Chapter 3: Beacon
Star, Ike, Jasper and Amber stood in the middle of the village watching as the bullhead touched down. They turned to face Johnathon, Amber gave him a hug "Thank you Johnathon for everything." She said.
"No, thank you for everything my child." He replied.
"Are you guys gonna be okay?" Star asked.
"Yes, thanks to you boys, we'll be able to hold out for a long time."
"Okay. remember we'll always be in contact."
"We know." They then shook hands and The boys and Amber entered the bullhead going towards Beacon.
Star looked at Amber and saw she had a sad look on her face "You alright?" he aked.
"Huh? Oh yeah...I'm fine...just...do you think they will be alright? I mean I have spent a year looking after them." She replied.
"They will contact us the moment they have any trouble."
"...yeah...okay."
"...that tone of voice is making me uncomfortable. Here." Star reached for her mouth and stretched it to form a smile.
"Star..."
"Come on, smile."
"No..."
"Smile." He said playfully.
Amber giggled "No" She said in a more playful tone.
"Do it."
"No, stop." she began to laugh.
Ike smiled and Jasper watched "That's our brother. Always puts a smile on everyone's faces." Ike said.
"Yeah. May he Never change." Jasper said and looked out at the land as the flew above it.
Beacon
Star, Jasper, Ike and Amber looked in awe of the school "This is Beacon?!" Ike said with stars in his eyes.
"Yep!" Amber said.
Jasper looked out at the city from the cliff "..its close-ish to the city. So no wonder people would like it." he said.
"It is a prestige's school for the best hunters and huntress' so yeah its got to have its ups and downs." Amber said.
"There are downs?" Star asked.
"...well yeah. Not only at this school but at other schools, Faunus get treated badly."
"What? No equality or something like that?" Ike asked.
Amber shook her head "Nope."
"Wow...this world really is different from ours." Star asked.
"It is?"
"Yeah, half-breeds as we called them were treated equally. Sure there were some racists and discriminators."
"oh..."
"But we'll try and help the Faunus that are being picked on." Star said.
"Thanks Star."
"So You are the four Professor Port was telling me about." They heard a voice. The boys turned to face a man with a cane and Silver hair and brown eyes He wore shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. He had an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wore black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants.
Jasper approached the man "Ozpin I presume?" He asked.
"Indeed and you are?" Ozpin replied.
"Jasper Light. And these are my brothers. Ike."
"Sup." Ike gave a slight wave.
"Star."
"Hello." Star smiled.
"And I'm Amber!" The faunas girl said energetically.
"Its good to meet new additions to the academy."
"As is it to meet new people professor."
"Indeed. I have to thank you four for assisting my students and their teacher on they're excursion."
"No need to thank us. We do it all the time." Ike said.
"I see. Now then, I have some buisness to attend to. Would you like me to send you a guide for the academy?"
"Nah. We'll be fine. Although...could you maybe point me to the directions of the library if you have one?" Jasper asked.
"Yes. Just go straight ahead then turn right. You can't miss it." Ozpin said.
"Thank you." Jasper then zoomed off.
Ozpin looked at the three "he loves to read." Ike said.
"So it seems. What about you three?"
"cafeteria!" Star asked.
"That building over there," Ozpin blinked and Star was gone. Ozpin, Amber and Ike stared at each other. Ozpin then remembered something and got out 4 scrolls "by the way, these are for you four. Give it to the other two when you see them again."
"Will do!" Ike said grabbing three scrolls while Amber grabbed one for herself and walked off. Ozpin sighed and headed back to his office.
Library
Jasper entered the library looking around. Although he showed no emotion on the outside, he was built with excitement by looking at the shelves full of books. He started looking through the shelves for any book related to the histroy of remnant, if there was such a book cause he has been looking for what's felt like forever.
