The Dusted Grimm

by DarkestFire99

AU: What would happen if a Grimm were to ingest dust? I decided to write about it, but with my team, SCLT (Scarlet). This occurs around the same time that RWBY does, without any of the teams from the original, I'll be coming up with my own. Besides that, there are slight differences in the lore, but the idea is the same. Check it out. Rating may change.

2. Chapter 1 - Initiation

Hey guys, DarkFire back again with the second chapter of The Dusted Grimm, though this is really the first chapter of the actual story. Today, we'll meet our main team, and maybe one of the others. I wouldn't know, I haven't written it yet. Oh crap, I need to come up with another team. Right, I'm gonna do that, then write the story… So I'm back, and I have another team, and they are pretty cool. They'll be like JNPR from the original, supporting cast, but not very important. Anyway, here's Chapter 1 of The Dusted Grimm - Initiation!

Tobin sat on the cushioned black seats of the Bullhead, her tail twitching behind her slightly nervously. The ship was on its way up to Beacon, the premiere Hunter academy of Remnant. Looking back on her life, she couldn't really believe that she had gotten here. She remembered every detail of that horrid factory, from the gray walls, to the noises of the already loud machines, amplified by her Faunus hearing to almost deafening.

"Stop Tobin, going down this path of memories only leads to sadness and despair," she thought to herself. To occupy her time, she began to study the other soon-to-be students that were on the airship with her. There was no one sitting next to her on either side, and she didn't mind, she wasn't much of a people person anyway. Starting the farthest down the row of seats opposite her, she saw a ridiculously tall human guy with extremely dark skin, hair and eyes. She could see the huge muscles of his shoulders and biceps, and immediately knew that fighting him would be like fighting a tank.

A few seats over from him, though he nearly took up two seats on his own, was a much smaller guy with orange, sideswept hair. She could see that he too was human. His eyes were an amber color, matching the orange and red of his hair, making him look almost on fire. He was fiddling with some kind of device in his hands, it looked sort of like a Scroll, but different at the same time. Next to him were a few more students that didn't look all that interesting to Tobin, so she moved on.

Nearing the right side of the airship, she noticed another pair of students that caught her attention. These two were Faunus, and looked like they might even be brothers. She saw the perked ears on top of one, and the dog or wolf tail poking out behind the other. The one with the tail has black, short hair and dark green eyes that reminded Tobin of the fir trees of Atlas. His build looked fairly muscular, but he wouldn't even hold a flame to the first guy that Tobin had seen.

The guy next to him interested Tobin even more, even if he was some kind of dog Faunus. His ears were dark brown, and if she didn't have Faunus sight, she would have pegged them as black. They were larger than hers, but looked a little less furry. The hair on top of his head was swept off to the side, though it looked like he had just done it with his fingers, unlike the orange haired guy a few seats down. His eyes were what truly caught Tobin off guard. They were a very light blue, that looked almost gray. As he looked around, Tobin could see that he missed no detail, and his eyes looked like they could pierce your very soul. Her eyes then caught on his clothes. He wore a white hoodie, left hanging open, over a… "Is that gold," she thought. He really had her attention now, it wasn't too often you saw a guy wearing gold in Remnant, it wasn't a very common color, which was one of the reasons she liked it so much. Following down, he wore black jeans and some Nike high tops with, you guessed it, a gold swoosh on the side.

If she wasn't so shy and introverted, she would have gotten up and gone to talk with the guy, because he really had her interested.

Just at that moment, the pilot came over the PA and announced they would be landing at Beacon in about a minute. She stood up to pull her bag, filled with her clothes and other gear for the years she would be at Beacon. She grabbed the black and gold bag next to it as well, holding this bag like it was her child. If you asked her, it was her child. The bag held her pride and joy inside, her custom built Lynx GM-6 sniper rifle. She had built it only months ago, after working for years on the streets of Atlas and Vale to afford all the parts for it.

Just then, she felt the airship touch down, and looking out the window she saw the castle that was Beacon, her home for the next years. A small smile graced her face, an uncommon expression for Tobin Aurus, and it wasn't missed by another of the Faunus on the ship.

About Ten Minutes Earlier

"I can't believe we are going to go to Beacon, Logan! Dad went here, this is where Dad learned how to be a Hunter, and now we're going to do the same. I looked forward to this day for years, I can't believe we are actually doing this. I wish Dad were here to see this," Shane rambled on about how crazy it was that they were going to Beacon, and Logan agreed with him, even if he didn't say it.

