We open to a view of several ships carrying students and docking at the entrance of the school. As soon as one lands, the sick passenger emerges and goes over to the nearest trash can, hunching over it as he loses his lunch. Ivory, Yvette, Ruby and Yang, alongside several other students, walk out of the ship and head down the paved path to the front of the school. The four girls, as they take in the entirety of Beacon Academy: "Wow..." Yang, still looking up, "The view from Vale's got nothing on this!" Yvette, looking at Ivory, "What do you think, Ivory?" Ivory, looking at Yvette, "Looks nice." Ruby, getting so excited she becomes a 2-D, starry-eyed, floating chibi, "Ohmygosh, sis! That kid's got a collapsible staff! And she's got a fire sword!" She tries getting closer, but Yang pulls her sister by the hood back into realistic proportions. "Ow! Ow!" Yang says to her excited sister, "Easy there, little sister. They're just weapons!" Ruby questions Yang, "'Just weapons'? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us! Oh, they're so cool!" Yang asks Ruby, "Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with it?" Ruby, transforming her weapon into its scythe form, "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose! I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people, but better..." Yang, playfully pushing her sister's hood down over her face, "Ruby, come on, why don't you go try and make some friends of your own?" Ruby, taking off her hood, "But...why would I need friends if I have you?" Yang starts, "Well..." But in a flash, a group of other students surround Yang and they all dash down the road, "Actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up. 'Kay, see ya, bye!" Yvette yells offscreen, "See you guys later!" Ruby, spinning and dizzy-eyed from Yang's sudden leaving, "Wait, where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms?" She stops for a moment, still reeling, "I don't know what I'm doing..."
Ruby falls backwards into a luggage cart, sending cases flying. Someone is standing over her. We hear a angry girl ask, "What are you doing?!" Ruby, getting up on her hands, "Uh, sorry!" We now see the girl, who is revealed to be Weiss Schnee with Vanessa Schnee behind her, who seems to not approve of Weiss' yelling, "Sorry?! Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?" Ruby, holding a case, "Uh..." Weiss turns to Vanessa, who seems to be making signals with her hands and cowers at Weiss, who is too angry to be gentle with her sister, "I know she didn't cause any damage Vanessa, but she could have!" Ivory tries to defend Ruby, "Well, you should have been more careful with where you put your items!" Weiss grabs the case from Ruby's hands, "Give me that!" She opens it to reveal its twinkling-sounding contents, "This is Dust-mined and purified from the Schnee quarry!" Ruby, still shook up, "Uh..." Weiss continues to yell, "What are you, brain-dead?" She holds out a vial of red Dust and shuts the case, "Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!" Ruby tries to explain, "I...I know..." She starts coughing from the Dust pouring into her face. Weiss keeps yelling, "Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?!" Ivory looks at Ruby and the surrounding Dust and shouts, "Look out!" as she grabs Vanessa's hand and gets away as Ruby, who had been receiving more and more Dust to her face, finally sneezes, which erupts into a full-blown explosion of flame, snowflakes, and electricity right onto Weiss. The bottle she had been holding flies over the courtyard and at the feet of Blake Belladonna, who picks it up and notices the Schnee Dust Company logo on the side as she reads from a book. She looks over to the person next to her, Rebel Wolf, a girl with wolf ears and tail who dressed in black boots, pants, and a trench coat, and looks over at the scene. Weiss keeps yelling, now covered in soot, though it quickly disappears, as Ivory and Vanessa return, "Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" Ruby, apologetic and embarrassed, "I'm really, really sorry!" Weiss still yells, "Ugh, you complete dolt! What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?" Ruby, trying to explain her situation, "Well, I-I..." Weiss again yells, "This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice, you know! We're here to fight monsters, so...watch where you're going!" Ruby, finally fed up, "Hey, I said I was sorry, princess!" Blake, off screen, entering the conversation, "It's heiress, actually." Ruby, Weiss, Ivory, and Vanessa look over as Blake and Rebel approach with the