He sighed once he checked his third shelf and slid down the ladder and leaned on it "I'm getting nowhere..." he mumbled. "Maybe I'll ask the librari-" he was cut off when he heard what sounded like someone struggling while jumping up and down on the other side of the book shelf. Jasper walked to the corner of the shelf and peaked on the other side to find a girl dressed in black with black hair, when he saw her amber eyes he almost extinctivly pulled out his weapon. He took a deep breath and walked towards her. He noted that she wore a boe on her that...twitched? He shook that off and looked at what she was reaching for. There was a book just hanging out, probably hanging out from her attempts to get it. The girl looked down in defeat and Jasper, who was slightly taller than her reached for the book and easily pulled it out "here you go." He said.
The girl got startled at first but calmed when he handed the book to her "thanks." She said taking the book from him.
"...maybe next time you should use the ladder they have here." Jasper said.
"Well I didn't think it was that high. Plus I'm persistent." She said.
"Yeah I can tell. Jasper, Jasper light." Jasper put his hand out.
"Blake, Blake Belladonna." The girl now known as Blake said.
"Nice to meet you Blake."
"Likewise."
"Hmph. Well I better get back to looking."
"Wait!" She called out and Jasper looked at her "you helped me get that book so maybe I can repay the favour and get you the book your looking for."
"Umm...no thanks, I don't wanr to bother you anymore."
"No please I insist. What book are you looking for?"
"The history of Remnant."
Blake thought for a moment then looked into Jasper's crimson red eyes "I know where it is. Follow me."
Jasper nodded and followed Blake to the history section. Jasper mentally slapped himself and said "of course."
Cafeteria
Star opened the door to the cafeteria and he sniffed the air. He smiled and drooled a bit. The smell of meat and soup filled his nose and he wiped it away. He closed the door and walked to the small line to get food. Once he got to the front he ordered some rice, a little bit of sushi and a steak sandwich. He walked to an empty table and began to eat, he looked around observing the students. Star then heard some footsteps next to him that made a sudden stop. He looked and saw a familiar face "S-Star?" It was Velvet.
"Oh! Hey!" Star said with a smile.
Velvet sat next to him "when did you get here?"
"Just not too long ago."
"Cool. Where are the others?" She looked around.
"Jasper's gone to the library and Amber...probably be here soon, same with Ike." Star picking up his steak sandwich.
Star took a bite of his sandwich and smiled "mmmm~ that is good!"
Velvet giggled "the chef at this school knows what he's doing."
"I'll say!" Star took a huge chunk oit of his sandwich the next bite.
"S-Star don't take that much out of it! You'll choke." Velvet said with concern.
"I'm fine- gak!"
"See!" She quickly started patting his back.
"No *cough* I'm *cough* fine."
Velvet sighed in relief and looked up away from the boy who was holding his stomach still coughing a bit and she froze.
Star noticed this "what's wrong?"
"Well well well. Hello little rabbit," Star heard someone say. He turned and faced four people one with burnt orange hair, one with a green mohawk, one with light brown hair combed to the left and one with combed back, dark blue hair. They sat around Star and Velvet "who's this? Your new friend?" The one with burnt orange hair said.
"The names Star...and you are...?"
"The names Cardin. That's Sky," he said pointing to the dark blue haired one "Russel." He pointed to the one with the mohawk who have a horns up "and Dove," He pointed to the light brown haired one "we are team CRDL."
Star thought about that name for a moment "so...your teams name is basically the first letter of your names?"
"Yeah. You must be a newbi-"
"Yeah yeah yeah, shut up. So your the C which would make you the leader cause its at the start...then you have R then D...wait...Where's S for Sky?"
"The L comes from his last name, Lark." Cardin explained.
"Oh!...but wait I thought it was first names...wouldn't it be..CRDS (Cards)?"
The boys looked at each other "you making fun of our team name little punk?!" Cardin said.
Star shook his name "nonono. Just thinking it sounds a bit stupid right?"
Cardin's face grew red with anger. He raised his fist ready to punch Star but Velvet held it "no please don't!" Velvet pleaded.
