So, now onto Beacon chapters. This chapter may seem clustered, but I really had no idea what to do during this chapter. So, I put it all together. However, I have a new idea for a story, but it will not be started until after this story is over. I like to take things one step at a time. Also, I don't want to be flip-flopping between two stories. But, you can look out for that after this, however, for now you can read this chapter.

Chapter 7: New Dawn New Day

I opened my eyes slowly and saw the light beaming into the room and wondered if I was dreaming. Then I rolled out of bed and slowly looked around. 'Nope, this is still my reality; nothing to complain about though. The first day did have a few minor surprises, to put it lightly, but now there was no more figuring out what was happening, just initiation. But, what is the initiation?' As I thought to myself my scroll began blinking on the desk. Picking it up and opening it showed a single message across the screen; it was from Ozpin. Meet at the cliff overlooking the emerald forest. 'Straightforward enough,' I told myself, 'then again, nothing is straightforward for me.'

I changed into my combat armor and grabbed my weapons, Rock and Sling. I also took the precaution of grabbing my new sniper rifle I had grabbed from my house from its carrying case; in case of emergencies obviously. Slung across my back it was almost half my height in length causing the butt of the rifle to stick out over my head. 'Well if anything tries to kill me, they'll be answering to this beast of a rifle.' I proceeded to grab as much ammunition as I could carry and walked out into the hallway. As I opened the door the one to my right did to, revealing Ruby exiting her room in her school uniform. "Hey Ruby," I said calmly.

"Good morning David. How are you?"

"I'm doing just fine, thank you. I'm about to head out to go do my initiation."

"Really, but initiation already occurred," she said, obviously bewildered.

"Yes Ruby," I said, semi-annoyed, "But you need to remember, I just got here. So that means I haven't done my initiation."

"Oh right, sorry," she seemed embarrassed.

"Ah, don't go worrying about it. You can't go about remembering everything," I told her reassuringly, "Well, I'm going to head out, bye." I had just turned my back when she seemed to instantly teleport in front of me. She scared me so much I nearly landed flat on my back. All I heard from her talking was something about my weapon, "What about my weapon?"

"What is your weapon, it looks so cool and interesting-," she didn't stop talking until I got up, brushed myself off and began put my finger to her lips. That seemed to shut her up, thank everything sane.

"If you must know, this was my dad's rifle that he would use to hunt Grimm. If you want to know the intricacies of it I'll tell you later. For now, I need to pass initiation. So, like I said before, goodbye," then I walked past her and proceeded across the school to the cliffs, wondering what I was getting myself into. 'Well, when the going gets tough, go harder.'

So, once I made it to the cliffs I found Ozpin and who I believed to be Glynda Goodwitch, since team RWBY had told me all the teacher's names. However I couldn't be sure, until Ozpin introduced her. 'Well that clears up my confusion.' So, I began wondering what I was doing looking over a forest from on top of a cliff face. "Good morning professor."

"Good morning David, I trust you slept well."

"Well, it was a nice sleep, but I can't help but wonder why I'm standing on a cliff face overlooking the emerald forest. So, I would appreciate an explanation of that."

"Yes, well, this is the start of your initiation," that peaked my interest, "today your skills will be put to test in the forest. However since all other students have done initiation, you will not be assigned to a team. However, you will still perform the same tasks as all other students, if you pass initiation. Now, on the north end of the forest you will find a temple; there you will find a relic. Retrieve it and return back to the top of the cliff face. You will meet opposition along the way; do not be afraid to destroy everything in your path or you will die. Now, do you have any questions?"

'Well, aren't you just an ominous guy,' However I did have one question so might as well ask. "Yes sir, I was wondering how you are going to put me into the emerald forest."

"Well, come forward and I will show."

He seemed trustworthy enough so I complied and stepped forward. My reward was an unsatisfying click where I had placed my feet. 'You are kidding me. Why in my bloodied name has he set up landmines? Is he trying to kill me?' Then I noticed the wide metal plate under my feet. 'Wait one second, weight detection, plate under my feet and no explanation of how I will be going in. There is no way, no single damn way he'd do that.' I looked at him, a state of bewilderment on my face. He returned my expression with a slight chuckle. "No, no no no, there is no way. You're joking with me, right?" He was obviously dead serious as he brought up a scroll and tapped in a series of commands. "NO, you can't you little-," that's as far as I got as I was suddenly flung through the air, flipping end over end. 'Oh dammit, this isn't good, not in the slightest.'