"Shane, bro, you gotta relax, I know where we are going, and what Dad did. You don't have to tell me and the rest of the Bullhead where we are going, I think we all know," Logan told him. It quieted Shane down, though his tail was still wagging behind him, and Logan didn't even think Shane knew. With Shane quieted down, Logan started looking around the ship, wondering if he wasn't actually the older of the two brothers.

He started on the left most of the row of seats opposite him. In the last seat, there sat a fairly skinny, very tanned girl, though Logan could tell she was dangerous. She had what looked like a katana strapped to her left hip, and she definitely looked like she knew how to use it. Her eyes were hazel, and her french braided, dirty blonde hair flowed down to about her middle back. If he liked blondes, he probably would have thought she was beautiful. Her crop top showed off her belly button, and he saw a flat stomach and a small sapphire belly button piercing.

Seated a few seats away, he saw a Faunus, one with a very lithe, almost cat like build, she looked stronger than a normal cat Faunus though. Her Faunus trait was in her vertically slit, orange eyes. She had black hair, but it only reached about halfway down her neck, styled much like Ruby Rose from The RWBY Chronicles, a book series he had once read. He wondered if she too had read it. She too wore a crop top, but a higher one than the first person he had seen. He could see all of her abdomen, and the abs that lay on it. She had what looked like throwing knives strapped to her right forearm and two knives strapped to her thighs. She definitely looked like a fighter.

Seated right next to her, attempting to talk the Faunus's ears off, was another human, this one with light skin, who looked like she might be 5'5" or around that. Her long hair was a vibrant cyan, fading to seafoam green near the tips that reached her mid back. Her eyes were an eerie purple, not often seen among humans, or Faunus for that matter. She has a purple hoodie on that matches her eyes, the sleeves of it rolled up to her mid forearm. Her ears had gauges in them that looked to be about 1cm in diameter. The gauges matched her hair color perfectly. She wore bleached white, skin tight jeans that reached her mid calf and a pair of Nike Free Runs that also matched her hair. He had already caught Shane staring at her twice, and he knew that Shane wanted to get to know her more.

A couple more students were next, Faunus and human, but none caught his eye. Finally, his eye caught on the last student in the ship. He thought he kept his mouth shut, be he wasn't sure.

She was certainly a cat Faunus, if the ears were anything to go by. He thought he saw a tail too, but that would be odd since he already saw ears. Most Faunus had only one defining animal characteristic, but it wasn't unheard of to have more. Her hair was midnight black, reaching to her mid back. Her ears were black, but he thought he might have seen gold on the tips, but he couldn't be certain. Her eyes, in Logan's opinion, were the most striking and beautiful feature on this already beautiful Faunus. They were a deep gold with black flecks all around her iris. Her clothing choices seemed to match her eyes, all black and gold. She wore an off-the-shoulder top with gold sleeves that were flecked with black, like someone had been careless with paint. Her legs were covered in skin tight black leggings that turned to gold starting at her mid calf. She finished her outfit with a pair of black combat boots. He thought he saw a bit of ink poking out of her shirt near her neck, but he wasn't sure. All he knew was that he wanted to know more about this girl.

He heard the ping of the PA coming on, but he didn't really hear what it said. He was too busy staring at the beauty in front of him. When she stood, and turned, he noticed that he was right and that she did have a tail, the tip of it had some gold to it, as did the base, not that he was staring at her ass (he might have been, but he'd never admit it). She pulled down a bag, set it down, then turned and grabbed another bag. She was much more careful with this bag, and held it with almost religious reverence. He wondered what was in it.

Shane nudged him then, telling him that he should probably stop staring and grab his bags before they landed at Beacon. As he turned to grab his bag, Shane whispered in his ears,

"I totally saw you staring, and I'm totally getting the two of you together." The smile on his lips worried Logan, and he whispered back,

"Don't you involve yourself in this, I don't even know her name, much less anything about her."

"Perhaps you'll need to find out, I can help with that," a devious smile on his lips.

"Shane I swear to all that is holy, if you try and pair me with this girl, I will not hesitate to tell that girl with the blue hair that you were staring at her for at least two minutes."

"Go ahead, I was already going to."

