AN: Rewatching the first couple of episodes, I have found lots of little details, such as Ruby hesitating before and after the first cookie, saying she prefers weapons to people, her only writing one letter to all her friends, and that she had no idea how to socialize to the point of literally having to ask for help suddenly take on a new light and context with her as a faunus. I'm actually slightly disturbed by how little work I had to do in some scenes.

Also, we are back people! Future updates should not take anywhere near as long. The long wait was due to a combination of school, work, and writers block. Dedicated to Monty.

Ruby's ears were down as Miss Goodwitch continued her lecture. "If it were up to me you'd be sent home with a pat on the back," Ruby's ears perked up at that. Glynda must have noticed as she immediately scowled harder "And a slap on the wrist." She accented the point by slapping her crop on the desk right next to Ruby's hands, causing her to pull them back quickly with a small yelp as her ears went fully back. "But, there is someone here who would like to meet you."

And with that the grey haired man standing in the hall stepped in, probably trying for a dramatic reveal. Ruby figured it would have worked better if she hadn't been able to see him in the dark hallway, smell his coffee, and most importantly smell those delicious, delicious peanut butter cookies he was holding a tray full of. In fact, between the cookies and the coffee, she couldn't smell him at all. She wondered if the guy did that on purpose. Also, he looked very familiar...

"Ruby Rose." the man stated, showing he at least knew her name. Leaning in closely, Ruby was once again subjected to somebody staring at her; a situation she was all too familiar with. What she was not used to was the man's comment. "You have silver eyes."

"Uhhhh..." in all honesty, she had no idea how to react. Most people who stared commented on her ears, not her eyes. And it never sounded like a compliment. At least not from the humans.

"Where did you learn to do this?" he asked, indicating a video of her fight against the thugs.

"At Signal Academy." she replied. She hoped he believed her, it wouldn't be the first time police had discounted a faunus attending an actual academy and just assumed they were Fangs. Though his outfit didn't look remotely within an officer's budget. Maybe not even the police chief.

"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" The man's tone was difficult to place. It sounded like a weird mix of incredulousness, concern, and...pride?

"Well, one teacher in particular." Now that she was looking closer, the guy did radiate authority, but he didn't swagger like a cop. He reminded her strongly of her uncle. Her train of thought was derailed however when he placed the tray of cookies in front of her. Hesitantly, she snatched one. Stuffing it in her mouth, she ate quickly while looking at the two humans nervously, but neither of them made any move. It wasn't a trap. Ruby quickly started wolfing down the cookies. The amount of aura she had used in the fight had burned quite a few calories.

"It's just, I've only ever seen one scythe wielder of that caliber before. A dusty old crow."

"Mash much munmul." Quickly swallowing, she tried again. "Sorry. That's my Uncle Qurow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now I'm all hwaa chara hiaa choowaa!" she shouted while making the appropriate poses. If the guy knew her uncle, he couldn't be bad.

"I see." The man took a seat across from her. "And what's an adorable little girl like you doing in a school that trains warriors?"

Adorable? Nobody outside her family ever thought she looked cute before. "I want to be a huntress. I only have two more years at Signal Academy, and then I'm going to apply to Beacon. See my sister is going there to be a huntress and I want to go there to be a huntress, cause my mom was a huntress and she always said we should help people in need so why not make a career out of it you know?" Ruby knew she was rambling, but that was because she had figured out who was sitting across from her and was feeling rather flustered. Glynda's look proved she was not amused.

"I see, and why do YOU want to be a huntress?" he asked, getting to the heart of the matter.

"I want to help people, and prove that faunus can be the good guys." Ruby stated more calmly, having regained control.

"Do you know who I am?"

"You're Professor Ozpin, the headmaster at Beacon."

"Hello." he said as if this was the start of the whole conversation.

"A pleasure to meet you." Ruby replied in kind. If he wanted to be odd, she wasn't going to argue with him.

"So, you want to attend my school?"

"More than anything in the world." Ruby was slightly on edge now. She hadn't heard anything bad about Ozpin before, but his line of questioning was making her feel a pit in her stomach. It almost sounded like he was trying to convince her not to go to Beacon.

Looking over to Glynda, who only rolled her eyes and sighed in defeat, Ozpin turned back with a smile. "Well, alright then."

Ruby was stunned. That couldn't possibly mean what she was hoping it meant could it?

