I woke up and felt something considerably cold on my chest, which did not feel nice in the morning.
"Are you fucking serious?" I complained from the safety of my blankets, and Neo ignored me. She finished the tub of ice cream, tossed the spoon into the sink, and proceeded to slide under MY blanket and promptly fall asleep.
"3 AM in the morning and eating a tub of ice cream already? god…" I muttered, and climbed out of the bed.
Or tried to. Neo grabbed my chest and promptly cuddled up to it, leading to the most disturbing thing I have ever experienced. Someone as evil as Neo, who managed to give me carpet burns through my fucking plate armour? I tried to detach Neo's arms from my waist, and with the most sadistic look a girl could have, began to squeeze the life out of me. I promptly passed out.
Three hours later…
I woke up and found that Neo was gone. Or, at least, physically. A tub of Neapolitan Ice Cream lay on my nightstand, and Jaune was drooling in his sleep across the room. Pyrrha was absent (most likely off for a morning jog) and Ren was cooking pancakes while Nora was eating was seemed to be the sixth plate.
And then my head filled with searing pain.
"GAH! SHIT!" My head felt like it hit against something really hard! What happened yesterday?
Oh. Right.
"Neo, Im going to kill you…" I muttered, and heard what seemed to be happy whistling coming from the bathroom.
Good. Neo is in there.
I slid my bed and pushed it against the door, and then began to eat her ice cream. the sound of water stopped, and then footsteps.
The door budged but didn't open.
"Ha Neo! You deserved it!" I cheered, and continued eating her ice cream.
And then the door blasted open, my bed slamming back into it's original position, and a angry looking Neo in pink pyjamas was glaring at me, Parasol in hand. I slowly shifted my hand towards my shield, which I had named Solid Defender, and activated it just in time.
Neo's parasol spat a bullet at me, and I ducked behind the shield as the bullet clanked off.
"Still my ice cream Neo. You can always share~" I sang, and then the tub of sugary goodness promptly disappeared from my lap.
"What the—" I looked back at Neo, who was sitting on my bed and eating the ice cream happily with the spoon.
"Even stole the bloody spoon right out of my hands…" I glared at Neo, who gave me a smug look.
"MINE!" I roared, and jumped at Neo.
Only for Neo to shatter into a million pieces and with me slamming my face straight into the wall, and Neo walking into the bathroom, ice cream in hand, slam and lock the door shut.
"FUCK!"
I stumbled into the kitchen, and grabbed the nearest cup of coffee and drank it. Ren looked alarmed.
"Wait, that was Nora's—" I spat it out into the sink.
"This is too sweet! How much cubes of suga—"
"Fifty!" Nora cheerfully answered, grabbing the coffee and draining it.
"Oh god…"
My body began to tremble and shake from the amount of sugar, and I grabbed all of my armour, put it on, grabbed Solid Defender and Righteous Justice, and Slammed straight through the newly repaired bathroom door, revealing a surprised Neo who had simply been sitting on the bathroom cabinet and stole the ice cream out of her hands, laughing manically.
"I am the ubermann!" I cackled, running straight out of the dorm door with a angry Neo chasing after me, typing angry scroll messages at me ten messages per second.
I ended up running straight into the cafeteria, holding a bucket of Neapolitan Ice Cream and cackling madly while a angry girl chased after me with a Parasol and a scroll phone.
Every Single Student was there, looking at me as if I had gone insane. Which, I probably have.
I mean, It's not as if a Teuton holding a bucket of ice cream was normal. I ran straight through the cafeteria and ran back into the dorms, and got tackled by Neo to the ground.
"Neo, I can explain." I panicked, and she glared at me. And then I did it.
I shoved the Ice Cream down her dress and ran as fast as possible into the dorm, dodging the bullets her Parasol spat out at me as she gave out angry hisses and yells.
I ran back into my dorm, ran into the bathroom, and slammed shut the newly repaired door.
"Oh god, Oh god…" I panicked, and saw the window. I slammed it open, and prepared to jump when someone grabbed me from behind.
Awww shit.
"Neo, darling, I can explain." I stuttered nervously, as she aimed the showerhead at my head, Ice cream dripping from her dress.
"You look pretty damned hot when your wet." I said, and slammed my gauntleted hand onto my visor in regret. I felt Neo whisper into my ear, her voice in a deadly tone of voice.
"I dare you to say that again."
"Umm… No?" I gave a nervous grin, and she promptly turned on the shower and began spraying cold water onto my armour.
"GOD NO! THATS COLD! NEO, I BEG YOU TO PLEASE STOP! PLEASE!" I sputtered as water continued to go through my visor.
It kept pouring.
"NEO! I SWEAR TO GOD YOU WILL REGRET THIS IN A FEW SECONDS!"