"Goddamnit… Shane, please, just let me do this myself."

"Fine, you have a day, if you don't talk to her by midnight tonight, I'm going to talk to her for you, you know I will."

"I'm well aware, just let me do this on my own please, I don't need you sticking your ass where it doesn't belong," Logan replied, a serious look on his face.

"You know you love me Logan, you know you do," Shane answered, the smirk still on his face.

"Sometimes I question why, but you're right, I do."

They felt the airship touch down, and both turned to the window, admiring the view of the castle that was Beacon that their father had described to them so many times. The new students had begun to file out of the Bullhead, and Shane and Logan followed.

Logan was just behind the girl with the blonde hair, and she turned and asked him if he knew where they were supposed to go. He began to answer, but Shane spoke up,

"I think that we are supposed to go the main building for some sort of Welcome speech from Ozpin."

The girl looked curious at the mention of Ozpin, and as she opened her mouth, Logan said,
"Ozpin is the headmaster."

"Ah ok. So he's probably going to give some, welcome to the toughest, and best, years of your life kind of thing."

"I don't know, Ozpin doesn't strike me as the cliche kind of guy," Shane answered her again. "By the way, I'm Shane, and this is my brother Logan."

"Hey guys, I'm Katariah."

"Where have I heard that name before, I know I have," Logan thought to himself. Shane, of course, put voice to Logan's thoughts.

Katariah replied, "You might know me from so tournaments I've done, though I didn't think I was that famous."

"I knew I'd heard it before. You fight Iaido don't you, quick attacks, sheathing your sword in between," Shane continued his questions, and Kat continued answering, but Logan had stopped paying attention. He had spied the cat faunus again, walking a few people ahead of him, alone. He wanted to go talk to her, but he was shy, and had no idea how to start a conversation with her. So he kept walking, leaving Shane and Katariah behind to talk. He walked towards the castle, passing the fountain that was just before the main entrance.

Passing through the entrance, he noticed a few of the people he had seen on the airship, and a few he did not. He saw a tall black human who looked like he could rip steel in half with his arms, and fairly thin guy with orange and red hair. He also saw the blue haired girl and the cat, or maybe panther, faunus with the vertically slit orange eyes. He didn't see his brother, Katariah, or the cat faunus with the gold eyes, and she was the one he was really looking for. He knew that he wanted to get to know her, but at the same time, he didn't know if he had the courage.

Just then, he sensed, more than heard, someone jumping behind him. He snapped around, his hand automatically going to where he always had a knife hidden on his left forearm. Just as his hand touched the hilt, he noticed the green eyes of none other than Shane, who was already laughing his head off,

"Dude you should have seen your face, I got you so good that time."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got me. Though if I hadn't noticed who it was when I did, you'd have a knife in your throat right now," Logan replied with a grimace.

"Aww come on Logan, I trust you to keep your knives out of my throat, just like you know I would never blow you up with my grenade launcher," Shane got out between laughs. They continued to talk, and about 5 minutes later, Logan noticed a man and a woman get up on the stage. The man walked up to the mike, tapping it to make sure it was on.

Tobin

She saw Headmaster Ozpin walking on stage, and focused her attention on him. She noticed the smell of the two guys standing next to her, distinctly canine. She turned her head slightly to get a look at who it was, and noticed that it was the two Wolf Faunus from the airship ride. The one with the ears was standing next to her, which for some reason made her face warm. The Headmaster tapped the mike once to make sure it was on, and perhaps to get the attention of the students, who were all aimlessly talking and generally making a ruckus. The loud tapping got their attention, and the room quieted almost instantly. *I'm stealing this from the original, I couldn't come up with anything better than what Ozpin says in Volume 1: Episode 3, so that's what this is from*

"You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people, but I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." All of this he said in a what seemed like a cold manner to Tobin, as if he didn't care about any of the students in the room. Next, a woman that Tobin didn't know stepped up to the mike. She told them that they would sleep in the ballroom, a.k.a. where they were at that moment and warned them that initiation began tomorrow. Then she dismissed them. Tobin assumed this meant they were free to talk once more, an activity that she didn't really want to be a part of, unless it was with the guy standing next to her. Her shyness won out, and she went over to her bags and grabbed out a book.