I had been flailing in the air panicking for a while so I began to bring my mind back to reality 'Okay, calm down, you've done stuff like this before. Get under control or it will all have been in vain.' So, through pure luck, I brought myself into an airplane like shape and began to fall after reaching my max height. 'First, that was completely uncalled for. Secondly, I am now falling at an alarming speed, so how do I land without turning into an ursa's dinner.' The pieces fell into place in my head and I came to one conclusion. I pulled my rifle off my back, added in a magazine of high-velocity rounds and began firing into my forward trajectory. After unloading the magazine into the ground I had slowed down enough that I could land without getting a serious injury. Upon impact, however, my body hurt like hell. No broken bones, just a solid constant pain coursing through my body. But, I brought myself to my feet, knowing full well that my landing strategy, if it could be called that, would surely attract attention from the forest's inhabitants. So I reloaded my rifle and began to run north; I wasn't sure why I was running north, but it was a better option than standing around.

After about twenty minutes of running, at least I thought that was the time change, I stopped and looked around. I don't know why, but I thought I heard footsteps, slow and deliberate. It sounded as if something was stalking its prey. Then, I realized that I could be that prey, waiting in the open for the attack. 'I can't just stand here and wait, that's suicide,' so, following my own advice, I clambered up the nearest tree.

I only had to wait seconds before a rustling sound began to fill the forest. Whatever it was, it was making a lot of noise. Usually a lot of noise meant something big. 'Well, let's pray that it isn't a death stalker,' I hoped that my luck had turned around. When the creature appeared under the tree I was in I thanked the stars that it wasn't a death stalker. Then, I began to curse my luck since it was an ursa major. 'Well, one shot is all it needs,' I told myself as I carefully pointed my rifle towards the beast. Once in my sights I made a small psst to grab its attention. It turned to me, with a stare of what I believed was confusion, and so I pulled the trigger saying, "Night night, teddy bear," as I did. I watched with mild satisfaction as its head lurched back and it fell to the ground. "Well, if a foe isn't expecting it, they can't plan for it." So, I climbed down from the tree and continued on my quest.

The scenery started to blend together as I ran through the forest, it seemed like an infinite loop cycling over and over, never letting me escape and find what I'm looking for. 'Jeez, this is the metaphor of my entire life.' Suddenly, a clearing appeared in front of me, a large stone temple area in the center. It was semi-circular in shape. As, I walked up to the temple I got a nagging feeling in my stomach. I snapped around, brought my rifle to bear, revealing a leaping beowolf. I peeked through the rifle's scope, made sure the target was in the crosshairs and pulled the trigger, there was barely any rifle kickback, but the monster's head exploded into a red mist. 'Serves you right, sneaking up on a guy as jumpy as me.' Then, everything went straight to hell.

A beowolf pack came right out from behind the tree line, meaning they were within meters of me. 'Crap, there's at least fifteen, time to bolt. But the temple's right there and that's the goal,' So, I pulled the bolt of my rifle and began laying down a wall of lead. Instincts kicked in and I began a cycle in my head; aim, fire, pull bolt, repeat. I managed to kill five, but then came the obvious problem, the magazine ran dry. Before my brain fully registered what was happening a beowolf had lunged at me and had me pinned to the ground. It pushed my shoulders to the ground, its claws piercing my armor plating and digging into my shoulders. My mind raced, I reached to my hip holster, put the muzzle of my revolver to the creature's head and fired a single round into the side of its head, under the armor of its skull. However, in anticipation, I had taken the liberty to load actual bullets into the weapon. But, as precaution they were special rounds, fire dust encased in the penetrator of the round, discharging and igniting on impact. So, after the bullet hit, the beasts face was being engulfed in flames; it frantically clawed at its head, trying to put out the flames. It eventually fell over and died; it smelled like burnt fur. However, I still had more of the creatures to deal with so I turned to face them, But they all were gone. "Yeah, who's the monster now you dirty beasts!?" I shouted at the non-existent Grimm. It was as if they were all a mirage, but my shoulders reminded me otherwise as blood seeped from the punctures in my armor. But there was no time to deal with those, I had my goal in my sights, so I walked to the temple.

