soak in more of the view."
"Alright." Noctis says as he heads back into the building.
Prompto continues to admire the moon and gives a little smile "He so has a thing for Ruby."
To be continued.