She was reading when she noticed the gleam of a weapon pass over her eyes. She had always had a bit of a thing for weapons, it was why she had built her Lynx from scratch and why she was always looking out for other sniper rifles, or parts to a sniper rifle, that were on sale. She looked for the source of the gleam, and noticed that it was once again the Wolf Faunus with the ears. He was flipping a knife around in his hand, always catching the blade between his two fingers. By the look of the knife, and the way that he was flipping it around and holding it, she would guess that it was made to be thrown. It looked well made, she guessed that it was carbon fiber, because the entire handle and blade were a matte black. It was a beautiful weapon, and as she watched, he slid it up his hoodie sleeve presumably into some kind of sheath. She wondered if all he used were throwing knives, or if he had some other kind of weapon, like she had with her Lynx and her two swords Vrangr and Brisingr.

As she thought about her weapons, she noticed that he had seemed to notice he staring, and was looking right back at her. She turned away, looking back to her book. She tried to continue reading, but couldn't help but continue to wonder about the Faunus that sat about 7 meters from her. She snuck a look over her book again, and saw that he indeed had a second weapon. It looked like a Honey Badger Assault Rifle, known for its standard suppressor. She noticed that he had taped two clips together so that he could reload faster, and that he had replaced the standard stock for a carbon fiber one, presumably to lighten the weapon. Finally, she was too curious, and got up to go and talk to him.

As she walked up, she asked a question she was 99% sure she already had the answer to, "Is that a Honey Badger?"

"Yeah, it is. I bought it a few months before I graduated from Signal. I love the integrated silencer. Keeps things quiet," he told her, looking up into her eyes with a smile on his face, though she wasn't sure if it was for her or his weapon.

"That's cool, I actually built my weapon from scratch. Well, one of them I did. The other two were forged for me," she told him, though she wasn't sure why. She normally wasn't a talkative or sharing person, but he calmed her for a reason she wasn't sure of.

"What kind of weapon is it," he asked her, curiosity showing on his face, his ears perked up.

"If you get up and follow me, I'll show you." Another uncommon thing for her, she didn't like to show anyone her baby. Again though, this guy seemed to draw her out of her shell, making her feel at ease, something she hadn't felt since… "No, she thought, I'm not getting into this right now."

"Let me just grab it out of my bag," she told him.

"Cool, I've always liked weapons," he responded.

Logan

When she turned to grab out of the black and gold bag he had seen her pull down ont he airship, he pulled out his knife and began flipping it around in his hand again. It was a habit, when he had time to waste, he flipped sharp, pointy things around in his hand, just like Shane liked to make a flame dance around his fingers.

She turned around again, holding some kind of sniper in her hands.

"Where do you keep getting that knife from, I saw you flipping it earlier," she asked him, looking questioningly around his body for a sheath somewhere.

He laughed, and rolled up his right hoodie sleeve to show her a forearm sheath.

"I find it handy to keep a knife on me at all times, you never know when you'll need it, even for cutting up food. So, tell me about that little beauty in your hands. I certainly didn't have you pegged for a sniper."

"This is a Lynx GM-6 sniper rifle. I built it from parts a few months ago, and painted the stripes on the parts myself. I've always had a thing for taking things out from very long distances."

He had a spur of confidence from a place he didn't know, and he stepped close to her, whispering in her ears, "And what would you do if someone got close, with only your rifle for protection."

"If you would have let me continue, I'd have shown you what I'd do," she said, taking a step back from him and turning away. He wasn't sure, but he thought he might have caught a bit of red in her face.

"She reached back into the black and gold bag, and pulled out two swords, their scabbards black with gold stripes, like her Lynx. She pulled the two swords from their sheaths, and Logan was not completely surprised that the blades were gold, after seeing the rest of her weapons. They looked to be about a meter long, maybe shorter. The hilts looked to be hand-and-a-half, and they were black, like her hair.
"Okay, I stand corrected. You are most certainly not defenseless in close range."

"You're right, I'm not," she told him with a slight smile on her face, though he guessed it was because she had shown him up, not because she was interested in him, she couldn't be. He wasn't that interesting, and she could certainly do better than her. He looked down at his wrist to check the time, noticing that it was almost 23:00. He looked back up into her beautiful golden eyes and spoke,

"It's getting late, and if that woman was right, we should definitely be well slept for initiation tomorrow. I'm Logan, by the way. I'll see you tomorrow, thanks for showing me your weapons," he smiled at her and turned to leave.

