I wake up in my bed to the sound of birds chirping outside. I look around to my fellow teammates smiling.

"I am finally the C.O of a squad," I think to myself," But I think team leader sounds better."

I proceed to the bathroom to have a shower. I take off my Pyjamas and turn on the tap.

"Meh, might as well have some fun." I say as I look around to make sure no one is looking. "This will be the day we've waited for. This will be the day we open up the door, Don't wanna hear your absolutions, get ready for a reval-"

I hear a muffled giggle in the room with me. I pull back the curtain and see my whole team erupt in laughter. Dawn and Harley was on the ground rolling around and Whitney was laughing into her hand to try and hide herself. I reach for the towel to cover myself but I find myself laughing along with them. I send them out and let them wait their turn.

After they were finished and were dressed in their normal attire I call the first team meeting.

"Ok. So we had fun didn't we?"

Dawn holds back a giggle while Harley and Whitney smile.

"Well there is more where that came from. We first however need to do some...how should I say it...decorating?"

Dawns eyes light up in excitement and runs straight for the pink paint.

"NO PINK!" me and Harley shout at her sending her down on the floor.

"But it's lightish red!"

"No...just no," Whitney says.

"What can we do here? There is a small amount of space here." Dawn asks.

"Well we could share a bed." I say. They all hit me on the floor glaring. "Not now I guess."

"Bunk beds would be cool," Harley says,"but I don't like the idea of someone laying above me doing who knows what?"

"Heh, who would do that with three cute girls around?" I get the same reply as last time."I might not live to see the end of this year."

"Well what can we do?"

"Well we could do a puzzle pattern. make a square out of the beds. Two horizontal, two vertical."

"Sounds ok to me. Lets go!"

We all arrange the beds in the pattern we chose.

"Now to unpack!" Dawn runs around saying happily.

I set my duffle bag down on the bed and pull out a small cage.

"Um, what is that?" says Harley.

"She is Bella," I say as I pull out my ferret.

"YOU HAVE A FERRET?!" they all yell simultaneously.

"Ya. How could I not bring this princess along? Isn't that right?"

Dawn and Harley look at each other and back at the ferrets.

"She is….CUTE!" They say together.

Bella jumps on Harleys shoulders and acts like a scarf.

"Don't expect this from me,"Whitney says while pointing at Dawn who is scratching under her chin.

"Ok but Bella loves to cuddle at night,"I reply."Shall we unpack now?" I say as I put her away.

We continue to unpack until the whole room is set the way we like it. Whitney has her small desk with weapon repair kits and attachments, Harley has her bike magazines and mechanic tools and Dawn has her stuffed bear and gun rack. I on the other hand have my shelf with all my awards and military Beret.

Night came quickly to Beacon, and we still needed to tell each other about ourselves. Harley was the first to go.

"Well I started in a normal village. I was trained by my mother to fight grimm to protect us. After multiple grimm attacks we all moved to Vale where I got more training. In between training days I would build my motorcycle, where I got my name from. I finished building it and is hard to beat on the streets. And here I am having Shade protect me from death."

"Huzzah!" we say as we all take a sip from our cans.

"Dawn, your turn," Whitney says regretting taking a beer instead of a soda.

"Well there isn't much to say. I have no idea what happened before I was four, but I survived in the wilderness until I was ten. Then Harley found me and took me in. When we moved to Vale I was cast away from all groups. Then I cast them away with all this awesomeness! I was invited here by Ospin and well how could I say no?"

"Whoop!"

"Well I was born here in Vale," Whitney began,"I was raised by a rich family and I amazingly was a tomboy. Well sometimes it will show, usually in my makeup style, but I try to hide it from others. I was useful in strategy and loved to fight but my parents wouldn't let me. I left the family when I was 16 and now here I am one of Vale's best kickass women."

"Ow ow ow!"

"What about you Shade? Why haven't you told us about you?" Dawn asks.

"Well it's a long and sad story. I don't want to start with the beginning...but I will in time."

"Come on please?"

I sigh thinking about it.

"Fine, I'll tell you. I had a happy family just outside of Vale. Me, my dad, my mom and five year old sister and we all lived in a big cabin. My father was a hunter who was amazing with sword fighting. That is why I have this," I pull out my necklace which has a silver chain and a black emblem of two crossed swords in a circle. One of the swords has a diamond while the other is a sapphire. "My mom was a huntress who was very talented in stealth, that is why I can do this," I move over to a shadow and vanish out of sight.

The girls are amazed with my story so far.

"Well...one cold winter night my mom was in my sisters room with her and my dad was doing something downstairs when…" I pause trying to hold back tears, "A pack of beowolves attacked the house. My father died protecting us, my mom killed in the room and sister stolen. I was hiding in the closet listing to my family die one by one. I left the house that night at started to become a hunter. I went to a small academy which I left because they taught their own techniques and not to let students find their own. I was homeless but I still did have Joy which was my moms car. I then started racing when I was twelve. I got into street racing when I was fifteen I was enrolled in the military part time but I was at the regiment. Now I'm here, hopefully the one good thing in my life."

Harley is sitting there in shock, Dawn is fighting back tears and Whitney has her head down is sadness.

"I-I'm sorry Shade," Dawn manages to get out.

"That's not all either, I'm a faunus as well." I roll my eyes back into place showing them my hawk eyes.

"Wow. You have it tough don't ya?" Asks Harley.

"Yup. But hey...it is worth it to be with a skilled team who cares for each other right?"

We all nod.

"I-I think I should go to bed. Classes are tomorrow."

"Ya...good idea Shade."

We all tuck in and fall asleep except for me. I move over to the window, open it and hop outside dropping down on the flat roof. The roof has a small rectangular shaped concrete block on it that could easily be a bench or table even. I sit on the block and stare out towards the moon wondering if I did the right thing.

"Hi Shade." A voice comes out from behind me.

I look behind me. It's Ruby.

"Oh hey Ruby," I say quietly.

"What's the matter?"

"Just...told my team about my life. I don't know how they feel about me now."

"Oh. Well can I hear it again? It didn't seem so bad."

"I didn't tell you the full story yet."

I tell Ruby my story.

"Oh. Um, I'm-"

"Sorry. Yes I have had that already. They just acted so...so quiet about it, especially Dawn. It was almost like they were hiding something."

"I'm not hiding anything from you though," she says while sitting next to me. "You are their leader, we all have our weak points. Not everyone trusts us at first but we are there for them and they are there for us. Don't let it get to your head."

She places her hand down accidentally placing it on my hand. We shyly move our hands away.

"I think it is time for bed. We have classes you know."

"Urg. Stupid classes. Well, goodnight Shade."

She runs off up to her room. I look out towards the moon and then return to get some sleep.

"Man, it has been a while sense I felt this." I think to myself.

Love.