It appeared to be an ancient temple as many of the stones were worn away from erosion. However, in the center of the temple stood a pedestal with an intricately designed black pawn chess piece. 'Wow, couldn't be any more clichéd if you tried.' So, I grabbed it, stuffed it in my pocket for safe keeping and began to head back to the cliff face.

As I ran through the forest, I began becoming curious of what was happening, 'There is very little Grimm activity, especially for this forest is worrisome, especially my encounter with the beowolves. Why had they ran? They would've been able to take me, so why not finish me? Was I lucky, or was there something else in the forest?' I had made it to the cliffs, now all that needed to be done was to walk up to the top. But life had other plans, as I heard rustling grass come from behind me. It kept growing in sound, as if something was moving faster and faster. Then, everything fell silent as night. I spun around, whipping out my revolvers and began to fire into the trees with fire dust. Out of pure luck a bullet struck something and caught fire to it. So, now I knew what my assailant was; that in and of itself turned into a problem as a king taijitu. "Oh, well ain't that just rich," I said out of pure annoyance. My luck was just not letting me have good fortune.

But, in my distracted state, the black head snapped its jaws at my head. I narrowly escaped, but was led into a deadly strike from the other head. It clasped its jaw around my torso, its teeth sinking into my side like a red hot knife. "Gaah! No you don't!" I shouted at it as I unhooked my rifle from my back. I pulled up and slammed the muzzle of the gun into the creature's eye socket. It hissed in pain, but wouldn't let go. So, to solve the problem I fired high-calibre rounds, one after the other, straight through its head. It had the surprising effect of blowing a hole in the opposite side of the head. The creature turned limp, but didn't let me go, even in death. 'Damn, the other one'll get me,' sure enough it did strike; it aimed right for my head, probably trying to rip it clean off. But I had other plans. Quick as a bullet I switched magazines, but I had no idea what ammo I would fire. 'Let's hope this works,' I thought, pulling the trigger and wishing for good luck. Good luck delivered, as the round flew straight into its mouth, impacted and exploded in a vibrant fireball, exploding the creature's head in the process. 'Well, that was effective, now to make my exit,' I pondered as I pried open the creature's jaw. The pain was excruciating as I tore its jaw open, the teeth cutting through my flesh. Once opened, the teeth were a deep crimson and blood poured from my side, 'Well that'll take a while to heal.' As I walked to the cliff my vision started to blur, then it became focused again and cycled between blurred and clear. 'No, poison... this isn't happening. I will not succumb. I am stronger than it. Just need to push forward.' Then my thoughts were cut off as I saw a woman in a black cloak appear in front of me. "No, no you can't be here, it's impossible." It was true as the woman was my mother.

Her pale blue eyes stared into mine, a calm demeanour to them, her silvery hair flowed with the wind so elegantly, "David I'm so glad to see you. But, you look unwell. Come here and it will be all better."

"No," I told her in a delusional state , " that's impossible, your dead. You can't be here now, you can't."

"Yes well, if you come to me, all will be right. Come, reach for my hand and all your struggles will seep away."

"No, that's not what you would say," I accused the person, "You never taught me to be a coward, to back down when things got tough. You're a lair, an imposter; nothing more than a figment of reality. I will not give in." With those words I passed through the image and scaled up the cliff. It was strenuous work, but I managed to climb to the top. There on the top stood Ozpin, but Goodwitch was nowhere in sight. So, I crawled up to my feet, staggered towards him while holding my bloodied side and handed him the chess piece. "You're pawns work, is complete," I said, wincing midway through. He looked at me with a mixed expression, it was between shock, respect and what I imagined was intrigue. He reached for it, grabbed it from my hand and put it into his jacket pocket. Satisfied with my own work, I felt a sense of relief, then fell over and became unconscious. My last sight was Ozpin's shoes going across my vision. 'Always below the feet of other. Always...' Then, never-ending darkness.

Yeah, not the best chapter, but this was me scraping together a chapter. But, now onto the actual meat of this tale of heroes and villains. Now things will become clear. Who is David and what's his goals? Why is he so spiteful towards his past? But most of all, what shenanigans can be had with team RWBY? We will push onwards, into the future and into the summer months. Always remember, do what you enjoy doing and not what others tell you to do; always keep an open mind to others and always stay true to you.

-TheInnerPeace singing off (Yay, delayed celebration of over five hundred views. Let's make it a thousand, shall we)