She ignored me.
I tackled her and grabbed the showerhead, now pouring water onto her.
"Ha! I warned ya!"
I then realised several things:
Neo's dress was pink, which you could kinda see through when it was wet.
A angry Neo can turn into a embarrassed Neo.
"Oh. umm…"
Neo promptly slapped me on the face, shooed me out of the bathroom and slammed the door shut. the rest of the residents gave me a look of confusion. And then, Pyrrha decided to ask.
"What was that all about?" I shrugged.
"Morning chaos."
Following Afternoon
Classes were considerably boring. Professor Port (His stories are legit, It's in the Drachenburg Library (AN: Teutonic Capital/Master Castle) Kept talking about his many adventures back in his day as a Hunter, Professor Oobleck spoke even faster than the Senior Scribes, and Professor Goodwitch was terrifying. She forced me to duel with a entire team (To be honest, I was wearing my godly power armour that the teutonic order reserved for their Dark Knights) But still, they scratched my paint job! The blue lights that shone from my visor glared at him, as Cardin struggled to stand up.
He stood up and swung his mace.
*sigh*
I grabbed the mace with a armoured hand and backhanded him, not even bothering to use Righteous Justice And Solid Defender anymore. Cardin flew backwards and slid next to his team, his aura reaching ten percent.
"Well, looks like this is over."
My Aura was still at a hundred percent while all of Team CRDL was at ten percent, all passed out on the floor from aura exhaustion.
"Okay, Lance Braveheart. That was a impressive display. Next will be—" I cut her off.
"Can I have a spar against Pyrrha Nikos? I believe it is time to see who will be the victor since that tournament." Pyrrha grinned.
"Miss Nikos, do you accept?"
"Gladly."
I clambered out of my armour, my Dark Teutonic Knight regalia now showing. I unsheathed Righteous Justice and Solid Defender and raised my arms in a classical Knight pose, and then went into combat form.
Pyrrha took out Miló and Akoúo and took a combat pose as well.
"Well, Miss Nikos. Time to prove the victor, once and for all.
"I look forward to sparring with you again, Atlasian Knight. Or should I say, Teutonic Dark Knight?" She said, and I revealed the Teutonic coat of arms on my shield, along with my crest.
"Well, Miss Nikos. Shall we start?" Pyrrha nodded, and I prepared Righteous Justice, and took a deep breath.
"Angriff!" I yelled, and We charged at each other. Pyrrha has definitely improved over the years, I noticed as she swung Miló and forced me onto the defensive. I was beginning to lose ground. Maybe she forgot about my ace then. I ducked and rolled under her, sheathing Righteous Justice and putting away Solid Defender and took out my second weapon that not many have seen before. Emperor's Demise stood tall, the somewhat short Halberd crackling with power as I faced it towards my opponent. Pyrrha obviously remembered it, because I could see her face take on a serious look as well. She probably remembers what I was about to do next, but, oh well!
I switched Emperor's Demise into it's ranged form and it transformed into a railgun, the barrel sizzling with power.
"Miss Nikos, I hope you didn't forget about my little friend." I chuckled, and Pyrrha grinned.
"Of course not. That weapon managed to damage Akoúo, after all."
"Well then, I hope your ready." I began to fire shots at Pyrrha, well aimed shots forcing her to stay away from me with melee. She changed Miló into it's rifle form and slotted it to Akoúo and began firing. Big mistake.
"Miss Nikos, It seems you have forgotten." I clucked, and began to charge my shot as it began to crackle with power.
"Like it's name states, this weapon will be your demise of your victory streak." I fired, and to my utmost surprise, she launched it back with her shield, still draining her Aura. I took out Solid Defender and shielded myself just in time, as I was knocked backwards from the recoil and sent tumbling, Aura draining as well.
I clambered to my feet, and Pyrrha did the same as well.
and then the ever great Professor Goodwitch ended our match.
"Seems that it is once again, a draw."
"Oh, Come on!" I complained as I changed Emperor's Demise back into it's necklace, and put it back to it's original location. I walked over to Pyrrha and offered my hand.
"Seems that we stay on par, no matter how much training put. It was a good fight." I grinned behind my visor, and she smiled as well.
Professor Goodwitch coughed, and we went back to our seats.
The class eventually ended, and I collapsed into my dorm. I shed my armour parts and fell face first on my pillow, and then noticed Neo eating ice cream. More specifically, my last tub of cookies and cream ice cream.
"Neo…" She looked at me innocently, and took a spoonful of ice cream and put it in my mouth. I sighed.
"Fine, you can have it. Just one more spoonful."
Neo giggled and fed me one more spoonful, and I closed my eyes and began to relax…
And then Nora came crashing through the door, the rest of Team JNPRL trailing behind.
