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Chapter II: How to Break Protocol

Ruby Rose didn't quite understand how she got herself into her current predicament. Sure, she had attempted to stop a robbery of the store she was in. And when she found the leader of the group of theives, she maybe, just maybe openly insulted him.

And now she was running like a madman across the rooftops, trying to avoid a man in a bowler hat. Trying desperately to not get hit by Incendiary Dust rounds.

This was just not her day.

"Come on Red, you beat my men so easily earlier, why are you running?"

Daring to look back Ruby's eyes widened at the sight of a Knight chasing her, it loomed dangerously over her. She could see its Hunter, the man in the hat, following close behind.

The Knight resembled an old-fashioned gangster in appearance, complete with arm mounted Tommy Guns. Its wide brimmed hat and thin red jacket only added to the resemblance. Looking up to meet its eye, Ruby cringed at the painted on smile it wore.

She didn't know what this thing was, all she knew was that it she couldn't risk getting hit by those bullets. Leaping across another gap between roofs Ruby felt her Semblance kick in to effect. The world slowed and she continued to leap across rooftops. Daring to enact some hastily thrown together plan, she then started jumping around the Knight, soon ending up behind it.

Before the world resumed proper speed, Ruby ripped off her eyepatch and Crescent Rose formed behind her. Skidding to a halt Ruby thrust her arm forward and her Knight flew towards her opponent's.

The man's Knight spun around, seemingly confused how she evaded it, but it was soon met by Crescent Rose's scythe blade slamming into its shoulder. She smiled when she saw its Hunter double over in pain as his shoulder started bleeding.

"Oh, so you have an Artificial Knight? Interesting."

The man stood and chuckled as his Knight threw Crescent Rose off of it. The Knight flipped in the air before landing to stand beside Ruby, its scythe raised. Laughing once more, the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a Dust Crystal. He then chucked it at her and his Knight raised its arms and fired.

The Crystal exploded into a violent fire that Ruby had to quickly backpedal to avoid being hit by the flames. The man laughed as his Knight rushed forward, slamming into Crescent Rose, and then vanish. Ruby could feel her breath escape her, she quickly aimed a glare towards the man.

"I'm sorry Red, but it seems my time is up. My ride is here."

When he finished his statement a Bullhead rose from behind the building he was standing on. Its searchlights activated and aimed at Ruby, who was quickly blinded. The man quickly hopped aboard the ship and signaled the pilot. Two guns opened up on the stomach of the ship and opened fire.

Crescent Rose appeared before Ruby and lowered its blade to deflect most of the bullets. The few that managed to get through bit into the Knight's armor. Ruby could feel every single sting.

The shower of bullets ended and the lights turned off. Ruby blinked her away her blurry vison and returned her focus on the ship and her opponent. The man tipped his hat as the ship started lifting off. Growling Ruby motioned towards the airship and Crescent Rose flew towards it.

It imbedded its scythe into the roof of the airship, holding it in place as it lowered its face to stare at the man. He chuckled as he looked behind him, a woman walked up to him and glared at the Knight.

"Could you take care of this?"

The woman nodded and made several motions with her hands. Flames started dancing around her as she threw her arms forward. A lance of fire then could be seen punching a hole straight through Crescent Rose. The Knight grunted as Ruby fell to her knees, a burning sensation spreading across her chest.

Acting quickly Ruby pulled her eyepatch out and placed the cloth over her eye. The Knight vanished and Ruby could hear the man laugh and exit into the ship as the woman formed another lance.

Gritting her teeth Ruby watched as the woman launched the lance. As it inched closer Ruby cursed her luck, but a metallic arm covered her vision. The lance exploded, and Ruby felt herself being carried.

The Knight that grabbed her landed and quickly put her back onto the roof as its Huntress walked past them. The woman had blonde hair that was pulled into a bun, and she wore attire that made Ruby think that she was a witch. The Knight also resembled a witch, as it had a poofy shirt and long arms made of metal plates. It wore a large hat that hid its blank white face.

Ruby felt her excitement growing as the woman rose her arms and the Knight flew forward. Purple lightning crackled between the splits in its plated arms. The Knight slammed its fists into the Bullhead, large ice crystals then exploded along its skin. Ruby began bouncing up and down as the Knight easily deflected another one of the flaming lances.

The woman on the Bullhead seemed to be getting frustrated, as she quickly formed another lance. However she launched it once more towards Ruby, who simply grimaced.

"Oh, come on."

The roof exploded and Ruby felt herself being carried again. She looked up and saw the annoyed look that the Huntress was giving her. Turning her head she saw the Bullhead speeding off as the Knight floated towards them.

Quickly jumping out of the Huntress's arms she reached for her eyepatch, ready to call on Crescent Rose once more, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. Turning around she looked right at the Huntress as the woman shook her head.

Calming down Ruby straightened herself and turned towards the Huntress as she moved to the Knight.

"Did you get a good look at the woman?"

The Knight shook its head and the woman groaned. She thanked the Knight before it faded, she then turned around, Ruby could see her Knight Emblem as the woman buttoned up her shirt more. A blush creeped across her cheeks as she thought on why it would be there, but the thought quickly died as the woman began speaking.

