Ruby's POV

As soon as Blake, Yang, and I had scaled the cliffs we were immediately taken to the theater to be given our teams. One of the members who was supposed to be on our team has been taken to professor Ozpin's office for an unknown reason. So now we are waiting for Ozpin to return and give us our teams. Since we have to wait I am hiding my ears by hiding in my cloak. As it stands now I wonder where that Schnee went.

Since I get bored easily I decided to go to the shooting range. Or maybe ill go to the workshop to work on Crescent Rose. Either way I cant stay here for long periods of time. I decide to head to the workshop since I do need a side arm to work with. I'm also thinking about adding a longer range weapon to my collection. I have a couple of blueprints I got from a weird guy in the forest. He wore a red hat and trench coat and sunglasses, at night. Either way I got some blueprints from him and once I had a good look at them the guns seem really awesome and powerful.

I use my semblance to get to the workshop unnoticed. Once there I start working on the pistol. The pistol is going to take some time to make since I will be building most of the parts form scratch. After an hour I have built a Hellsing Arms Jackal. Made of a black, dust infused, silver and titanium alloy with a length of thirty nine centimeters and a weight of sixteen kilograms. It has a slide that covers the entire top frame it is chambered to fire custom designed 13mm rounds. The breech is on the left rather than on the right so I think this may have a sister gun to it but I don't have the plans for that one. The rounds themselves are very interesting. with a silver casing, a reinforced core for armor piercing, and a liquid explosive element in the tip they are a force to be reckoned with.

Since the rounds require a liquid explosive I used high strength liquefied fire dust, though I could use any kind of liquid dust. Depending on the kind of bust and the strength of said dust I could cause a variety of different effects. For instance if I used a weak lightning dust I could cause the target to be paralyzed. If I were to use a strong ice dust a single shot could encase a target with ice. The high strength fire dust I am using causes minor explosions. If I use the black dust it would completely annihilate a target that had no aura. To keep things safe I have separate magazines for each kind of dust, each color coded. The basic magazine is silver and features the explosive fire dust. The blue magazine is the paralysis one and the white magazine is the freeze magazine. The magazine with the black dust has a black cross on each side.

To put the gun to the best test I know I load the black cross mag into the gun and head over to the firing range. Once I am in the firing range I head over to one of the booths and put on my headphones, flattening my fox ears to the top of my head. Normally I don't need to wear them but since I am indoors I have to take into consideration the echo. I take aim at a target, flick off the safety, and fire.

Narrator POV

Glynda Goodwitch was relaxing in her office as the students rested from returning from initiation. As a result of initiation there are no classes being held. In her office Glynda was reading a book that she would not be caught dead reading around her students.

'Finally I have some time where a student isn't causing a fight or trying to kill another student. Just a little relaxation time for myself. I can read a good book here in my office in peace. No fights, no attacks, no classes and no explosions…' Thought Glynda

Just as she finished her thought an explosion shook the school. The shock wave from the blast shattered all of the windows within a five mile radius. Though no one was seriously injured it caused major fear and panic. In her silent anger Gynda's semblance crushes the floor she is standing on. Once she got a hold on her anger and reigned in her semblance. She went to find the source of the explosion.

Glynda's POV

Judging from the damage the of the shock wave the explosion seems to have come from the workshop and shooting range building. This has to be an attack on the school, no student could have caused such an explosion, right? Nonetheless I have to find the source of this explosion. Once I reached the building I see that the entire side of the building that had housed the shooting range was decimated. There was nothing left but dust and ashes. Upon what was left of the floor stood a figure, wrapped in a red cloak seemingly shocked at the damage done.

"Ruby… Is that you?" I call out

"M-Ms. Goodwitch! I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to cause this much damage..." She responds.

"Ruby… Just come down here, ill fix the building and we can discuss this in my office."

"Yes Ms. Goodwitch"

Ruby rushes over to my side as I begin to use my semblance to repair the building. It takes me longer to finish fixing this building than normal considering the extent of the damage. Once the building is stable I bring Ruby to my office. As it stands I will need to contract a building crew to properly rebuild and strengthen the building. Ill talk with ruby but than I need to talk to Ozpin about the spacial anomaly out in the ocean south of vale. Anyways back to the task at hand.

"So Ruby I first have to ask, did you cause that explosion?" I ask

"Y-yes Ms. Goodwitch..." She replies hanging her head.

"I'm not mad ruby, I promise, I just want to know how it happened."

"Well you see I got a blueprint for a gun from a man in the forest a while back so I decided to make it. The gun is really big and really powerful with custom made rounds. The rounds require liquid dust in the tip so I used my special black dust and I tested it and it destroyed the firing range. I think the effects of liquified and condensed black dust should be banned for indoor use." she rambles, her eyes lighting up at the mention of her new gun.

"Ruby, unfortunately you must face the consequences of your actions. I will have to assign you detention, as much as I don't want to..." I say interrupting her rambling just before I look at her.

I look at her and she is pulling the puppy dog eyes on me. I must resist I have a reputation to uphold… oh god now she is quivering her lip.

"I-I guess that I could overlook a few details..." I say giving in to the puppy dog eyes.

"Thank you Ms Goodwitch!" She exclaims, jumping into my lap and hugging me.

It seems that I make her feel safe because she only acts like this with me or when she is alone in a safe place. Though what does she see in me? Am I a mother figure to her or something else. Nonetheless I have to meet with Ozpin. I untangle myself from Ruby and stand up.

"Ruby go back to the theater and wait there. I have to talk with Ozpin about a few things."

