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Chapter III: Explosions in the Courtyard

As the massive fleet of airships loomed ever closer to Beacon Academy, Ruby couldn't contain her excitement. She was practically bouncing in her seat as Yang slept beside her. She didn't know how long ago her sister passed out, but she had.

Leaving an excited Ruby alone was not the best of ideas.

She was so giddy, that not even the boy who had gotten air sick had dulled the rush of emotions she was feeling. Turning to look out of the window she began to ponder if a jump fueled by her Semblance could make it there faster. A mental poke from Cresent Rose told her that the idea was probably a bad one. So she decided to stay seated until the airship landed.

It was going to be a long landing.


The largest of the airships slowly descended upon the docking platform, its wings folding up and its engines shifting into hovering configurations. The behemoth slowly lowered its belly to be level with the platform. Several poles then slid from the platform and latched onto the side of the airship.

A holographic bridge then materialized as more supporting cables latched onto the ship. The doors then opened and students began filling out of the ship. One student rushed from the ship and hurried to find the nearest trashcan.

Ruby honestly hoped the boy made it, but she didn't linger on that thought for long as she finally got a look at Beacon Knight Academy. The school looked like it had just jumped right out of the pages of a fairytale. The white and cobalt building rose high into the sky, with a lone clock tower rising above it. The first word that came to Ruby's mind was 'glorious'.

"So, this is Beacon? Truthfully I thought it would be larger."

"Yang why can't you just enjoy the view?"

"Hey, everyone basically makes this out to be THE Knight school you want to attend. Sorry if I was expecting more."

Ruby just waved her hand as the two continued towards the castle. They quickly passed through the main gates, and then Ruby's eyes widened as she let out a surprised gasp.

Knights, they were everywhere. Every student who walked by her field of view had their Knight out. There were so many different forms that Ruby felt her heart beat faster out of excitement. She tugged on Yang's arm as she pointed to a girl that was walking past.

"Look Yang, that Knight has extendable arms! And that one there! Oooh, it's on fire!"

Ruby may have been drifting away from Yang, as she was suddenly pulled to her senses as Yang yanked on her hood. The girl pouted as her sister gestured to the school entrance.

"You know, we really need to hurry."

"Yeah, yeah, I can't help it if there are so many cool looking Knights."

"What about Crescent Rose? What would she think hearing you say that?"

"Oh, she knows I love her, it's just..."

Ruby paused as a hand instinctively reached for her eyepatch. She felt her body relax as the coarse fabric of the patch met her fingers. Yang placed a hand onto her shoulder, and when Ruby turned to her, she gave the girl a smile.

"I know Rubes...Hey I know, why not let Crescent Rose out? Let her have some room to play with?"

"Yang, you know that I can't do that. If I did she would probably think I was in the middle of combat and start attacking everyone."

"True. She is rather protective of you."

Ruby nodded as she crossed her arms, happy to have won that argument. She then saw a Knight that resembled a large bird and started walking towards it, but she was once again halted by Yang grabbing her hood.

"Will you stop that."

"Only if you stop gawking at other people's Knights. Go talk to owners if you want to see them."

"Yang I can't do that, I'm horrible at talking to people."

"Well, you're going to have to get better, because from now until the Opening Ceremony. You're on your own."

Ruby spun around to argue with Yang, but the girl was already halfway across the campus. She was beginning to ponder how Yang did that when she was the one with the speed Semblance.


To most of the students, a red blur that materialized into a hooded girl was quite the sight to behold. Ruby noticed these stares and ignored them as the world around her slowed for the fifth time, she hurried towards the next destination on her list.

Looking down at a map, which she procured from a passing student, she grumbled as she crossed off another location. She was starting to question why her sister was so hard to find. No matter where she turned she couldn't find the blonde.

"I mean really, how easy is it to loose a six foot tall boxer?! I mean come on Yang, where the heck did you go?"