"I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me!" Yang shouted, hugging Ruby with...well not all her might, that would have crushed her, but with a good sized chunk of it at least.

"Pleesh shtap." Ruby slurred, lungs slightly compressed and struggling to keep her hood up. As Yang released her, she took a sharp breath of air and adjusted her hood.

"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so proud of you. Getting into Beacon two years early? You're going to be the bee's knees."

"I don't want to be the bee's knees. I don't want to be any kind of knee. I want to be a normal girl with normal knees." Ruby shifted uncomfortably. "I don't want to be, special."

Yang came in for a supportive hug. She could tell Ruby really needed it right now. "But you are special. You're my sister, you've got an awesome weapon, and everyone is going to love you. Trust me." This tender moment was interrupted by a young blond boy rushing past, clearly having an upset stomach. "Well, at least you're doing better than vomit boy over there."

"I think I'd have to be dead to be doing worse than him." Ruby remarked with a smirk, feeling better.

That mood was instantly dashed however by the latest news bulletin. The White Fang had attacked a peaceful faunus rights protest. Feeling Yang give her hand a squeeze of support, Ruby returned it, if only halfheartedly. Glynda Goodwitch's speech about the era of peace they were in and needed to help defend as hunters felt hollow to Ruby in light of the news broadcast she had interrupted. The White Fang had attacked peaceful faunus. They weren't just attacking humans anymore, but anyone that didn't agree with their violent methods. Where had they gone so wrong? How was this a time of peace?

Seeking to distract herself, Ruby took a look at the view from the airship. "You can see Signal Academy from here! Home's not that far away."

Coming over, Yang smiled. "Beacon's going to be our home for a while. Don't worry, things will be great!"

"...oh my god Yang you have vomit on your shoe!"

"What the? Oh gross get it off!"

"Eww Yang get away! Oh god the smell!"

"Sorry! Augh, vomit boy is dead for this!"

After having washed her shoes, Yang met back up with Ruby, passing vomit boy still living up to his namesake despite being back on land. Yang was really tempted to pound him flat, but figured he was already suffering enough. Standing with her little sister and looking at the grand architecture of one of the most, if not the most, prestigious hunting academies in the world, Yang actually felt a little impressed. Not intimidated, impressed. She wasn't nervous in the least, no sir. "Well, here we are! What do you think?"

Ruby however was paying attention to something other than the vista. "Oh my gosh! Yang, that kid has a collapsible staff! Gasp! And she has a fire sword!"

"Woah, sis, calm down. They're just weapons."

"Just weapons? They're an extension of ourselves, they say a lot about who we are!" Ruby responded, conviction shining in her eyes.

Yang was a little puzzled. She'd heard the 'extension of yourself' bit in reference to controlling and handling the weapon, not in relation to a person's actual character or personality. "So what about your own weapon, don't you like it?"

Unfolding her masterwork, Ruby cuddled with it like it was a plush toy. "Of course I love Crescent Rose, but I like seeing new weapons. It's like meeting new people...only better." Weapons didn't call you fur face, animal, or mutt after all.

Seeing her sister's mood start taking a turn for the worse, Yang preempted the angst by yanking Ruby's hood forward, covering her face. Grim train of thought derailed, Yang decided to try thinking positive. "Hey, come on. I'm sure you'll make all kinds of friends here."

Pulling her hood back up, Ruby looked puzzled. "But why would I need friends when I've got you?"

"Well, see, the thing is," Yang felt a little guilty, but hoped this would help Ruby at least try to socialize "my friends are kinda already here and we made plans earlier so bye!" Rushing off to join her friends from Signal, she left Ruby spinning from how fast she was going. Hopefully if Ruby was left on her own for a bit she'd actually try making friends.

Ruby on the other hand, stumbling about all dizzy, had several other concerns. "Wait, Yang where are you going? Are we meeting up later somewhere? Should we meet at our dorm rooms? Do we have dorm rooms? I don't know what I'm doing." That last thought was only punctuated all the harder when she tripped over backwards, sending herself and the contents of a luggage trolley sprawling.

"What are you doing? Do you have any idea how much damage you could have caused?" a white haired girl shouted at Ruby as she lay sprawled amidst the suitcases.

"Sorry." Ruby apologized as she adjusted her hood so it was still on and handed the first case over to the girl, intending to help clean up her mess. The look on the girl's face as she cracked it open to check the contents made Ruby think for one panicked moment that she had broken something, and less than a minute into her stay at Beacon.