Cardin got his arm loose from her grip "get lost rodent." With that he slapped her which caused her to fall to the ground and the others laughed. Everyone in the cafeteria stopped what they were doing and looked at the scene. Cardin smirked and laughed along with his teammates.
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"...its not nice to hit those who you think are weaker than you," Cardin stopped and looked at Star to see his eyes glowing red "...especially if its a girl!" Star then punched Cardin in the nose making him hold it. Star then knelt down to Velvet "are you okay?" She gave a slight nod "go sit with your friends. I'll deal with this."
Dove, Sky and Russel rushed to their leaders side "Don't just stand there! Get him!" Cardin shouted.
Russel, Dove and Sky pulled out their weapons. Russel was the first to attack but Star caught him by his wrists and slammed him into the ground. Sky then attempted to stab Star with his halberd but Star moved swiftly out of the way and ducked when Sky went for a swing. Then when he brought it down on Star, Star stopped it with one hand. Being the strongest out of them both, Star pushed the front of the halberd forward which caused the back to hit Sky in the head then elbowed him in the face making him fall to the ground. Star now having the halberd, threw it down at Sky just missing his head getting stabbed in the ground.
Star looked at both Cardin and Dove, as he was Russel got back up and went for the side but Star's quick reflexes kicked in and he spun around making Russel's dagger just miss him by an inch then grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him back then punched him square in the face making a small crater.
Dove backed away from this but was grabbed by Cardin "where are you going?!" He said angrily.
"Cardin he just punched Russel into the ground leaving a small crater! He's not human!" Dove said.
Then we attack him at the same time! There's no way he can stop the both of us!" Cardin let go of Dove and raised his mace as Dove hesitantly raised his sword. Star's eyes turned from red back to their brown colour as he watched them start to move to his left and right. Star closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"He leaves himself open too much. Its almost like he's asking to get hit." A girl with red hair said.
"He has good reflexes." A boy with black hair with a pink streak in it said.
"He's pretty strong too." The girl with long blonde hair said.
A blonde boy got up "be ready if this gets too out of hand." The others nodded and watched.
"...Now!" Cardin yelled as he and Dove charged the boy. Star smirked and opened his eyes and lifted his hands up and his swords materialized and stopped both of them "what!" Cardin pushed harder but Star's arms didn't move. Star smirked and moved back making the boys stumble forward and headbutt eachother. Dove shook his head and charged at Star doing a battle cry, his and Star's swords connecting with every swing and blow. Dove then went for the legs but Star put his foot on the blade and backflipped kicking Dove in the jaw and sending him flying into the air.
Cardin recovered from hitting his head as Dove came back down smashing a table to pieces. Cardin raised his mace and Star dismissed his swords and caught it bending his knees. Star cracked his kneck and used removed one hand from the mace and uppercut Cardin. Cardin stumbled back and looked at Star, holding his jaw "is that all you got?!" He said smugly.
Star narrowed his eyes and took off his shoes "As a matter of fact..." Star then disappeared from where he was leaving everyone in shock. Cardin froze when he felt a rush of wind from behind him and slowly turned his head to see Star, his fist raised "...no it isn't."
Meanwhile~
"thank you Blake." Jasper said as he and Blake walked side by side by the cafeteria.
"No problem Jasper. Here." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down a number "call me anytime if you have any trouble with finding any books. Oh and good luck with your initiation tommorow." She said with a slight smile.
"Will do. And thank you." Jasper said and Blake nodded walking off.
Jasper watched her go "heh. And here I thought I was the ladies man." Jasper turned and saw Amber and Ike walking towards him.
"..why did you and Star leave me with this idiot?!" Amber shouted frustrated.
"What did he do." Jasper asked.
"He was telling me nothing but jokes and what his first alcoholic beverage was!"
"Oh..." Jasper gave her a blank face.
Ike walked forward "so the first person you meet is a cat faunus?" Ike said.
"You noticed too?" Jasper asked.
"Well yeah. When you look at it her bow does twitch a lot." Ike said.
"That obvious huh?" Amber asked.
