Fade-in to an image of Beacon Academy. As we slide up a narrator says, "Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past." The gems in the image glow green and fade to show simple pictures of a man rising from the earth before being surrounded by creatures, barely held back by warriors. The narrator continues with, "Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness, creatures of destruction, the creatures of Grimm, set their sights on man and all of his creations. These forces clashed, and it seemed the darkness was intent on returning man's brief existence to the void." Black sets in, then suddenly lessens as a light grows brighter and brighter until a gem rises from it and lowers itself into the hands of man. As this part of the story is told, the narrator goes on by saying, "However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named "Dust"." The scene zooms out to show men shooting lightning, raising swords, and aiming rifles at the retreating beasts as a castle appears behind them. Continuing on, the narrator says, "Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life." The castle zooms out to show a map of Remnant, which houses other buildings until they disappear in flashes of white and the map is lowered to show the scattered moon over a city at night. The narrator says, in a more serious tone, "But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die. And when they are gone... darkness will return."
Roman Torchwick and four of his henchmen head down an alley from the shadows. They stop behind Roman, who reignites his cigar without touching it and grins before walking down the road, frightening nearby citizens as they make their way towards the shop From Dust Till Dawn. Saying her last line, the narrator ends with, "So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called "free world", but take heed... there will be no victory in strength." Roman and his henchmen enter the shop, the view lowering to two young girls, one wearing a hooded red cloak in the corner of the shop, reading a weapons magazine. A mysterious man then replies, "But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul." The henchmen look around and at the Dust crystals in the display when Roman approaches the elderly shopkeeper. Roman, after flicking his cigar asks the shopkeeper, "Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" One of the henchman points his gun at the shopkeeper. The Shopkeeper, scared of what might happen, replies with a hint of fear in his voice, while raising his arms, "P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!" Roman then shushes the old man and says to him, "Calm down, we're not here for your money." Roman then looks to one of his henchmen and say to him, "Grab the Dust." A henchman opens a case and removes one of several cylinders, which the group uses to take Dust from the tube containers on the walls. A henchmen, after placing an open case on the display, demands to the shopkeeper, "Crystals. Burn. Uncut." The shopkeeper proceeds to fill the case. As another henchman goes for another tube, he hears a muted song from the girl's direction, and unsheathes his sword.
The second henchman, pointing his sword at their backs, demands the two girls, "Alright kids, put your hands where I can see 'em." After getting no response, the henchman says, with anger in his voice, "Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something!?" He goes over to the girl with the hood and turns her around, the hood dropping to reveal a surprised Ruby Rose wearing headphones. He motions for her to lower them. The other girl, revealed to be Ivory Rose, sees this motion and says to Ruby, "Rubes, your headphones." After she puts down the headphones, Ruby asks, "Yes?" The henchman finally getting a response says, once again, "I said, put your hands in the air, now!" Ruby then asks the henchman, "Are you...robbing us?" The henchman, tired of dealing with the girl's nonsense yells, "Yes!" Ruby, now understanding the situation she and Ivory are in, replies, "Oh..." Roman is waiting for his men to finish the heist when a "Hey!" and "Hyah!" are heard, and the threatening henchman flies past him. Roman calmly motions for another to handle Ruby and Ivory. The henchman Roman sent, the same one who demanded crystals get put in the case, yells at the two girls, while raising his gun at them, "Freeze!"
Cut to outside the shop, when the henchman, Ruby and Ivory crash through the window. The other men look outside as Ruby gets up and unfolds Crescent Rose into its scythe form, while Ivory reveals Quarter Stone in its staff form. Roman scowls, but Ruby and Ivory smile back at them before twirling the weapons around, striking them into the ground and Ruby turning off her headphones. Roman, with a considering look on his face says, more to himself, "Okay..." Then he says to his remaining henchmen, "Get them!" The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby and Ivory, who spin around the scythe and kick the first approaching criminal in the face. Ivory gets Quarter Stone out of the ground and runs to hit another one with the butt, the end of, of her weapon, sending him flying. Ruby, having gotten Crescent Rose out of the ground, fires and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next one's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away to Roman's feet. Roman, looking down with disappointment, says, "You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." Ivory, looking at Roman, asks him in an almost taunting way, "Did you think we would be easy to beat?" After dropping his cigar and crushing it with his cane as approaching police sirens are heard, Roman replies with, "Well, Red and White, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around..." Roman raises his cane and opens the bottom to reveal a rifle with a cross grid "...I'm afraid this is where we part ways." Roman unleashes a red blast at the Ruby and Ivory, and Ruby fires at the ground and leaps over it, Ivory shouts, "Whoa!" and jumps out of the way. When they land and look up, Roman isn't there, and is climbing up a ladder on a nearby building. Ruby asks the shopkeeper, "You okay if we go after him?" The shopkeeper gives a short "Uh huh", and Ivory replies with a, "Good," and they set off.