Ruby grumbled as she then shoved the map into on of her inner pockets. And she then looked up fast enough to see a girl directly infront of her. Her eyes widened as she felt the world's gears begin turning once more. She hoped time would resume before any serious damage would be caused.

Time had resumed normal speed, yet she was still a girl running towards another girl. All she could do was gulp.


There was a massive ball of fire that erupted from the edge of the courtyard. Most of the students watched in amazement as sparks of lightning shot across the sky. When the fireball faded the students then continued on their way.

Ruby on the other hand, couldn't move, as she was face down in a sizable crater. The girl with whom she had crashed into was standing on the crater's edge. Glaring at the still dazed girl as she dusted herself off.

"You should be more careful. As much as I want to thank you on instinct. You still caused an explosion that could have knocked us off of the cliffside!"

She honestly didn't understand how the girl in red had managed it. One moment she was organizing Dust Crystals, when she was suddenly pushed aside. She had managed to see the red blur turn into the girl in the crater before she collided with the container.

She gripped her rapier's hilt tight enough to cause her knuckles to go white. She needed that Dust for Myrtenaster, and she wasn't expecting another shipment till the end of the month. She looked down to the girl in the crater and relaxed as she pulled herself up. The girl looked up to her and she had to suppress a gasp as she saw the girl's Emblem glowing in her eye.

The girl seemed to have noticed this as she began clawing at the dirt to find something. There was a figure that started forming behind the girl, its lone red eye locking onto the girl in white. She could feel her own Emblem begin to burn as Myrtenaster stirred.

When the girl in red gave an excited chirp she returned her gaze to see the girl pull up a burnt eyepatch. When the girl placed it over her eye the still forming Knight then vanished. Quickly shaking her head the girl then began speaking.

"As I have said, be more careful next time. You could have gotten us killed."

She then turned and began marching away, trying to rid herself of the murderous gaze of the girl's Knight.


"Good going Ruby, you blew up a girl on your first day. At least she wasn't that mad, I hope."

Ruby just sighed as she tried to climb to the top of the crater, instead she just slid back down. She growled a bit before she tried again, only to have the same result. She was seriously considering using her Semblance once more, but a hand tapping her on the head caused her to look up.

There was a girl at the edge of the crater, wearing black with amber eyes. Ruby honestly found it funny that she was a direct contrast with the other girl.

"Need a hand?"

Not hesitating Ruby nodded and grabbed the girl's hand, the girl then pulled her up and out of the crater. When she was once again on solid ground Ruby began dusting herself off as she thanked the girl in black. The girl just waved a dismissive hand.

"It is no problem, but what were you doing in a hole?"

"Oh, well I was running and I almost ran into this girl. Something in her luggage must have been explosive as I landed on it an BOOM!"

"Oh, you mean Weiss Schnee? Then that was probably Dust, she is the Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company."

"Well, that's good to know, I can apologize later now."

"It is said that her family runs a corrupt business, so I wouldn't be too trusting of them."

"She seemed nice though."

"I wasn't talking about her."

Ruby turned to ask what the girl meant, but to her surprise, the girl was already gone. She scratched her head, wondering how she did that. She then turned and began to walk in the direction she wanted to go, but she ran into someone else.

She fell to the ground and grumbled something as she looked up to see a hand in her face.

"Sorry about that, I was sightseeing."

Ruby looked past the hand and saw a boy with short blond hair, his expression was apologetic. Ruby could swear she had seen him before.

"Hey, aren't you the guy who threw up on the airship?"


Another chapter complete. I hope you enjoyed!"

And this chapter is completely changed around. Ruby is a trouble magnet in this interpretation it would seem.

If you were wondering why Crescent Rose seemed so mad, well you have your Huntress explode and then be yelled at. She is a bit overprotective sometimes.

Honestly, the way I've been writing it, this Ruby's Semblance seems more like Time Manipulation.

Anyway, again I hope you enjoyed.

Have a nice day!