I seriously can't have a moment of peace and quiet, can I?
Jaune immediately began pestering me about Emperor's Demise, and then began to shake Neo to wake me up, who promptly tossed a spoonful of ice cream into his face. I gave a smile to Neo who beamed, while Jaune blinked, Ice cream sliding down from his forehead as Pyrrha tossed him his towel. Meanwhile, Ren was reading some philosophical book (I think it said the Art of War) While Nora pestered him to make her more pancakes. Just another day at Beacon. I briefly wondered how the Teutonic Order was doing, now that they had been declared a 'Rebel group of the Atlas Goverment' after saving a village that declared they preferred the Teutonic Order defend them instead, and absentmindedly began to play with Neo's hair. Neo gave a satisfied hum as she continued to eat my ice cream.
'Where is a good spot that even Neo won't find my ice cream?' I pondered, as Neo spoon-fed me Ice Cream. I thought for a good few minutes, and decided to speak up.
"Hey Neo, have you seen my—" I looked over and saw Neo grabbing several more tubs of my ice cream and opening them.
"Are you fucking kidding me—" I started, and Neo promptly shoved a spoonful of ice cream in my mouth. I swallowed and complained.
"Ren, Neo keeps stealing my ice cream." Ren glanced over and raised a eyebrow.
"If there was one thing that I learned from Nora, it's that I should give her pancakes instead of candy, or else mass destruction occurs."
I glanced at Neo's Parasol, terrified of what else the damn thing was hiding. We eventually went off to our classes of the day (I decided to write down what Professor Port says purely so I can just read it later) And eventually, Lunch. I bought a few slices of pizza and sad down with the rest of the team. I looked over and saw that Jaune had a somewhat gloomy look on his face.
"Jaune, you alright?" I asked concerned, and he gave me a failure of a smile.
"Of course I am!" Jaune stated half-heartedly.
"Is this about Cardin?"
Jaune looked at me.
Pyrrha cut in.
"Jaune, Cardin has been picking on you since the first week of school."
Jaune tries to be oblivious again.
"Who, Cardin Winchester? Nah, he just likes to mess around. You know, practical jokes."
"He's a bully." Ruby stated, and Jaune turned to look at her.
"Oh, please. Name one time he's 'Bullied' me." I choked on a slice of pizza.
"Hey Jaune, remember the time he shoved you in a locker and sent you flying away from the school?"
"I didn't land that far from school! And besides, you shoved him into a locker and sent him to Vacuo!"
I shrugged.
"Eh, bastard had it coming."
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help you can just ask."
And of course, Nora cuts in.
"Ooh! We'll break his legs!" I shuddered at that comment, remembering how the bone snaps and the victim screams.
"Guy's really, it's fine. Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me, he's a jerk to everyone."
"Owww! stop it, that hurts!" I turned to see a Faunus girl get her ears pulled by, no surprise. Cardin Winchester. I grabbed my tray and silently made my way over.
"Wait, Lance what are you—"
"Hey Cardin, Heads up!" I swung the tray with as much strength as I could and slammed him in the head, knocking him out and breaking the tray in half.
The rest of team CRDL gawked in surprise as I bit off a chunk from my pizza. I nodded towards them.
"Who's next?" they grabbed Cardin and scrambled out of the cafeteria.
"You alright miss?" I asked, and she nodded.
I turned around and noticed that it was quiet.
"Alllright, back to your lunches. It's lunch time." I tossed the remains of the tray in the trash, and sat back down.
"Jaune, make sure to bring me a few extra slices of pizza to the dorm, alright?" Jaune nodded, but with a confused face.
"Why do I need to bring yo—"
"MISTER BRAVEHEART! REPORT TO THE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY!" a angry Professor Goodwitch shouted, and dragged me towards the office. I gave Jaune a two finger salute as she dragged me away, armour and all and popped on my helmet. I decided to speak up.
"Ms. Goodwitch, I do have legs to walk…."
"You may speak when asked to." Oh god. Did I really fuck up this time? It was justified though. I fiddled with my gauntlets, and was eventually dragged to a stop.
"Ms. Goodwitch, can you please tell me why you had to drag me all the way… Oh shit." I looked in the Headmaster's office and saw Elder Vargas of the Teutonic Order, along with Sentinel Avery and Head scribe Gren. While Avery was more free spirited, Gren was like a angry mistralian mother. which was terrifying.
I immediately stood up and saluted.
"Elder Vargas, a honor to see you sir!" I trembled, knowing Elder Vargas was someone who one shouldn't take easily. Legend says the scar over his right eye was from going one on one with a Giant deathstalker, and coming out of it alive. And of course, Head Scribe Gren was the first to scold me.
