We open to the window overlooking Beacon Academy from the new room of Team RWBY and Team IVRY, Weiss Schnee is sleeping soundly in her bed. Her eyes flutter open and she stretches her arms above herself, yawning, while Ruby Rose, dressed in her strangely-colored school uniform, creeps up on her side and suddenly blows a whistle, causing Weiss to fall off the bed. Ruby says with enthusiasm, "Good morning, team RWBY!" Ivory comes in and says, " And good morning, Team IVRY!" Weiss yells from the floor, "What in the world is wrong with you two?" Ruby says, ignoring the question, "Now that you're awake, we can officially begin our first order of business." Weiss, after getting up and brushing herself off, asks, "Excuse me?" Yang Xiao Long says while holding a collection of objects - pillows, pamphlets, a candle-holder - in her arms, also dressed alongside Blake Belladonna, "Decorating!" Weiss asks, "What?!" Blake says after lifting her suitcase, "We still have to unpack." The suitcase opens, spilling its contents. "And clean." Weiss sees that Team IVRY is there as well and asks, "What is Team IVRY doing here anyway?" Yvette replies, "Did you already forget?" Vanessa gives her sister a questioning look and Rebel states, "There weren't enough dorms for everyone so both our teams are sharing this big dorm." Weiss does not look enthusiastic, especially when Ruby knocks her back again with the blow of her whistle. Ruby then says, "Aaaalright! Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby…" Ivory interrupts, "...Along with Vanessa, Rebel, Yvette, and their fearless leader Ivory…" Ruby and Ivory say together, "...Have begun their first mission!" They raise their fists into the air. "Banzai!" Ruby and Ivory with Blake, Rebel, Yang, and Yvette, doing the same at their sides, "Banzai!" Vanessa also raises her fist. They turn at an angle as Weiss lays on the floor and upbeat montage music starts playing.
On Team RWBY's half, Yang places a poster of six guys in various poses named "THE ACHIEVE MEN" on her part of the room. Weiss positions the painting of the Forever Fall forest to perfection and walks away. Blake is busy putting away her books on the shelves, picking up a copy of Ninjas of Love and widening her eyes as she warily looks around before putting it back. Ruby positions Crescent Rose at an exact angle against the curtains so she can perfectly slash a diagonal portion off. On Team IVRY's half, Yvette is placing action figures. Vanessa fixes up some plushies. Rebel places some books on a bookshelf. Ivory places a box full of replacement strings for Quarter Stone on the floor. A quick zoom around the room, and the repaired curtains, ends with the girls admiring their handiwork...with one problem. The beds are cramped together in the center of the floor. Weiss says "This isn't going to work." Blake agrees, "It is a bit cramped." Yang adds, "Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff..." Ruby suggests "Or we could ditch the beds... and replace them with bunk beds!" Weiss replies, "Umm, that sounds incredibly dangerous." Yvette says, "And super-awesome!" Rebel agrees "It does seem efficient." Weiss says, "Well, we should put it to a vote!" Ivory replies, "I think we just did." To the sounds of five dings and a single buzz, Blake thumbs up the idea, Yang makes a double-rocker gesture, Vanessa smiles, Rebel gives two thumbs up, Yvette puts both fists in the air, and Weiss angrily curls her fists at her side. Decided, they rush at the beds, where sounds of jack hammering and sawing are heard until they gather back at the front of the room. Ivory then says, "Objective: Complete!" While Weiss' bed is simply on the ground next to her art and luggage, Blake's bed is next to her books, which are used to raise Yang's bed over it by placing the novels on the posts, and Ruby's is hanging from ropes on the ceiling with a blanket used as a tent over it. Vanessa's bed is next to her plushies while boxes of replacement strings hold up Ivory's bed. Rebel's bed is next to her books, which also hold up Yvette's bed. Ruby says, "Alright! Our second order of business iiiiiiiis...!" The room spins until she lands on her bed and a book lands in her lap. "Classes..." She pulls out a pencil. "Now, we have a few classes together today. At 9, we've got to be-" Weiss asks, "What?! Did you say 9 o'clock?" Ruby replies, "Um..." Weiss yells, "It's 8:55, you dunce!" Weiss is the first rushing out of the room and down the hall, the members of RWBY, IVRY, and JNPR peeking out from their doorways to look at her go. Ruby is flabbergasted until she decides, "To class!" Ruby runs out, followed by Yang, and Blake. Ivory then says, "Let's go, team!" Ivory runs out followed by Vanessa, Rebel and Yvette. Jaune Arc asks, "Class...?" Jaune loses his balance and ends up toppling Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren on top of him. He manages to get out from under them and start dashing. Jaune says, "We're gonna be late!" In the courtyard, Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch watch the three teams hurry through the school. Glynda looks at her watch, and Ozpin simply sips his coffee.
The sight of an axe-blunderbuss weapon pans down to the boards displaying various species of Grimm - King Taijitu, Death Stalker, Beowolf, Boarbatusk, Nevermore, and Ursa - behind an elderly teacher named Peter Port who says, "Monsters! Demons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!"
The members of RWBY and IVRY, seated on the front row and second row, are in varying stages of interest; Rebel and Yvette are bored, but paying attention, Vanessa, Ivory, Blake, and Yang are sitting up and paying attention, Weiss is taking notes, and Ruby has her head propped in her hand as she takes a quick nap until she is woken back up by Port's bad joke, which receives a cricket-filled silence as a result. Port continues, "Uh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses..." He gives Yang a wink, which she groans uncomfortably at. "Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!" A student raises his fist and yells, "Ayyyy-yep!" He stands like this for a moment as everyone looks at him strangely before sitting down, embarrassed.
Port continues, "That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man...Me! When I was a boy..." His words fade into the background, and a series of "blah"s, when Weiss notices Ruby is very focused on penciling the paper in front of her. "...Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me..." The speech evolves into more "blah"s as Ruby snickers at her creation and shows it to her teammates and Team IVRY: A general ball-with-limbs-and-a-head drawing of the teacher with stink lines coming from him and "Professor Poop" written underneath. Blake and Yang are heard laughing, but Weiss looks annoyed. Port clears his throat and he waits until he has their attention again. "In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!" The teacher takes a bow as Weiss slowly gets more and more frustrated with Ruby's antics. "The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable!" Ruby is balancing an apple on a book with her pencil held only by her finger while making a silly face. "A true Huntsman must be dependable!" Ruby has fallen asleep again in the first class of the year. "A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!" Ruby is not-so-subtly picking her nose, much to Weiss' building anger. "So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" Weiss, still angry, she raises her hand, "I do, sir!" Port replies, "Well, then, let's find out!" He turns to gesture at the glowing red eyes surrounded by shadow shaking the cage that traps it. "Step forward, and face your opponent!" The unknown monster continues to growl.