As he turned, she spoke, "I'm Tobin, and honestly, I'm glad I did too. I'm not usually a people person, but I think we could be friends."

He felt a blush reach his cheeks as he thought about how he would like to be more than friends. He doubted it would ever happen though, he would never be good enough for someone as amazing as her. He walked back towards his sleeping bag, noticing that Shane was back from wherever he had been. He hoped that he could avoid an interrogation before he went to bed, but alas, Shane turned over just as he sat down in his sleeping bag.

Knowing what he was going to say, he just looked at his brother and said, "Can we not do this now, I really need to get some sleep for tomorrow.

"Hell no we can't, you were just talking to sexy Faunus girl. What were you guys talking about? Are you banging yet," he asked, the smirk back on his face.

"Damnit Shane," he replied, annoyed, "What is it with you and being in my business?"

"This is the first time my little brother has even shown slight interest in a girl, of course I'm interested, now answer the question."

"Bro, you're older than me by like a year, so relax on the little brother crap. We talked about weapons, that's all, ok? And no, we aren't 'banging' yet, get your head out of the gutter."

"Fine, you gotta learn to relax bro, you don't have to be serious every moment of every day. Doesn't that get boring?"

"No," Logan replied with conviction, just to spite him. "Now we should seriously get some rack, that woman already warned us, albeit subtly, that initiation tomorrow wasn't going to be easy."

"What do you think they are gonna do, launch us into the air using springboards, I highly doubt it'll be that difficult Logan, we have training from both Dad and Signal, I think we'll be ok."

He had no idea how right he would be.

The Next Day - Logan

As he watched the girl with blue hair fly into the air, he couldn't believe Shane had, unintentionally, been right about what they were going to do to them for initiation. Next to him, Katariah was launched into the air without so much as a scream, and he knew that he would be going up soon. They had brought them to a cliff just outside of the Emerald Forest, and told them that the first person they made eye contact with would be their partner for the next 4 years. Immediately Logan thought of two people, Shane and Tobin. He was tempted to look for Shane, because they had fought together for years already, but he also wanted to look for Tobin, since he still wanted to know more about her. Deciding that he would decide when he made it to the ground, he braced himself just as the ground above him shot forward and he was launched skyward towards the forest. He had done with type of simulation before with his Dad, and knew that he could slow his fall with the branches of the forest. He did just that, grabbing onto the largest branch that he saw, swinging around it once to slow his fall, and then letting go to do it twice more before he performed a back flip and landed on the ground of the forest. He pulled his Honey Badger out, checked the safety, it was still on, and then turned to walk into the forest.

About ten minutes later, he heard a noise off to his left, and instinctively activated his semblance, creating the aura barrier that redirected light around his body and rendered him nearly invisible. Just after activating his semblance, he caught sight of the person who had been making the noise, spotting the black guy he had seen in the ballroom the day before. He knew they wouldn't fight well together, so he sat still and waited for him to pass. Once he was sufficiently past, Logan deactivated his semblance and shimmered back into being. He kept moving, and after about fifteen minutes, he felt a gust of wind hit his feet and flip him over. Because of his training with his father, he knew to continue the spin and he was able to land once more on his feet. He searched around for the person who created the wind, before a voice above him called out,

"Look up!"

He followed instructions, already knowing who the voice belonged to. He was greeted with a pair of golden eyes and cat ears.

"By the fact that I don't see anyone else, I'm assuming this makes us partners," he asked her.

"I'd say that it does Logan, I'm glad I found you before I found someone else, I'm not much of a people person, but if I have to have a partner, I'm glad it's you."

"For sure. Though you actually aren't the first person I've seen today."

"Then how are we partners, shouldn't you be partners with whoever you saw first?"

"No, they never made eye contact with me."

"If you saw them, how did they not make eye contact?"

"Your distrust of my stealthiness hurts me inside, but I will show you anyway," he said with a smile to show her he was kidding. Like a magician, he shouted "Behold!" and activated his semblance.

"Woah," she said, "that's pretty freaky. Does that have something to do with aura manifestation?"

"Good guess," he replied, coming back into sight. "My aura manifests as a barrier that bends light around me, or pretty much whatever I want that's close to me. It's why I'm so sneaky, being invisible definitely helps as long as you can stay quiet while they can't see you. So, should we get moving to that temple that the Headmaster was talking about."