"Sorry? This is dust, mined and refined from the Schnee quarry!" she shouted, and Ruby winced harder. A suitcase just full of dust would be expensive.

"Ahhhh." She wanted to convey how sorry she was, but Ruby couldn't find the words. Also, something was bothering her nose.

The girl apparently mistook her hesitation for ignorance on the subject. "What are you, brain dead? Dust! Fire, lightning, energy! What do you have to say for yourself?" she asked, punctuating her speech by shaking a vial of dust at Ruby on the word dust and for each variety, as if to emphasize how important it was.

What she had failed to notice, and Ruby only just realized, was that the stopper on the bottle had become stingily loose after the crash, and so each shake was adding small amounts of dust into the air. Which was all too unfortunately already filled with dust. Ruby's sensitive nose couldn't take it anymore. She sneezed, creating an explosion which somehow included ice and lightning, sending the vial flying away.

As Ruby recovered from, well, exploding she was relieved to see that the other girl's aura had protected her from the miniature blast. Her words however hit with just as much force. "See, this is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about!"

"Sorry!" Ruby had to admit that while the white haired girl had added more dust to the air by accident, it was Ruby's crashing and sneezing that had caused all the damage, or for there to even be dust in the air to begin with. It really was her fault when you got down to it.

"And what are you doing here anyway? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?" the girl continued, as if she hadn't heard Ruby's apology.

"Well that's because"

"This isn't your normal combat school you know." the girl continued, and Ruby realized that she really wasn't listening, but was in a full on rant ignoring anything Ruby was saying. "This isn't all sparring and practice. We're here to fight monsters! So just watch where you're going!"

"Hey, I bet I've got more fighting experience than you princess!" Ruby shouted back, and winced a bit internally as she realized how harsh that probably sounded. Her instincts had pegged all the shouting and posing as a dominance challenge, and she'd 'countered' without thinking. It was a dumb instinct, and Ruby knew it tended to make any argument she was in worse, especially if she was actually in the wrong. She was working on it, but it was something really hard to get a handle on. Still, it was less blatantly embarrassing than when she chased cars back when she was six.

"It's heiress actually." a new voice interjected, bringing the argument to a halt. The newcomer was a tall girl with long black hair worn straight, accented with a large bow on top. Ruby had to admit she liked the look, but that may have been only because it reminded her of her own ears. Looking at the vial in her hands, apparently she had picked it up after it flew away, the girl continued "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee corporation, the largest suppliers of dust energy propellant in the world."

Ruby blanched a little and unconsciously made sure her hood was well in place. The Schnee's feelings towards faunus was very well known, and she had just upset the heir apparent to the financial mega empire. Weiss, on the other hand, seemed much happier. "Thank you. Finally some recognition."

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor decisions and questionable business partners." the new girl continued, not missing a beat as she smirked at Weiss.

Weiss, sputtering incoherent rage, grabbed her vial back and stormed off, servants having collected and reloaded the rest of her luggage which they were now transporting. Ruby was glad to see her go. "Well I don't think my first day here can get any worse. So, who are" Her question trailed off as she turned and noticed the girl was already walking away. "And I've been ditched again." Whining a little, Ruby flopped onto her back, wondering if coming here was worth it if everyone was just going to yell at her and ditch her...again.

It was then that a new figure appeared above her, hand outstretched. "Hey, need a hand?"

Smiling a little, Ruby took then hand up, and then noticed who it was. "Vomit boy?"

"...I'm just saying, motion sickness is a more serious issue than people realize." the boy finished.

Ruby had to admit he had made some very good points, and it was a legitimate medical concern. Talking about it for half an hour was a bit of overkill, but still valid points were made. "Ah, yeah, sorry about that. It's just that vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind."

"Oh yeah? Well, how would you like it if I called you crater face?"

"Honestly, it's a lot better than what I'm usually called." Ruby winced a little, memories surfacing briefly.

"Wait, what? Who are those jerks? You're way too cute to let that stand." the boy asked, looking honestly upset.

"You, think I'm cute?" This was the second time in two days people had called her cute. Well, 'adorable' in Professor Ozpin's case, but same principle.

"Of course I do! You're very cute uh, um, uhhhh we forgot to introduce ourselves didn't we?"

Giggling a little at the situation, she responded "Ruby, Ruby Rose."

"Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. Ladies love it." he supplied, trying to sound smooth.

And in Ruby's opinion, failing. Hard. "Do they?"