Roman makes it to the roof, with Ruby and Ivory high-flying again and landing right behind him. Ruby then yells at Roman with a, "Hey!" After stopping at the edge, Roman mutters a, "Persistent..." Ruby and Ivory get ready to fight him, but a getaway Bullhead rises up and opens the hatch to allow Roman inside. Roman, after turning around and holding up a red Dust gem, then yells to the girls, "End of the line, Red and White!" He throws it out at their feet and fires at them, resulting in a large explosion. Roman than laugh loudly, but then stops laughing when he sees something on the roof, and utters out a, "Huh?"
A woman in a purple cape is now in front of the girls, casting a circle of protection over them with her wand. As the twins look on, Glynda Goodwitch waves her weapon and summons several streaks of purple at the craft. Roman is thrown around in the back until he goes to the cockpit, where a woman in red, her face unseen, is struggling with the controls. Roman then yells at the woman, "We got a Huntress!" The woman gets up and heads toward the back as Roman takes the controls. Glynda glows purple for a moment and aims another blast above the craft, resulting in a dark storm-cloud right over the jet. Roman looks on in anger and asks himself, "The hell...?" With a flick of her wand, large jagged hail starts falling that pummels the jet and even breaks through the window, narrowly missing Roman's head. The woman reaches the back and her arms and chest light up like fire, aiming a burst of energy at Glynda. The Huntress blocks it, but the flame splatters behind her and glows hot with the enemy's raised hand. Glynda back-flips out of the explosion, which destroys part of the roof, and magically gathers the shards to create a large arrow, which she throws at the craft. The fiery woman shatters the arrow with several blasts, but it reforms just in time to hit the side of the jet due to Roman's quick aerial lean. The wreckage separates and reshapes into more arrows that encircle the jet, but the woman summons several glowing rings around herself that expand and destroy the shards. Ruby, finally acting, reverts her scythe into its rifle form to fire at the woman, who blocks each shot and creates several blazing circles around her two opponents. After Ivory turns her weapon into its yo-yo form, Ruby looks over and whistles a long whistle. Ivory then looks up where the Bullhead is, and throws her yo-yo in the direction of the woman, but it gets blocked as well. Glynda telekinetically pushes Ruby and Ivory and rolls herself out of the explosion's radius; looking up to see the hatch close and the craft fly away. Ruby, looking at Glynda, says in an awe stricken voice "You're a Huntress!" Putting on a pleading, awe-stricken face, Ruby then asks, "Can we have your autograph?!
The scene cuts to Ruby's amazed face turn to one of shame as Glynda, with a tablet computer, paces around the table Ruby is seated at, right underneath a bright light in the otherwise dark room. Ivory looks over to her sister and says, "I'm thinking that's a no." Glynda says to the two girls in an accusing tone, "I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young ladies. You put yourself and others in great danger." Ruby yells back at Glynda, "They started it!" Glynda continues with her rant, "If it were up to me, you'd be sent home...With a pat on the back...". She notices Ruby's smile, "...And a slap on the wrist." She demonstrates with her wand, which Ruby barely avoids as she gives out an "Eeek!" "But...there is someone here who would like to meet you." She moves out of the way so a surprised Ruby and Ivory can see a man in green come through the doorway, holding a mug and a plate of cookies.
The mysterious man, who is revealed to be the man talking to the narrator, says to the two girls, "Ivory and Ruby Rose..." He leans in to look at their faces. "You...have silver eyes. Ruby stutters while struggling to find a reply, "Uh, um..." Then Ivory asks him, "What does that have to do with anything? The man seems to ignore Ivory's question and asks, "So! Where did you learn to do this?" He gesturing with his head at the tablet showing Ruby and Ivory's fighting. Ruby responds with, "S-Signal Academy." The man looks at Ivory and says to her, "I've never seen anyone use a yo-yo as a weapon before." Ivory responds with, "Well, I wanted something unique." The man then replies with, "Of course." He then looks to Ruby and asks her, "And they taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" Ruby replies with, "Well, one teacher in particular." The man responds with, "I see..." He puts the cookies on the table in front of Ruby and Ivory. Ruby tentatively picks one up, eats it in a single bite, and then, not seeing any rebuttal, shovels the rest into her mouth. Ivory, on the other hand, grabs one cookie and eats it slowly. The man then says, "It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow..." Ruby, mumbling through her full mouth, "Oh! That's our uncle!" She then swallows and wipes her mouth, embarrassed, and then repeats, "Sorry. That's our Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like: Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa!" She proceeds to make some karate-style poses and noises. The man then responds with, "So I've noticed." He places his cup on the table as he leans in, then sits down opposite Ruby and Ivory. "And what are two adorable girls such as yourselves doing at a school designed to train warriors?"