"Yeah, I guess we should. His name is Ozpin, by the way."

"Good to know, lets get moving," he said, pulling his Honey Badger back out in case they were to encounter any "resistance," as Ozpin called it.

Tobin

Once she had been launched into the forest, one of the first of the group, she made her landing, on her feet of course, and worked her way North a bit and then into a tree. She figured that most, if not all of the students who passed her wouldn't look up, so she could pick her partner from the people she saw. It was a plus that she had a much better sight line to shoot from if she saw any Grimm.

When she saw the white hoodie and Honey Badger that could only belong to Logan, she

decided to check his skills with a bit of wind, using her semblance to create a gust of wind at his ankles that she knew was strong enough to knock him off his feet. It worked, but only so well. The wind took Logan off of his feet, but rather than falling on his back, like most that she had tried this on, he went with the flip and was able to continue it into a full back flip, landing perfectly on his feet again. Of course he recognized that it wasn't just the wind, and looked around for the perpetrator of the sudden wind. When he didn't see her within about 10 seconds, she called out,

"Look up!" His head snapped upwards, spotting her instantly now that he knew where to look. She saw his ears twitching, and assumed that he was still listening for any signs of enemies. Her golden eyes met his light blue ones, just as he spoke,

"By the fact that I don't see anyone else, I'm assuming this makes us partners," he asked her.

She responded, trying to keep her excitement down, knowing that he was going to be her partner for the next 4 years, "I'd say that it does Logan, I'm glad I found you before I found someone else, I'm not much of a people person, but if I have to have a partner, I'm glad it's you." He told her that she actually hadn't been the first person he saw, but that she was the first person he had made eye contact with. When she wondered how, he gave her a demonstration of his semblance, which she thought was really cool. From there, they decided to get moving north to find the ruins that Ozpin had told them about. She pulled Vrangr and Brisingr from their sheaths, knowing that her Lynx wouldn't be worth much in the close quarters area they were in. She saw Logan pull his Honey Badger back out. She noted then that it was plain, something she'd have to see if she could fix in the coming months. He took off into the forest, her right behind him, easily keeping up with him, though he certainly wasn't slow, with his wolf speed, he could have kept up with the fastest of the Faunus.

They reached an old stone temple about 10 minutes later, with black and gold chess pieces set up on pedestals. She looked over at Logan, and he nodded, the two of them needing no words to tell each other that this was the place. She stepped forward, and just as she did, there was a crashing in the forest behind her, as though a train was fighting its way through the undergrowth. She immediately snapped around, the relics forgotten, her two swords coming to the ready in front of her. Logan had already fallen to one knee next to her, his Honey Badger coming to rest in the crook of his shoulder. Her Faunus hearing had picked up the tell tale click of a safety coming off, and she knew he was ready to fight.

As they watched, an Ursa came crashing through the trees, and just as they prepared to attack, it collapsed, and she caught sight of a blue haired girl that she thought she had seen at orientation. It fell, and the girl jumped off, her face downcast as she looked at the Ursa. She spoke just after jumping off,

"Well, there goes that fun… Whatever, it brought us where we needed to go, huh bud." Just then, in stumbled another Faunus who just looked at the blue haired girl and said,

"Please never do that again Cya." Tobin could hear the smile in his voice as he spoke though.

"Oh, but that would be no fun Shane. Ursa riding is the best," she answered him, the smile never leaving her face. After listening to the exchange of the two, Tobin sheathed her swords, noticing that Logan had stood and replaced his Honey Badger in its holder on his back. He walked towards the Faunus, and Tobin realized that it was the one that she had seen sitting next to Logan on the airship ride to Beacon. As Logan walked forward, he spoke,

"Shane, bro, that was not how I pictured you making your entrance. No flames, I'm surprised."

"Oh shut up Logan, and introduce me to your partner. It's rude to leave her out you know."

He motioned her forward, and the Faunus she now knew as Shane, Logan's brother, gave him a look, though she couldn't pick anything up out of it.

"Shane, this is Tobin. You can see that she's a Faunus, and that's all that even I know." She nodded to him, and he smiled at her, but it was friendly, with no other meaning.

"It's good to meet the brother of my partner," she spoke, in a somewhat monotone voice, though that was common for her. Like she had said, she wasn't much of a people person.