"Well they will. At least my mom says...anyway that's not important." Jaune quickly cuts himself off before he says anything else embarrassing. "The point is, yes you're cute Ruby."

"Thanks." Feeling awkward and having no idea what to do, she improvised. "Sooo I've got this." Pulling Crescent Rose from out behind her back, she spun it into melee form, showing off her prized possession.

"Woah! ...is that a scythe?"

"It's also a customizable high impact sniper rifle." Ruby stated proudly. Seeing Jaune's confusion, she explained "It's also a gun."

"Oh...I've got this." Jaune said, pulling out a rather normal looking sword. Seeing Ruby was actually interested, he continued "I've also got a-" fumbling with the shield switching between scabbard and shield mode while he fumbled around trying to get it under control. "-a shield."

"Sooo, does it do anything?"

"Well, the shield collapses, so when I get tired of carrying it I can just put it away."

Ruby, with a good knowledge of physics, noticed something wrong with that idea. "Wouldn't it weigh the same?"

"Yeah it does." Jaune admitted, his disappointment blatantly apparent.

"Well, don't feel bad. I may have went overboard in designing Crescent Rose." Ruby said, trying to make him feel better.

"Wait, you designed that?" Jaune was quite frankly amazed that the cute little girl in front of him could design something so deadly and amazing.

"Yeah, every student at Signal forges their own weapons. Didn't you make yours?" Ruby asked. She had assumed that making your own weapon was the standard; if it wasn't did that give her an advantage or not?

"Um, no. The sword was my great grandfather's, he used it during the war."

"Well...good for you! Not many people have an appreciation for the classics!" Ruby tried her best to cheer Jaune up. Since the only two reasons that she could think of for somebody still using something that old were that it was either so incredibly well made it stacked up against modern arms, or he was too poor to buy a new one. Judging by his lack of enthusiasm, it was sadly probably the latter.

"Yah, classics. Soooo, where are we going?"

Ruby stopped, and realized that the two of them had been just wandering around an unfamiliar campus for half an hour with no idea where they were or where they are supposed to go. "Oh son of a bi-"

"Well that's my sister later Jaune!" Ruby felt a little bad for ditching the guy, but she really had to have words with Yang. Also her tolerance for the guy had been stretched a little during their ten minute search for where they were supposed to go. Jaune was nice and all but his personality could get a little...grating if you hung out with him for too long.

"Oh hey Ruby! Made any friends?" Yang asked as her sister...stomped over to her. Okay, probably not a good sign.

"You mean after you ditched me and I exploded?" Ruby demanded, pointing an accusing finger at Yang.

Yang was surprised to say the least. "Woah, a major meltdown already?" Ruby was usually a lot calmer than that.

"No, I mean I literally exploded. There was fire and lightning, and I think some ice..." Ruby trailed off, realizing how ridiculous this was sounding.

"Oh my goodness, are you telling jokes now?" Yang was relieved that a joke was all that was going on.

"I'm not joking. It was really loud, and there was this girl who kept on yelling at me, and she was really mad, and loud, and even after I apologized she wouldn't stop yelling and I just wanted her to stop-"

"You!" Weiss shouted from where she had snuck up on the girls. From her tone it was all too obvious she knew what was being talked about.

"Oh god it's happening again!" Ruby shouted, jumping into Yang's arms for protection.

Weiss didn't miss a beat despite this extreme reaction. "You're lucky we weren't blown of the cliff or something with that stunt you pulled!"

"Oh my god you really exploded." Yang froze in place as her brain tried to figure out how that had happened.

"Could you please stop yelling? It was an accident." Ruby pleaded. All the shouting was really starting to hurt her ears.

"Do you really want me to stop yelling that badly?" Weiss asked.

"Yes, really." Ruby blinked as Weiss pulled out a pamphlet on dust use and shoved it in her face. Weiss then went into a legal disclaimer so thick yet fast that Ruby was thoroughly lost. "Uhhhh..."

"Listen, do you want to make it up to me?" Weiss was clearly exasperated, or maybe saying so many words so fast had left her a little light headed.

"Sure." Ruby really didn't want a Schnee mad at her. That could cause so much trouble, the Schnee hated faunus and had the power to acutely display that hate using any faunus that upset them as financial target practice.

Thrusting forward the pamphlet once more, Weiss delivered her ultimatum. "Read this, and never speak to me again."