bottle, "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." Weiss, smiling smugly, "Finally! Some recognition!" Rebel then says, "The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." Weiss looks at Rebel, and says with an angry face, "I should have expected something like that from a Faunus." Rebel then smiles smugly and says right back, "And I should have expected something more dignifying from a Schnee." Weiss getting angry again as Ruby and Ivory chuckle, "Wha-How dare you-The nerve of...Ugh!" She gets up in Rebel and Blake's faces and takes the bottle from them, walking off in a huff as her helpers gather the luggage and follow. Vanessa looks at Ivory and waves quietly with an embarrassed smile and runs off to catch up to Weiss. Ruby, to the storming Weiss, still sorry, "I promise I'll make this up to you!" She sighs. "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day...So, what's..." She sees Blake and Rebel walking off as well, then collapses to the ground on her back. "Welcome to Beacon..." Ivory, trying to make her sister feel better, "Don't worry Ruby. Things can only get better from here." Ruby stays on the ground until another shadow comes over her. The sick passenger, holding out his hand, "Hey...I'm Jaune." Ivory introduces herself, "I'm Ivory" Ruby, taking Jaune's hand, "Ruby." She stands up and chortles, "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?"
Beacon inside the walls are filled with scenic trees, arching architecture, and a winding road alongside a river, down which Ruby, Ivory and Jaune are walking. Jaune defending himself, "All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Ruby, laughing, "Look, I'm sorry! Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind." Jaune retorts, "Oh, yeah? What if I called you Crater Face?" Ruby defends herself, "Hey, that explosion was an accident!" Jaune introduces himself, "Well, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue-ladies love it!" Ivory, skeptic, "Do they?" Jaune struggling, "They will! Well, I-I hope they will. My mom always says that...Never mind." Ruby giggles before a short, awkward silence falls. "So...I got this thing!" She pulls out Crescent Rose and stabs it into the ground. Jaune yells out in surprise, "Whoa! Is that a scythe?" Ruby nods her head and says, "It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!" Jaune asks, confused, "A-wha...?" Ruby cocks it, smiling, "It's also a gun." Jaune, realizing it is a gun, "Oh. That's cool!" He then looks to Ivory and asks, "What about you?" Ivory brings out her weapon and demonstrates it's transformation, "My weapon is a little unique. It's a staff that turns into a yo-yo." Jaune looks on in wonder, "Never heard of a yo-yo weapon before." Ruby asks Jaune, "So what've you got?" Jaune, wide eyed, "Oh! I, uh..." He unsheathes a blade. "I got this sword!" Ruby is amazed, "Oh!" Jaune continues, "Yeah, and I've got a shield, too!" He gets his scabbard, raises his arm and expands the metal into his defense. Ruby asks, touching the shield, "So, what do they do?" Jaune, fumbling with the shield as it retracts off his arm, expands, and retracts again before putting it back in place and finally shrinking it down for good, placing it on his belt, "The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just...put it away..." Ivory asks, "But...wouldn't it weigh the same?" Jaune, dejectedly, "Yeah, it does..." Ruby, giggling, "Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, so...I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it." Ivory looks at her weapon and says, "I went a little less overboard with my design." Jaune asks amazed, "Wait-you two made those?!" Ruby replies, "Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons! Didn't you make yours?" Jaune replies, "It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war." Ruby replies, "Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!" Ruby laughs, and Ivory says, "Well, I like it! Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days." Jaune, sheathing his sword, "Yeah, the classics..." Ruby, moving on again, "So why'd you help me out back there? In the courtyard?" Jaune, walking alongside her, "Eh, why not? My mom always says, 'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.'" Ruby ponders the thought, "Hmm." She looks around. "Hey, where are we going?" Jaune realizes the situation the three are in, "Oh, I don't know! I was following you two. Y-You think there might be a directory? Maybe a food court? Some kind of recognizable landmark? Is, uh...Is that a 'no'?" Ivory says, laughing, "That's a 'no'."