"I am very disappointed in you, Dark Knight Braveheart. As a Dark Knight, you are expected to uphold your sworn oath and duty to protect not only the people of Atlas, but of all of Remnant. And yet, you chose to attack a student for no reason?"
Sentinel Avery cut in. "Hey, at least he remembered my combat teachings. Even thought it ended up hospitalising a noble, but not a important factor."
Head scribe Gren turned to Sentinel Avery with a furious expression.
"Stop encouraging him!" and ended up blowing into a huge argument.
"Elder Vargas? is there a reason as to why you are here?" I questioned, as the remaining three continued to argue.
"Ah, yes. I am here to tell you, as one of my aspiring Dark Knights, that the Teutonic Order expanding from Libertalia out of Atlas, and supporting Beacon Academy in Vale due to increasing amounts of Grimm near the borders. The Valean council has allowed us to station here, and so you will see many of your fellow brothers and sisters inside Beacon Academy. Which is what I was trying to tell the headmaster, until your 'incident' occurred today."
Shit. I was fucked.
"While I commend your actions for standing up for the weak, Violence is not always the answer. Even if it may seem so."
I gulped. His piercing eyes were practically looking at my soul.
"However, I acknowledge your accomplishments while at this Academy. You have shown the strength and pride of the Order, and for that you have done well."
"Thank you sir."
"Thanks aren't necessary, Knight. For being the great example for your fellow knights to follow, I am promoting you to Paladin. You are expected to lead your fellow brothers and sisters into battle, and perform beyond the call of duty." Elder Vargas turned towards the window.
"Now, if I'm not mistaken, your old squad Juggernaut is waiting for you outside." I grew excited. Juggernaut was here?
"May I—"
"You are dismissed, Paladin. Now go visit your fellow brothers." As I left the room, I saw a unmistakable smile from the reflection of Elder Vargas.
AN: My first author's note after 4 chapters! After playing Fallout 4, I noticed the ranks and also the loyalty that each member of the Brotherhood of Steel showed. And so, I decided to replicate it. For some info on the Teutonic Order, continue reading. If not, make sure to review! The Teutonic Order is a technologically advanced group, committed from the past to make sure a disaster such as the War of Remnant, which allowed the Grimm to overwhelm the major kingdoms of Vale, Atlas, Vacuo and Mistral. The Teutonic Order (the original plot was rewritten after my Fallout binge, but it was originally based off of the Old Teutonic Order, hence the German in the earlier chapters) emerged from the remains of the old Atlas Military before it became a superpower. While the Atlas Military was built only to defend Atlas, After allowing the Faunus to be treated as slaves, Members of the Atlas Military deserted in horror over their treatment and vowed to not allow technology and Military might to be abused in such a way. The Continental Army of Libertalia rose with their flag (A Laser Rifle crossed with a Sword, with a Eagle holding arrows and a thunderbolt in the background) and assaulted several mining operations using Faunus labor, freeing them and escorting them back to their side of Atlas (Which had many settlements formed by the Order and now formed a new kingdom known as Libertalia (Search it up on the internet and you'll know why I chose this name) which was composed of both Humanity and Faunus coexisting. While it's existence is known to Remnant, travel to their is difficult due to the AAF (Atlas Air Force) blocking their borders. Labeled as traitors and rebels by the Atlas Military, Atlas declared the Order as a enemy of the kingdom and has not revoked their declaration of war. The Teutonic Order is known for it's Military might, which matches the Might of Atlas due to the will of coexistence from the citizens of Libertalia advancing the technology of the Order and soldiers joining the Order to keep their equality. The Teutonic Order officially goes by the Order of Steel, but is recognised by Atlas as the Teutonic Order or the remnants for their 'old form' of military and recognised by Libertalia as the Continental Army of Libertalia. Libertalia follows a democratic form of government and also surprised many other countries, as It was only established several years ago and yet managed to become on par with Atlas in terms of technology and Military might. Libertalia is technologically superior that Atlas in terms of ground warfare, due to the Power Armor series allowing the wearer enhanced strength, perception, and protection against attacks of both melee and ranged. The Order of Steel is well known due to it's efforts in securing their side of the Region of Mantle, clearing out hordes of Grimm and managing to secure the entire area to be allowed for living. And now, in a dark and grimm (AN: Couldn't help it, don't kill me for the pun) Remnant, the Order of Steel is about to face a challenge that they have never encountered before.
And that's the info on the Teutonic Order, Or officially the Order of Steel! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have Liberty Prime to rebuild. Next chapter will be available in about a week, so for those of you anticipating the next chapter (to be honest, I think there are several parts of the story I can change for the better) you won't have to worry your pretty little heads. Reviews are most appreciated, because they help me with writing the plot. And also, tell me what pairings you want to see (Other than Arkos, because that's established).