Ruby's POV

After the event with the explosion I sneak back to the theater and hide in the corner so that no body will notice me. Even when I am hiding in this corner I feel someone's gaze locked on me but I cant figure out where the are, its really unnerving. I have to hide, it's not safe here this piercing gaze on me seems filled with unknown intent. Unknown is bad, must hide.

'Ruby calm down, slow your breathing. You need to use your head not your instincts, you are among humans now your animal instincts are only going to get you in trouble here.'

'K-kit? Is that you? W-what just happened? I'm confused…'

'Your instincts almost took over completely. Someone was staring at you from a distance and due to that explosion your fox traits began to be on edge. Combined with your fear of being watched with out knowing who is watching you set off your instinct to run form danger.'

'O-oh… how do I keep this from happening in the future? I don't want to have my instincts act up in the middle of battle.'

'To do that you need to overcome your fear of humans. Than, and only than, can you begin to reign in you instincts.'

'O-oh okay'

'Get some rest I think it will be a while before teams are assigned here, I cannot sense the icy aura from before and she was supposed to be your partner so they are likely finding a replacement for her now. Just rest.'

As I drift off to sleep I sense a warm person approach and curl around me. Soon afterward I fall asleep in comfort and safety. In my sleep I see a golden sun, a black cat, and a gentle snowfall. Beyond them is a harsh winter wind ushering in fire and darkness. It must be just a dream.

Unknown POV

It has been a few hours since we got back from the emerald forest and we are still waiting on some of the other students to return. I am really starting to get bored here just waiting, maybe I could find someone new to talk to. Looking around the room I can see a blonde brawler chatting with a cat-like rogue. The brawler is too loud and the rogue is preoccupied. No luck there, there is also a bubbly redhead fawning over a boy who seems to be meditating. They seem like an interesting couple. Looking around the room once more a flash of red catches my eye. A little girl in a red cloak who seems to be a timid faunus. I might talk to her later if I can find the time, but she seems like she will flee at any second If anyone approaches her.

I decide take a minute to go over my companions. There is Luna Snowshade, a sword wielder. She doesn't use a shield which is strange. She excels at close and middle range combat and she is an excellent fighter. This girl reminds me of a curious cat and a poisonous scorpion. She has beady red eyes with silky, straight, shoulder-length hair that is the color of sapphires. She tends to wear it in twin-tails. She is short and has a perfect loli build with cream-colored skin and she wears a lot of tight fitting clothes in a primarily red color scheme. She looks like she is always ready to strike at someone, likely due her having some sadistic tendencies but ill accept it until it becomes too much of a problem, or until I can match her up with a masochist.

There is Krona Eralon, our sniper though he is also effective at hand to hand, close range combat, and stealth. I consider him to be our group's resident assassin. He has almond-shaped ice blue eyes that are like two frozen lakes and long, luxurious, straight hair the color of fresh fallen snow, normally worn down or braided sat o keep out out of his way. He is tall and has a lithe build with pale skin, his wardrobe is classy and unusual, with a white and ice blue color scheme. He is always soft spoken and gentle even when he is agitated and especially so when he is trying to comfort someone and he is usually extremely polite in his words and his mannerisms. He also moves very quietly, even when he isn't trying.

Then there is Allie Dracul, she is our tank. I'm sure her real name isn't Allie but that is what she calls herself. Her main combat qualities are defense and close/middle range heavy combat. She wields Two large hand guns that seem to deal a lot of damage. She has round, stilted red eyes that are like two deep pools of fresh blood with beautiful, long, luxurious, straight, raven black hair is worn in a style that reminds me of a river of crude oil. She is tall with a strong yet graceful build with china white skin. Her 'casual' wardrobe is no-nonsense and professional with a mostly red and black color scheme. When she is not in casual-wear or uniform she is wearing pitch black steel armor. She is a bit on the serious side and she always seems so calm, even in the face of death. She also seems to think she is the most powerful vampire in existance, ill just leave that alone for now.

I am this team's leader and rogue. I specialize in tactics, stealth, subterfuge, infiltration as well as all ranges of combat. My weapons are a pair of chain scythes that are attached on my back with a mechanism to retract them. My semblance allows me to gather shadows around my body and anything I am holding and use them to my advantage. I will go in to more detail on what I can use them for later. My name is Viola Corbeau, I have been told that I remind people of a royal and mysterious raven, probably because I have slited lavender eyes with long, silky, wavy, ebony hair. I tend to wear it down in style like that of layered feathers. I am tall with a graceful build with relatively pale skin, not as pale as Krona, but still fairly pale. I tend to wear unconventional yet elegant clothes, with a mostly gray and purple color scheme. I tend to be a little more playful and teasing than people expect, that is probably due to my faunus heritage.

"Hey Krona, what do you know about the girl in the hood over there?" I ask Krona.

"Here is my current database file on her; Name: Unknown, Race: faunus (Type unknown), Weapon: Long range rifle (no other information available), Semblance: Unknown, First encountered: Emerald forest ruins. That is all I know about her. We had to literally pull Luna away from her before she murdered the poor girl." He replies.

"Oh my, well ill go and talk to her later I might be able to talk to her a little better since I am also a faunus."

[All first year students are to report to the theater immediately for the assignment of teams] the voice of professor Goodwitch crackles over the intercom.

Annnd done jeez this took longer than expected. School and work are taking its toll on my writing ability.

Iris: Hello Coltam~

Me: Oh hello Iris why are you here?

Iris: Well since I am not in any of your works I thought I could help you maintain those who pass through this palce.

Me: Thank you Iris but I must be going now, I have things to do.

Iris: What things? You don't do things.

Me: yes I do I take enthusiastic walks through the internet.

Iris: and get lost on the path of life?

Me: ... Shut up.

EDIT: Jan, 7, 2016: reworked the OC team ever so slightly minor fixes and such.