Chase had been preparing all week and the day of his initiation had finally come. He had been asking team RWBY to give him hints but they were adamant about staying quiet on the subject. As for the theory he had a good grasp on dust and it's uses but still wasn't able to use the dust inside of him. He hadn't remembered anything about his past other than him practicing the use of his semblance.

He stood on a metallic plate while Ozpin explained that he had to go through the forest, collect a relic and make it back, it all seemed far too simple."You will not be alone in the forest as it is grimm territory and some of your soon to be fellow students are to engage you if you are spotted" -There's the catch- he thought to himself, he was glad that team RWBY and JNPR were excluded however he thought this was just because he knew how they fought as he had been at the arena nearly everyday. Ozpin drank his coffee and pulled a lever launching Chase into the air.

As he was flying in the air he quietly cursed as he would've liked some warning but he moved that thought aside quickly and reached into his pocket. Weiss had given him some dust crystals in preparation for the initiation and he pulled out and air one. Before he hit the ground he focused his aura into the crystal to let out some of it's force softening his landing, not by much. He hit the ground tumbling. Hearing footsteps near him he quickly got himself up in time to see a Beowulf charge him. He dodged it and created an illusion to get it away from him, the beast ignored it and kept heading for chase.-It must work shouldn't be able to see me- He thought back to Ruby's lessons on grimm.

*Grimm are able to find humans and faunus based on their negative emotions rather than sight*

-Looks like my semblance won't be useful against these- He rolled out of the way and stabbed the Beowulf in the back causing it to fall to the ground.-Right which way is it to these ruins- He headed in the opposite direction of where he came from hoping they put it in an obvious place. He eventually found the ruins but saw that someone was guarding it. From the mace he held he assumed it was Cardin Winchester, the school bully. While he felt he could take him head on he wanted to save his energy for more threatening enemies so he blocked himself from Cardin's view with his semblance. He looked around to see pillars holding chess pieces -Guess someone got lazy in picking relics- He noticed some where missing from the last initiation, the only ones left were the kings. He went to pick up the black one when a mace broke it."How did you-" Chase started. "What you didn't think I'd hear your footsteps on the stone?" Cardin interrupted.-Note to self illusions can be broken by loud noises- He rolled back switchin his daggers to pistols and loading ice rounds. He fired at Cardin's feet sticking him to the ground. It didn't last long as he smashed the ice with his mace and he closed the distance between him and Chase. Chase created an illusion to draw him away while he hit shot at Cardin depleting his aura to be able to land a blow. He reloaded his pistols with lightning rounds and stunned Cardin.-That should be enough to stop him coming after me- He quickly grabbed the white king and headed back to the cliff.

After he was happy that Cardin wasn't following him he sat next to a tree to check how much dust he had left. Only the fire crystals remained, he had to avoid combat. He felt the earth below him rumble and looked around to see a giant scorpion knocking down trees and heading straight for him. A creature that big and armoured would be near impossible to take down without help. Chase loaded the fire crystals and switched Frozen mirage to dagger form surrounding it with flames from the crystal. He charged the beast and slid under it as it's giant claw sweeped in front of it. From underneath it wasn't that armoured so he stabbed both daggers into it causing the beast to scream in pain. It scuttled away with Frozen mirage in it. Chase ran after it to collect his weapon but it turned around and jabbed it's tail straight for Chase.

*Not only will your semblance be affected by the dust inside you but you will also be able to form the dust into a weapon if you are ever disarmed, while the weapon your aura makes with dust is more powerful than most man-made weapons it comes with a danger. If you rely on the weapon it makes then you may lose control of yourself and temporarily take on the attributes of said dust. For example if you are using fire you will become more aggressive and dangerous. In this form you will not be able to tell friend from foe so it is best you use this as a last resort*

Suddenly he felt a chill move down his body and a tail made of ice emerged from behind him blocking the scorpions attack, he didn't like the feeling of using this and had to end it quickly. He jumped up and made a swiping motion cutting off the stinger which caused it to land in the scorpion killing it. He quickly withdrew the tail and grabbed Frozen mirage running for the cliffs ignoring everything on the way. Part of the ice globe in his mind was melting and he wanted to make it to safety before he gained any memories as this forest wasn't safe. An ursa blocked his way but he disposed of it quickly by throwing on of his daggers at it's throat and pulling it out as he ran by.