Slipping out of Yang's grasp, Ruby quickly snatched the pamphlet. "Sure. Let's never see each other ever again. It was great not meeting you." She was rather relieved. Crisis averted.

Yang however, was oblivious to the full extent of what was going on. "Oh come on, it just sounds like you got off on the wrong foot. Maybe you could give Ruby another chance?"

"Yang no." Ruby whispered, upset that her sister had no read on the situation. It was already resolved, there was no reason for Yang to go stirring it back up.

Weiss seemed to lighten up all of the sudden. "Well sure, we could paint each others nails, try on new clothes together, and gossip about cute boys like blondy over there." she noted, thumb jerking in Jaune's direction.

Ruby was stunned. "What, really?"

"No not really! Jeez." Weiss muttered recriminations against Ruby's intelligence as she walked off. Mutterings that Ruby's enhanced hearing could pick up perfectly.

"Wow, what a biiiiiiiiiig jerk. Yes, just the biggest jerk." Yang groused, a slight glance at Ruby her only outward indication she noticed her almost slip. "I mean really, what was her deal?"

"Yang, that was Weiss Schnee." Ruby quietly explained. "As in, Schnee Schnee."

"Oh." Yang resolved then to keep an eye on this Weiss. Nobody messes with her baby sister while she was around to do anything about it. And if there was one thing the Schnee were known for, it was messing with faunus. Or having lots money. Or their vast dust empire. Or...okay they were famous for a lot of things. Yang's main concern right now was that a Schnee hated her sister.

"Is it just me or was Professor Ozpin's speech a little...disturbing?" Ruby asked as she adjusted her knit cap a bit. Done up like Zwei's face, the ears on the hat covered her actual ears, with the excuse that she found the design cute. The fact that she also had a puppy pillow also helped maintain cover...along with just being adorable. In fact, if Dad had let her, she'd have bought those paw print pajamas as well, even if they were a little pricy.

"Eh, he was just making sure we knew what we were in for." Yang shrugged it off pretty easily. "Plus, now it's like a big old slumber party! Even if it's going to be for just one night, that's pretty fun."

"Yeah but I doubt Dad would approve of all the boys." Ruby noted as she pulled out a sheet of paper and a pen and started writing.

"I do." Yang noted, unabashedly and obviously checking out the various guys, a few of which started showing off. The skinny guy, Jaune if she remembered right, then walked by in footie pajamas, killing her fun. How a gigantic dork like that made it into Beacon she wasn't sure, but she was kind of glad he did. Ruby could use as many friends as she could get. "So, Sis, what ch'u writin?"

"A letter to the gang back at Signal, telling them all about Beacon so far." Ruby responded, hoping Yang wouldn't question why she needed only one letter if she was writing to all her friends.

Thankfully, Yang was oblivious. "Aww, that's so sweet!" Her reward was a pillow to the face.

"Shut up Yang, I didn't get to take my friends with me like you did." Ruby growled a little, before reigning it in. "All my friends are back at Signal."

"Well what about Jaune? He's...nice. There you go, plus one friend! That's a one hundred percent increase!" Yang beamed, flashing a thumbs up.

"I'm pretty sure the Schnee counts as a negative friend. Back to zero." Ruby sighed as she flopped on her back and stared at the ceiling.

"There's no such thing as a negative friend. You just made one friend and one enemy...do you want me to break her legs?" Yang teased...hopefully. She had a tendency to be overprotective of Ruby.

Ruby's elegant response this time was the puppy pillow. Before the fight could escalate however, she noticed something. "That girl over there."

"What, is she hot?" Yang asked, following Ruby's gaze, seeing a girl with long black hair, black pjs, and a black hair bow sitting next to a candelabra and reading. Yang had to admit, she looked pretty good.

"I wouldn't know that. No, she stood up for me against Weiss earlier." Ruby explained.

"Well lets go say hello then!" Yang suggested, pulling her sister up to walk over.

Blake had to keep from looking up too early as the two girls approached her. She wasn't sure at what range human senses would have registered them, so she decided to wait until the two of them had come to a stop. Looking up from her book she could see it was the girl from the explosion earlier this morning, and the girl that had been rather obvious in checking out the male half of the hall. With a small sigh she asked "Yes, can I help you?"

"Um, I just wanted to thank you for your help earlier." the small one said, rubbing the back of a dog shaped cap, looking very nervous. "My name's Ruby but you can call me crater...just call me Ruby."