Next, Shane opened his mouth to speak. Just before he could, however, they heard more crashing in the distance, and in came a girl that Tobin didn't know, but had seen at orientation. Just behind her was a… "Holy shit, was that a Death Stalker?!" Well, things just got a bit more interesting. She saw a shadow pass over her, and looked up to see what had caused it, seeing the guy with orange hair that she had seen on the airship go flying over them, sent sailing by some unknown force. As she watched, he flipped over and let his legs bend as he hit a large tree, stopping his flight. From there, he front flipped forward, landed on the branch below him, then jumped out of sight behind the green leaves of the forest. She assumed that he had jumped to the floor.

As if their day couldn't get any more interesting, they saw two others come tumbling from the sky. One was the big black guy she had seen on the airship, and another, a female panther Faunus, that she hadn't even noticed before. The guy didn't look like he was in a hurry to slow his fall, and as she watched, he smacked into the ground, moments later standing like he hadn't just fallen from a height of at least 100m. The Faunus, however, disappeared just as she was about to hit the ground, reappearing, standing just fine, about 2 meters away. "Now that would be a handy semblance to have," she thought to herself.

She saw another shadow pass overhead, and looked up again, hoping that it wasn't what she thought it was. Of course, it was, that was just her luck today. Not only was there a Death Stalker standing about 100m from their group of now 8, but a Nevermore was flying over. Just when she had thought that this was going to be a fairly simple retrieval mission.

Logan spoke, "This is just a retrieval mission guys, we don't have to fight these guys. Let's just grab our relics and get moving."

The orange haired guy answered, "Running and surviving, now that is a plan I can get behind." The rest of the group didn't disagree. She stepped forward, grabbing the gold rook, and the orange haired guy walked over to the black bishop, grabbing it for his group. They all turned and took off into the woods. She heard the crashing behind them, signaling that the Death Stalker was in pursuit, and she assumed that the Nevermore was above, following their progress, waiting to strike.

Logan

Their group tore through the woods, trying desperately to make it back to the cliffs before the Grimm chasing them caught up. He wasn't sure if they would make it, but he figured in his head that they could take out 2 Grimm if they were forced to, though he wasn't sure. He could see the trees thinning, and he almost yelled in excitement, knowing it meant they were almost back to the cliff. He jumped beyond the last tree, and looked out on the area they had to scale to make it to the top of the cliff. It was some kind of structure, all bridges leading to a central domed structure. He wasn't sure what it was originally for, he had never heard of this place before. As he was looking for a place they could scale it easily, a feather landed in the ground next to him, sticking in the immediately took off running, knowing the Nevermore had caught up with them. He ran, and he felt the presence of three others next to him. He felt the ground give way to stone, and knew that they were out on the bridge. He skidded to a stop, looking around him to check who was with him. It was Tobin, Shane, and the girl that Shane had called Cya, though they hadn't truly been introduced yet. He turned to look for the other four and saw that they had stayed on the side near the forest. He caught sight of the stinger of the Death Stalker, and hoped they could handle themselves against it, because he and his new friends had to deal with the gigantic raven that was circling back to attack again. His mind raced for a plan, but at the moment, he had nothing.

The others looked at him, but he just shook his head.

"Ok," Shane said, "I guess we are just gonna wing it. If anyone comes up with a plan, let someone know." With that, he pulled his M27 IAR out, having stowed it just after they started their mad dash to the cliff. Logan looked to his left, noticing that Tobin had pulled her Lynx out. As he watched, she took off for the middle of the structure, and scaled it like a pro. She laid down, and waited for her shot. The blue haired girl climbed a smaller tower, pulling two long knives from behind her back, the blades black and white. That left Logan and Shane standing together, still on the bridge.

They looked at each other, silent communication passing between them, and they stood back to back. He felt Shane shift his M27 in his hands, and he knew it meant he had swapped to the grenade launcher that was attached to the end of the LMG. The Nevermore had circled back by then, and the two brothers took aim, Logan with his Honey Badger, and Shane with the grenade launcher. By some silent command, they opened fire at the same moment as each other, and rained down as many bullets and grenades on the Nevermore as they could force out of their weapons. Logan swapped clips as Shane switched to the actual LMG, and they continued to fire Logan heard the crack of a sniper as Tobin joined the fray, but none of their bullets, though dust enhanced, seemed to be doing any damage to the Nevermore.