Memories started flashing in his mind by the time he had made it to the cliff but he repressed them until he was safe. When he got there Ozpin looked surprised and team RWBY was there as well, they were probably watching the whole thing. But he didn't have time to worry as he collapsed.

*He was in some sort of village and was a lot smaller. He looked around and saw another version of him, not transparent like his illusions. "Who are you?" I asked. "I am you, well at least the old you. We need to stop you from remembering me as I am afraid it will break you what you have done. That said you have triggered some memories. I will give you what memories I can as I know you want to know who you are, but the what happened after you were infused with dust must be ignored" He explained. Suddenly he had a flash of memories from his childhood but before he could see them the dream started to fade"

"He's waking up" The nurse said looking around at Ozpin."Good, leave us for a moment, I will tell the rest in a while." Ozpin replied and the nurse left. He looked around expecting a hospital but was in Ozpin's office.-Obviously they'd be afraid to put me in an actual hospital after that initiation.

"How are you feeling?" Ozpin asked. "Good, I remembered who I was, at least before being experimented on with dust" Chase said looking around seeing that the man with a white suit was in the room. "I'm General Ironwood" The man introduced himself. "As you can see he hasn't remembered the experiments so you won't be able to get anything out of him" Ozpin told the General who gave him an angry look before leaving. "What was that about?" Chase asked. "General Ironwood wanted to find out how you were made that way so that he could militarise it" Ozpin explained. "Well I'm feeling a lot better now so may I leave?" Chase asked eager to look through the memories he had gained. "What you did in the forest, can you control that dust, I must ask for the safety of my students" Ozpin asked. "Yes, it is more of a last resort reaction that will only happen when I am in danger of death it won't happen again sir, I promise" Chase replied. "Then you may leave, team RWBY is waiting for you in your dorm and we will tell you the results of your initiation tomorrow" Ozpin said.

Chase left but instead of heading to his dorm he ran straight for the roof to get peace and find out who he used to be.

"Didn't Ozpin say Chase would be on his way?" Yang asked as an hour had passed since they received the message saying he was on his way. "Maybe he got lost, we should split up and look for him" Ruby suggested and they all nodded in agreement.

Ruby had been tasked with searching the upper floors of Beacon, after having no luck she decided it would be better to use the roof as a vantage point. She saw Chase sitting and looking out into the distance. "Chase why are you up here?" Ruby asked and Chase turned around to see her.

He had just remembered his childhood and after that Ruby was the last person he wanted to see but he needed to tell her. "Your mother, Summer Rose is dead isn't she?" He asked with a soft tone. He could see her wince at the name but she solemnly nodded. "When I was a young kid my village was attack by grimm. I wasn't even awake when it happened and since my house was on the border my parents died before we could evacuate. I only woke up when my door got busted open by a Beowulf" He began. "Your mother came in and killed it saving me, the rest of her team evacuating the village while she looked for any survivors and took down the grimm as they approached. We were heading back when a Nevermore attacked with a pack of Ursas. She held them off and told me to run and get help. By the time I got back with Qrow we saw her trapped by the Nevermore's feathers and the Ursas just…." He stopped as he felt tears coming to his eyes, "I'm so sorry I didn't get help quick enough. It's my fault that she's dead"

Ruby was silent for a moment, eventually she said "So you're the one she died saving, Uncle Qrow told me about you whenever I was told she died…. I was so angry at you for getting my mother killed" She stopped and looked at Chase "But to know that she wasn't just killed and was able to save someone made me proud, I wanted to meet the person my mum saved but they couldn't find you anywhere" She pulled out her scroll and became her normal self again "Come on everyone's been wondering where you are, we should head back to the dorm"

The next day he stood in front of the rest of the first year students as Ozpin announced the results of his initiation. "We have had a new student who will be joining you next term. As we have not had an odd amount of students for quite some time we had to find out which team to put him on as one man doesn't make a team." Ozpin explained "But as if he joined a team it would give them the unfair advantage of an extra team member, we therefore decided to have him be a linking member so that he would work for two teams and make those two teams better at working together. Chase as you picked the White King you shall join both team RWBY and JNPR as for any team games points you gain will go to both teams." He explained