"What are you doing?" the blond hissed at her counterpart, barely loud enough for Blake's enhanced hearing to catch.

"I don't know, help me." was Ruby's response, and...was that a whine at the end?

"Right so, I'm Yang." the blond said out loud, unaware that Blake could hear the whole slightly pathetic exchange. "What's your name?"

"Blake." If she ignored them, maybe they'd leave her alone.

"...soooo I like your bow." Yang tried, dashing Blake's hopes. "It goes great with your...pajamas."

Clearly neither of these two were masters of social graces. "Thank you. Now if you'll excuse me, I was in the middle of reading a book." She got blank stares in return. "Which I would like to get back to reading." More blank stares. "As soon as you leave."

Yang finally seemed to get it. "Ah right, sorry. Just wanted to say thanks for looking out for my sister. Let's go Ruby."

Her sister, who seriously looked nothing like Yang, on the other hand stared a bit before asking "What's it about?"

"What?" Blake asked, confused.

"The book, what's it about? Does it have a name?" Ruby asked, genuine honest curiosity in her eyes.

The kind of wide eyed innocent look Blake didn't have the heart to ignore. "It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control."

"That sounds...nice." Yang grimaced slightly at the end, showing that she really didn't appreciate darker literature.

Surprisingly, it was the small smiley one who wasn't phased. "That's neat. Yang used to read to me all the time as a little girl. Stories of knights and heroes and fighting monsters. It's part of the reason I want to be a huntress."

"What, hoping for a happy ending?" Blake asked in a slightly mocking tone.

"Well, I'm honestly hoping everyone does."

"The world doesn't work that way. It's not that simple." Blake hated herself slightly for being so harsh, but the kid needed to lose that childish attitude if she was going to make it.

Ruby's answer however surprised her. "Oh I am well aware there are problems, trust me on that. But isn't that why we're here? To make the world at least a bit better off than when we found it? It all adds up in the end, you know?"

Blake was, actually kind of impressed. It sounded similar to her own goals of crushing inequality. This...could actually be interesting. She'd heard that there were teams that formed at this school, maybe she should try and get on a team with this Ruby girl? She didn't seem too bad. Her sister on the other hand...

Any further conversation was interrupted however, as the Schnee stomped over. "What are you idiots doing? Some of us are trying to sleep!"

Thinking on it, Blake realized Atlas was a few hours ahead. Depending on if her sleep schedule had adjusted yet, it was probably even later by Weiss's internal clock, and since it was genuinely late that was saying something. Her simultaneous cry of "Not you again!" in perfect sync with Yang also looked like it could be entertaining.

"Guys, shhh, she's right, we should be quiet." Ruby said, realizing the heiress had a legitimate point.

The Schnee sneered at the person agreeing with her. "Oh now you're on my side?"

"I was always on your side...sort of." was Ruby's response.

"Sort of?" Weiss asked incredulously. "What is that even supposed to mean?"

Yang seemed to have no tolerance for Weiss's attitude. "Hey, you leave my sister alone!"

"No Yang! No breaking legs!" Ruby pleaded.

Realizing that breaking limbs was a bit much and that any fun was over, Blake blew out her candles. She had planned on enjoying the three humans stumbling back towards their sleeping bags, and with Weiss that happened. Ruby however just grabbed her sister's wrist and calmly lead her back to their sleeping bags with the sort of ease that only a sighted person could manage. Ruby was a faunus. A hidden faunus like Blake, but still, that just meant they had a lot more in common. Yang was clearly human, so was Ruby adopted? Was Yang? Intrigued, Blake settled back to sleep. She had to make sure she got on Ruby's team now. There was a lot of potential there.

Ruby ran like crazy through the forest after landing, hood pulled fully up. She had to admit the catapult scattering on Professor Ozpin's part had been brilliant. Between the air burst, the flood of new scents, and the lack of scent trails, any faunus like her that had enhanced smell had no chance of using their nose to cheat for a partner. 'Okay Ruby, let's focus. Who should you try for, beyond Yang? Well, Blake seemed nice...ish. And she likes reading, we could be best book buddies. Jaune is a nice enough guy, and he has to be highly skilled if he can get into Beacon with such a basic weapon. Really, I didn't get to meet anybody else, but I'm sure it's fine as long as it's not-'

Her internal monologue was cut off as she came face to face with Weiss Schnee, who looked just as shocked. And so the sixth worst partnership in the history of Beacon was formed.