He saw the blue haired girl jump from her spot on the tower as the Nevermore neared, and to his surprise, she landed on its back, hacking at it with her blades. Before the raven could counter, she jumped off, landing about 4 meters from where he stood.

"Shane, I just had an idea. Tobin's sniper is the most powerful weapon we've got. If we can get her up onto the Nevermore, there's no way it could take a shot from that close of a range."

"You want your partner on top of that thing?! Cya just scared the absolute shit out of me, and I already know she can ride Grimm."

"I don't like it either, but I don't see another way. Let me know if you've got a better idea, I'm all ears."

"Damnit Logan, you're right. Ok, call her down, we've got about thirty seconds before the fucking Nevermore comes back." He waved up to her, and she jumped from her spot, running to them as soon as she hit the ground.

"You guys have an idea," she asked as she ran up.

"Yeah, but you aren't gonna like it," Logan answered.

"Let's go then, we don't have much time before the Nevermore is back. What do you got?"

"Your Lynx is the most powerful weapon we have. So I figured that if we get you on top of the Nevermore, not even its armor could withstand a shot from the Lynx from that close. You know your weapon, can it punch through the armor?"

"Yeah, it can do it. How do plan on getting me up there?"

"I figured that you could do most of the work with your Semblance and your sniper kick, but I wouldn't be opposed to having Shane help you out with a bit of flame to create a pushing force underneath you."

"Shane can make fire," Tobin asked, seeming somewhat surprised.

"Yeah, it's his semblance. What do you think, can you make it?"

"Yeah, I can do it. Keep the flames away unless I look like I'm running out of steam though, okay?"

"Sure thing kitty," Shane answered for Logan.

"Oh shut it," Tobin gave him a pointed look, daring him to keep talking. "Let's go." There was a huge gust of wind around them, and she took off without another word. Logan kept an eye on her progress, ready to tell Shane if he needed to add some extra push. The Nevermore was lower than it had been, and with two cracks of her Lynx, Tobin was above the Nevermore. She twisted, and pushed off of what Logan assumed was a barrier of wind that she had made. The push off sent her flying straight towards the Nevermore, and she raised her Lynx to her shoulder, ready to take the shot. At the last possible moment, a crack like a thousand year old tree breaking at it's base was heard, and they saw pieces of white armor fly into the air as the bullet from Tobin's rifle pierced the armor and passed all the way through the Nevermore's head, nearly exploding it into millions of pieces. Tobin was still falling as she passed what was left of the Nevermore, but as she neared them, she slowed and almost stopped as she reached the bridge. As she landed, Logan looked over to the other group, having completely forgotten about them during the fight with the Nevermore. He saw the black guy with the huge muscles falling down onto the Death Stalker whose stinger was already slightly impaled in it's head. As the guy landed, he shoved the stinger completely through the head of the Grimm, ending its existence right then and there. The other group cheered, and then turned and looked at them. Seeing no Nevermore, they cheered again and jogged their way to Logan and his group.

Blue haired girl stepped forward and spoke, "Well, we really showed them eh boys. No one messes with us." Shane laughed, and the rest of the group, minus Tobin shared a wide smile. Tobin stayed her stoic self, which Logan took notice of, and decided that he would ask her about eventually. For now though, it was time to climb the cliff and return to Beacon, their mission completed.

Wow, that has got to be the longest thing I've ever written in my life. 7660 words. Before anyone asks, no I didn't write it in one sitting, I didn't even write it in five. I'm finishing it now at 23:09 of probably the third day I've been writing it for. Damn if I'm not proud of it though. The fight scene and some others has some elements borrowed from the original series, but I tried to add my own stuff to it. This is the end of similarities between the two though, as from here on out, there will be no White Fang elements. Anyway, that was chapter 1. Let me know what you guys thought of it. Next chapter we'll have our team ceremony, but I think it's painfully obvious who the teams are. One question, do you guys like the long chapter, or should I start splitting them up into smaller parts that I'll release about a day apart once I finish writing something that is this big, or do you want it all at once? Let me know in a review, as well as what you thought of my work. Constructive criticism is not only allowed, but appreciated and encouraged. I want to know what I can do to make this better for you guys. If any of you are artists by the way, feel free to make art based on my characters, I need a cover anyway. I'm a terrible artist. I think that's it. Hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you next time. Dark out!