Tanya woke up the next morning next to a huge air vent in the Ballroom where the students were told to sleep. She'd lost track of Xavier, and her brother seemed to be purposefully avoiding her.
Spectacular. She thought sarcastically as she got out of her sleeping bag. She'd slept in a beige tank top and her panties,(Which she'd felt very uncomfortable with everyone seeing. They had corgis on them.). Everyone was gathering their stuff and going to the locker rooms to pack away stuff and retrieve their gear for their first trial.
Ross had slept as far away from all the girls as he could. Not that he didn't find them, well, you know, attractive. But it's the fact that he did find them attractive that made him sleep away from them. He'd probably just end up leering like an idiot. He'd soon be getting to the locker rooms to grab Bullet-Breaker. He'd finally get to see some action!
Speaking of leering like an idiot, Xavier was sleeping right next to some girl with silver and violet hair, invisible of course. He was never seen throughout the whole night, but he got the feeling that someone knew he was there. He'd snuck away from the girl when he woke up, and was one of the first to get to the locker rooms. He'd be packing away his crap he'd brought from Bastion Academy.
Violet had an extraordinarily uncomfortable night. She could have sworn she heard the panting of a dog over her as she tried to sleep. Creepy... But she'd have to grab her stuff now, because she and all the other students would have to go to the Emerald Forest for their first test!
Everyone was in the locker room at this point, putting away sleeping stuff and grabbing combat gear.
Ross reached into his locker and pulled out his weapon; Bullet-Breaker. A crimson painted steel Buster Sword with air jets along the blunted end that could open and speed up each slice he makes when he pulls a trigger. It was currently folded down into its travel form, which looked like a foot by foot square of red metal with a handle poking out.
He fastened Bullet-Breaker to his back, then proceeded to grab his gunmetal and crimson painted shoulderpad, which he fastened to his right shoulder.
He felt a tap on his unarmored shoulder and turned around to see Violet standing there.
"Oh, hey Violet." He smiled, then continued to pull on his black fingerless gloves.
"Hey Ross. So, what's this I've been hearing about teams?" She asked, leaning forward toward Ross.
"Teams? Well, I guess this school has a thing where they put four students together to be teamed up with for the next four years." Ross speculated. "I wonder when we'll get ours." He'd finished getting his gear ready when he saw Vomit Boy get pinned to the wall by a girl's spear.
"Poor guy." Ross sighed, watching as the girl in white and another girl in armor passed him by.
"Yeah, I'll bet he's got a lot of potential though." Violet said as she started to walk.
"Where are you going?" Ross asked, following behind her.
"I have to get my weapon too," She replied, "I can't kill Grimm with my bare hands."
"That would be cool if you could." Ross stated, walking next to her now.
Xavier was watching all the students. He'd been observing them all, evaluating which ones would be good and which ones would be lousy. He ruled out Vomit Boy as soon as he saw him. Others he'd decided against were that Tanya girl, her brother Forest, Cardin, the young girl who exploded in front of the school, and perhaps the hyper girl that bugged the boy with the pink streak in his hair.
Everyone else seemed like good partners, though if it were up to him he'd work alone.
Team Xavier. He thought as he walked out of the locker room and started toward the Emerald Forest. Has a nice ring to it.
Tanya had already grabbed Mirror Wheels; her weapons. They were chakrams with gun barrels between each blade and a mechanism that made them come back to her after throwing them. She stood outside the locker room, her gear ready and her scroll out. She was punching in numbers and evaluating her hypothesized statistics about each student.
Her brother walked out of the locker room, five other students trailing behind him. On his back was a giant crossbow with mechanisms that allowed the arch to turn into axe blades.
"Relax, you can all be on team Forest." He told them. Some looked happy, others looked at him like he was the biggest jerk in the world.
"Hello Forest." Tanya waved to her brother, who groaned when she spoke.
"What is it Tanya?" He grumbled.
"I was hoping that you would allow myself to join your team as well." She stated.
"What?" Forest questioned.
"Do you know her?" One of the other students asked Forest.
"Yes, I am his younger sister." Tanya explained.
"Oh, she should be on the team as well!" Another student suggested, "No way, she's a huge nerd." Another argued.
"Relax guys, I wouldn't allow her on my team in a million years!" Forest said in a reassuring tone.
Tanya gritted her teeth.
"Jerk!" She grunted, before using her semblance to split into two Tanyas. One walked away and the other kicked Forest in the shin as hard as she could, then disappeared.
"Oww!" Forest grunted, grabbing his shin. "What was that for!?" He shouted after her.
"You know, that really was a jerky thing to do." One student told Forest.
"Oh shut up!" Forest growled, making the students walk away from him.
Stupid Tanya! She always ruins everything!
Tanya kept walking, but wasn't watching where she was going. She was staring at the floor, grumbling to herself.
Stupid Forest! He's a self centered imbecile who only cares about how everyone else perceives him!
Tanya was so caught in her brooding that she didn't see the girl standing in the middle of the hall that she rammed into!
"Waaah!" The girl cried as she and Tanya tumbled to the floor!
"Oh- Aagh!" Tanya cried!
The two were now on the floor, Tanya facedown in the girl's chest.