"Yep. Don't know if you would want to hit that tho. She is a black cat."
Amber and Jasper looked at him "black cat?" Amber asked.
"Yeah cause y'know she's wearing almost all black and shes a cat faunus and as legend goes. Black cats bring bad luck once they've crossed you."
"What le-...wait." Jasper went up to Ike and had a wiff of him. He then backed up "you've been drinking haven't you?"
"What! Pffftt! No! Why would I-..." Ike's head and arms dropped "yes."
Amber and Jasper gave him a deadpanned look. "How much?" Amber asked.
"Umm...I just finished a flask of Absinthe." Ike said.
"Absinthe!" Jasper yelled.
"Hey the village had one bottle of that shit left. Of course I'm gonna raid the shit and drink it myself."
Amber tilted her head "Absinthe?"
"Its an alcoholic beverage that has eighty-nine point nine percent alcohol in it." Jasper explained. Amber gave an even more confused look. Jasper sighed "basically three shots of that drink and your drunk. And seeing that Ike just had a flask of it means hes gonna have an headache tommorow."
"Ike you idiot! We have an initiation tommorow!"
"It'll be fine...*hic*" Amber face palmed. Suddenly Cardin came flying out of a window and landed in front of the three.
They all looked in the cafeteria and saw Star putting his shoes back on. They climbed through the window and went up to him "causing trouble Star?" Jasper asked.
"No bro. Just DEALING with the trouble." Star said tieing his shoelaces.
Amber sighed then remembered something "oh yeah here Jasper, Star." She handed them their scrolls.
"Thanks." They said grabbing it off her.
Everyone went back to eating. Some talking about what had just transpired and eight people still looking at them. A certain bunny girl looking at Star, a small pink blush on her cheeks. Star went over to her and asked "they should leave you alone for awhile."
"Y-Yeah. Thank you Star.
"Dude! How dod you fo that?!" Star turned and faced a blonde girl.
A girl with a red cape cut in "yeah! You were like woosh! Then pow! And hyaaa!" She said making sound effects with each motion she made.
"Heh thanks. I'm Star."
Ike, Jasper and Amber came over "I'm Ike~" Ike said.
"Amber." Amber bowed a little.
"Jasper." Jasper said on a monotone voice.
The cape girl stood up "I'm Ruby Rose! This is my sister Yang." She said pointing to the blonde girl known as Yang.
The four looked at eachother thinking 'sisters?' But rolled with it.
"Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee dust company."
Ike burped a bit "never heard of it." He said.
Weiss looked at him angrily "ignore him." Amber whispered to her.
The blonde boy stood up "I'm Jaune Arc. These are my teammates Ren." The black haired boy waved. "Nora."
"Hi!" The hyperactive orange haired girl said.
"And Pyrrah."
"Hello." The red haired girl waved.
"And there's Blake too. Who isn't around." Ruby said.
"I met her at the library." Jasper said.
"Told ya she'd be there." Yang said.
"What is going on here?!" The boys and Amber flinched as they heard the voice and turned to the entance.
At the entrance was a middle-aged woman that had very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are bright green and she wears thin ovular glasses. She had dangling teal earrings that match the hanging pendant on her collar.
She wore a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body was covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings.
She woreblack boots with brown heels, and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside.
She pulled out a riding crop and pointed at the smashed table which repaired itself in the blink of an eye. Then she pointed it at the smashed window and it repaired itself too.
She then looked at the three boys and girl and stomped her way over "what do you think you were doing?"
Star stepped forward "please misses its my fault I caused all that damage. But please understand that I was only defending Velvet."
The middle aged woman looked at Velvet "is this true ms Scarlatina?"
Velvet gave a quick nod as the teacher sighed "please don't do this again. Until you are completely enrolled into beacon I recommend you four staying out of anymore trouble. Plus, you causing all this trouble saves me from having to look for you four for the whole day." She said and theu all looked at eachother "Ozpin has told me to tell you that you are to stay in the amphitheatre tonight. Your initiation will start there."