"You do know that performing the duties of a Huntress when you are not one is against the law?"

Ruby felt her excitement return, even more than before, before she could stop herself she started speaking rapidly.

"You are a Huntress? That's so cool! When do you guys usually learn to do stuff like that? Why is your Emblem there? Can I get an autograph?"

If the look she was getting was any indication, Ruby wasn't getting that autograph.


Once more, Ruby had no idea how she got into her current predicament. Yet there she sat, in an interrogation room, worrying on what was going to happen. She lifted her hand to make sure her eyepatch was straight, something she kept doing even though she knew it was.

"I could get out of here, I mean, what is the likelihood that someone can keep up with me? Pretty likely actually, aw man."

Ruby slumped in her seat as a sigh escaped her. Once again she was in trouble for doing what she thought was right. Maybe she should have followed Yang to that junkyard.

In the midst of her thoughts Ruby didn't notice a man walk into the room, followed closely by the woman from earlier. It wasn't until the man put his coffee cup onto the table did she realize she wasn't alone. Looking up she met the gaze of the man, his golden eyes seemed tired. He was dressed like a librarian, or teacher, but there was something that told Ruby that she shouldn't get on the man's bad side.

"Ruby Rose?"

"Yes?"

"Good, and here I thought that they got the wrong person again."

Ruby was sure that the man meant that as a joke, but seeing the look the woman gave him. It probably happened before. The man sat down and took a sip of what she presumed to be coffee. He then leaned forward, he was close enough that Ruby slid back.

"You cover your eye?"

"Well yeah...I-"

"Do not speak."

Ruby looked over to the woman and frowned, but the woman didn't notice this as she pulled out a Scroll and enlarged it. A video was playing on it, and it was a recording of her fighting the man with Crescent Rose. The man gestured towards it as it showed when Cresent Rose cut into the arm of the other Knight.

"Where did you learn to do this? It takes great amounts of skill to use a Knight in tandem with one's Semblance."

"Well, I learned it at Signal Knight, my teacher told me that those were basic techniques."

"Yes, but your Knight wields a Scythe, and one I am sure I have seen before..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing really. Now the last I ever remember seeing a scythe used by a Knight was from that Dusty Old Crow."

"Oh! Do you mean my Uncle? Yeah, he was the teacher I talked about. Wait, how do you know Uncle Qrow?"

The man chuckled as he waved his hand, dismissing the topic. Ruby raised an eyebrow as the man made another motion with his hand. The red clad girl could swear she saw the faintest of silhouette of a Knight's arm before it vanished. The man gestured then to the table, Ruby looked down and felt her eyes widen at the sight of a plate of cookies. Ruby just stared at them as the man received a jab from the woman.

"Ms. Rose, if I could ask one more question. Why were you out there tonight, fighting against a group of thieves?"

Ruby looked up from the plate and smiled, she didn't have to think about that answer all too much.

"Well, I was always taught to do the right thing. And because I am trying to become a Huntress, it only seemed natural to just fight them off and protect the shopkeeper."

"Good, good." The man nodded; "now, do you know who I am?"

"Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Knight Academy."

Ozpin smiled and nodded once more as he stood, grabbing his cane and mug, he looked down to the girl.

"Well, Ms. Rose, if you really want to be a Huntress that badly, then I shall welcome you to my school at the start of the semester."

With that Ozpin turned to leave, but stopped to look at the woman. Who currently looked as if she had been hit by something.

"Glynda, please prepare the paperwork for her release. And report to me later about what you told me earlier."

With that Ozpin left the room, and after giving her another glare, so did Glynda. And after checking to see if she were indeed alone, Ruby began gulping down the cookies.

Besides, no one else was going to do it, right?


Five Days Later

Ruby, finding herself in another predicament, but surprisingly she knew exactly why she was were she was. She had somehow been allowed to enter Beacon Knight two years earlier than most. Sitting on the airship as it flew across the land Ruby remembered all of the farewells she had received.

"Yeah, and I didn't get to party with anyone because Dad had me pack. Oh, well, at least this view is amazing to look at."

Ruby did find the sight of the city at sunrise to actually look beautiful, but she didn't get to enjoy it for long as two strong arms pulled her into a bone crushing hug.

"Oh my little sister is going to Beacon with me! This is so great!"

She didn't know how, but she had forgotten that Yang was on the same transport. This was going to be interesting.


Another chapter complete. I hope you enjoyed!

I had extra free time, and because my mind has been stuck on this. A new chapter this quickly.

This chapter is a prime example on how things are going to be moved around. As they are no longer using weapons this seemed like a thing to do.

The adding of Knight to the school's name isn't permanent. As all of the characters are still going to refer to it as 'Beacon'. I thought it could fit as that is what they are training to use.

Dialogue will be altered slightly as well, as I don't want to just copy it straight from the episodes. That would be cheating.

I skipped the other three trailers for now, but I will use them. Just be a bit patient with me.

Starting off lighthearted, just like the series.

Again, I hope you enjoyed.

Have a nice day!