The two screamed then scooted back away from each other!
"I-I apologize!" Tanya spouted quickly, "I wasn't watching were I wa-"
"Sorry! Sorry, Sorry, Sorry!" The girl span quickly from her mouth.
The two took a moment to catch their breath.
"Well, hello." The girl said.
She was wearing a pink tank top, a grey sleeveless jacket, multiple pale pink belts and sashes, her left arm covered in pink bracelets, a pink miniskirt, thigh high pink socks, and white high heels that had gun barrels in place of the stilts.
Her hair was pale pink and was styled to cover her left eye and run down her back, and her eyes were a bright blue.
"Um. Greetings?" Tanya greeted cautiously. She'd just been in an odd and compromising situation with this girl, yet she was already acting friendly.
"No need to be nervous!" She chirped, "I'm Lilac Spring!" Lilac righted herself to her feet, then offered a hand to Tanya.
"T-Tanya Goldwin... Pleasure to meet you?" She replied in an unsure tone, then accepted Lilac's hand.
"Do you mind if I ask what you were attempting to achieve by standing in the center of the hallway?" Tanya asked.
"Huh?" Lilac replied in a confused tone, "You talk funny!" She beamed.
Tanya sighed, "What were you doing in the center of the hall?" Tanya felt so dumb having to bring herself to such simplistic grammar.
"Oh, I was waiting for my friend Amber!" She chirped, turning and pointing to the room behind her.
The door opened as if on queue, and out stepped another girl.
She wore an orange and brown Barmaid Cafe outfit, with a metal chestplate, thigh high greaves, pauldrons, and a large gauntlet on her right arm.
Her hair was a dark orange and shaped into a bob. Her eyes were a light brown.
"Hello." She said in a stoic voice.
"Amber!" Lilac cheered, moving to give her a hug.
"Lilac, calm down. I was only gone for five minutes." Amber said, trying to push her bubbly counterpart off.
"Greetings." Tanya waved. Amber waved as well.
"I am Tanya Goldwin. I believe you are Amber?"
Amber nodded, "Amber Fall, pleased to meet you."
Amber broke free of Lilac's hugs to give Tanya a proper handshake.
"It was nice meeting you two, but I should get going to the Emerald Forest." Tanya began to walk away.
"I hope we're on the same team!" Lilac called to Tanya.
Amber sighed. "How do you make friends so easily? What's your secret?" She asked, her hands on her hips.
"I would tell you," Lilac replied, watching Tanya walk away, "But then it wouldn't be a secret!"
An hour or so later, all the new students were standing on platforms at a cliff that overlooked the Emerald Forest.
Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch stood before the students, ready to brief them on their first task as Hunters.
Xavier tuned out most of what Professor Ozpin said as he analyzed the other students.
Next to him was a jittery boy with a blue tunic and baggy pants tucked into combat boots. He had spiky pale blue hair and purple eyes. On his back was a compacted weapon that he couldn't discern.
Down the line was that girl with the bow he'd met on the airship, the girl that exploded, the girl with silver hair and violet, some guy in red and white wielding a buster sword, the bubbly girl and her quiet friend, a girl in a barmaid cafe outfit, Cardin and his band of bullies, a girl in white, a busty blonde with shotgun gauntlets, Vomit Boy, Tanya, her brother Forest, Pyrrha Nikos from the Pumpkin Petes boxes, and a girl in a pale pink outfit wit revolver high heels.
Quite the load of new students.
From what he did hear Ozpin say, he learned that he'd be teamed up with the first person he makes eye contact with after landing.
Wait, landing?
The boy next to Xavier was launched off the platform he stood on and was sent flying toward the middle of the forest!
Before Xavier could react, the platform he was on launched him as well!
Tanya watched as the students were launched off and into the forest with no guidance on how they would land.
Alright Tanya, think of something after you've been launched. She told herself.
Forest was launched into the air and went flying off!
There goes Forest...
Next to be sent flying was some bully she'd seen on the airship. THen, before she could react, she was launched!
Violet stood on the platform next to Ross.
First person we make eye contact with!? This is crazy! She screamed in her head.
"Ross, try to find me once we land!" Violet called to him just before being launched herself!
"Huh?" Ross asked confused, before going flying off into the forest below!
Pretty soon all the students were sent off, and the trial began.
Ozpin took a small sip from his coffee as he watched the students come up with their own landing strategies. They were going to need to destroy every Grimm in their path if they were to survive. He had full confidence that all of them would do so.
Alright! I got another chapter out! Sorry if this one's a bit too focused on Xavier and Tanya. I also feel kinda bad for the treatment I'm giving Forest. He's coming off as a huge jerk when I wanted him to seem more like Mordecai from Regular Show. You know, like the guy who wants to be cool but his friend (In this case his sister) embarrasses him.
I do have backstories for each of these characters, but I'll reveal them over time. Not all at once.
If I shipped Xavier and Blake I would call the couple "Cat Scan". Hehe, get it? Because Cats... and X-rays... Yeah...
X-Ray works because it's on the Electromagnetic Spectrum of Light. So don't question if it's valid.
Next Up: I'm on a team with you!?