Ruby looks at Ivory, and she nods in response, telling her that she can tell the story. Ruby then says, "Well...We want to be Huntresses." The man asks her, "You want to slay monsters?" Ruby replies, "Yeah! We only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then we're going to apply to Beacon!" She continues talking faster and faster with her enthusiasm growing. "You see, our sister and her friend are starting there this year, and they're trying to become Huntresses, and we're trying to become Huntresses 'cause we wanna help people. Our parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, hey, we might as well make a career out of it!" She giggles and continues, "I mean the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh, you know!" She flips out at the last part, staring at the two with a wide, crazy smile. Glynda and the man study her. The man asks the girls, "Do you know who I am?" Ivory answers with, "You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon." Ozpin says smiling, "Hello." Ruby responds with, "Nice to meet you," while Ivory replies with, "It's a pleasure." Ozpin then asks the twins, "You want to come to my school?" Ruby responds with, "More than anything." Ivory responds with, "Very much." After exchanging glances with Glynda, who shows her disapproval with a "Hmph!" before turning back to the girls, Ozpin finally says, "Well, okay." Ruby and Ivory smile, wide-eyed and open-mouthed.
The scene changes again as Yang Xiao Long tackles her sisters in a hug aboard the large airship to Beacon, crushing the air out of them while yelling, "Oh, I can't believe my baby sisters are going to Beacon with me and Yvette! This is the best day ever!" Ruby, while gasping for air, "Please stop." Yang, after releasing her sisters, "But I'm so proud of you!" Ruby replies with, "Really Sis, it was nothing." Yang says back at Ruby, "What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees." Ruby responds with, "I don't want to be the "bee's knees", okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees." Yang questions her sister, "What's with you? Aren't you excited?" Ruby answers, "Of course I'm excited...I just..." She sighs and continues, "I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." After going over and giving her sister a one-armed hug, Yang says, "But you are special." The other blonde girl, Yvette, asks Ivory, "What about you, Ivory? Are you excited to go to Beacon?" Ivory responds with, "A bit. But I'm also really nervous. However, I'm looking forward to making new friends there." Yvette was a girl who wore a lot of yellow, but in different shades. The only thing she wore that wasn't yellow was her black leather jacket. She had yellow hair, which looked like a bowl cut, and even had yellow eyes, which were actually a shade of gold. The girls' attention is drawn to the 2-D animated newscast on Vale News Network playing nearby, talking about the robbery and showing Roman's mug shot. Cyril, a news reporter, says while the mugshot is on the screen, "The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department." Yvette asks Ivory, "Wasn't he the guy you and Ruby fought against?" Ivory answers, "I think. I can't see holograms." Cyril then says, "Back to you, Lisa." The mugshot changes to Lisa Lavender, with a photo of animal-eared demonstrators holding signs saying "WE ARE NOT ANIMALS!" followed by an image of the logo of a growling red wolf's head with three scratch marks. Lisa Lavender, the reporter says, "Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..." Yvette says while drowning out the news, "That White Fang is really causing problems for everyone." Ivory agrees with her, "Yeah, including the people they are trying to protect." The news feed is cut off as a hologram of Glynda replaces it.
The hologram of Glynda says to the students on the airship, "Hello, and welcome to Beacon!" Yang asks out loud, "Who's that?" By coincidence, Glynda then says, "My name is Glynda Goodwitch." Yang, her question having been answered says, "Oh." Glynda continues with, "You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." After the hologram disappears, Ruby, among several other cries of surprise, "Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here!" Ruby and other students look through the glass walls at the town below. "I guess home isn't too far after all!" Yang says to her red little sister, "Beacon's our home, now." The two hear a passenger groaning and hunched over nearby, running to the back of the ship. Yang breaks the silence with, "Well... I guess the view isn't for everyone." She then rolls her eyes. Ruby agrees and says, "It was a nice moment while it lasted." The ship is seen approaching Beacon across a large body of water. We can still hear Ruby saying, "I wonder who we're gonna meet! I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy. Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!" Yang replies with, "Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Ruby yells at her sister, "Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!"