They all nodded "thank you miss...?" Star stopped.
"Goodwitch. Glynda Goodwitch." She continued for him.
"Yes. Thank you." With that she left with CRDL taking them to the infirmary.
The moment she was gone. The four let out a sigh in relief. "Is she always that scary?"
Velvet and the others nodded. "Well that fight with CRDL was a nice warm up. I think I'm set for the initiation." Star said.
"Heh. Don't get cocky Star. You never know what the initiation will be." Amber said.
"Meh I'm sure we'll pass with flying colours."
"Well. When we did ours we were launched into a forest full of grimm." Pyrrha said.
Amber and the boys froze up and looked at her "w-what?" Amber asked.
"Its true." Jaune said.
Ike looked at his flask still a bit full of Absinthe. He put it away "I was going to have this tonight...but I think I'll need it for tommorow."
"Not if I destroy it while you sleep." Amber said.
"Do that and I'll roast you." Ike said, yellow flames radiating off him.
"Come at me bro!" Amber said pulling out her duel swords.
Jasper sighed "kids..."
A dark figure stands on a balcony overlooking the dark city. Another figure comes out of the building and stands with the other figure "what do you want Serpentine?" The figure said.
"...I found the light." Serpentine said.
The figure looked at him surprised for a second but looked out to the city "why come to me? You should have consulted this information with Evolved not me." He said.
"...Your the only friend and only one I trust to keep this a secret from him...Darkside."
The figure known as Darkside looked at him "...I thought Svorpio was the one you trusted the most."
"He's gone now. So the only one I can think of to come to is you."
"But why me?"
"Darkside. Ever since Evolved took over, our soldiers...our kings army has been let down. They're training and skills in combat have been slipping."
"What makes you say that?" Darkside questioned.
"Last night after I came back from scouting for the light and found him. I caught up with Flame. Good man, but has a short fuse. Him and deadeye faced eachother. And you know what they did?"
"What?"
"They knocked eachother out in three blows. Three! Blows!"
"They are only lieutenants and could stand eachother's attacks back then. But they've grown weaker. Evolved should be focusing on our kind not sotting on his ass all day tryong to improve his position as the kings best man."
Darkside smirked "heh. So what your saying is you'd rather have Nightmare? The kings second best man lead us?"
"Please. The guys smart and could care less about his postion but hes got enough on his mind. Especially looking after his brother which need I remind you...ate his parents!"
Darkside turned away from the city and leaned on the railing "...so why not go to him. Or is he not trustworthy either?"
"Please. I wouldn't trust him with my own kid if I had one."
Darkside snickered at that. "You? Kids? Yeah right."
"Oi!"
"Its just a joke," Darkside stopped leaning on the railing "so. When do we go to get the little light?"
"...a week. I need to get our soldiers ready. If I don't come back then at least I've done something to leave a mark."
Darkside shrugged "okay."
Amber, Ike, Star and Jasper laid on the ground with sleeping bags underneath them. Star was fast asleep in his dark form. His hair black as well as his clothes.
Ike slept spread out on his sleeping bag.
Amber and Jasper stayed up looking at the ceiling. "So...bug day tommorow huh?" Amber said.
"Yep." Jasper replied.
Jasper looked at Star "...we need all the help and support we can get. And we'll return the favor by protecting those in need."
"Yeah...well the world of Remnant needs all the protecting it can get with this new threat."
"That's what hunters and huntress' are for right?"
"Yep. Well goodnight." Amber turned over to face away from him.
"Goodnight." He did the same.
"...hey Jasper. One more thing."
"Hmm?"
"...thank you for letting me be a part of this."
"...no problem."
They both got comfortable and closed their eyes wondering what tommorow will be like.
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"BBBUUUUUURRRRPPPP!" Yellow flames bursted out of Ike's mouth as he let out a huge burp.
Amber gave an unamused face "can I kill him now?"
"No." Jasper said with his eyes still closed.
okay that is a wrap for chapter 3 hope you like it and as always.
Until next time;)