Solace stares at the hull of the Atlesian troop transport that is bringing him to Beacon, the ride so far has been smooth, not facing a single turbulent since lift off. he looks to his right and sees the two Vanguards assigned to escort him in the trip, he tried to tell them that they weren't needed but apparently his old man had something else in mind and wanted them to make sure that he made it to the academy safely. The two didn't really bother him at all and if anything they looked to him as if he was their senior, except for the fact that Solace is actually younger than them. One of the escorts is a woman, 26 years old, and holds the rank of 1st lieutenant while the other one is a 23 year old male sergeant the woman and Solace have a history of working together in missions while he's unfamiliar with the sergeant. The woman orders the sergeant to contact the Unyielding Flame to give his report then walks to him and takes a seat.
"So how are you feeling right now sir, you nervous?"
"Why should I be nervous, Faustner? Is Beacon Academy apparently a war zone where people are dying left and right?"
"Very funny sir but that's not on what I meant. Beacon Academy may be a place where huntsman are born but it is still an academy and that means a source for drama and romance, something I highly doubt you have experience in."
"Good to know, and why do you continue to call me sir? I'm not your commanding officer nor am I part of the Vanguards anymore."
"You may not be part of us anymore but we all know on how much you've sacrifice for us, if you weren't there when we needed you then none of us may be standing here now. Anyways sir, I remember my days in school, the drama between girls were crazy, rumors spread like wild fire and the boys... no offense to you sir, but boys were very fun to toy with when I was there."
"Never knew you were a sadist, Faustner. But if what you say is true then it looks like I'll have to keep my head down."
"Don't worry sir, you're pretty cute so I'm sure you'll be fine."
"Thank you?"
"Anytime sir."
The p.a system comes on and the pilot's voice is heard "we're approaching Beacon right now, eta 5 minutes."
"Anyways Faustner, I hope you the best of luck in the Vanguards and that we may see other again in the near future."
"It is a shame you are leaving us sir, but please don't be a stranger. We're your family so we'll be here whenever you need us."
The pilot expertly makes the troop transport go through it's landing procedure allowing the VTOL to land softly. Solace gets up from his seat, grabs his bags and makes his way to the hatch but before he could leave, Faustner, gives him a hug then let's go. As soon as Solace was on the ground the VTOL fired up it's engines, lifting it up back to the sky, afterwards it's engines goes horizontal and flies off back to Unyielding Flame's location. He watches it fly away until it looks like a black dot in the sky then made his way to the exit of the airport. Once there Solace sets his bags down to catch a breather, but then his stomach begins to grumble, he looks around to see if there were any food vendors nearby but is disappointed when he's unable to spot one.
"It's amazing to see that even when trained to tackle any adversity that may come your way, the one thing that will always crush a man's spirit is the absence of food" Solace is startled from the voice and turns quickly towards the source. When he sees on who talked, Solace straightened up his posture.
A woman? "Sorry ma'am, but who are you?"
"Polite and disciplined, you certainly live up to your profile, Solace. I am Glynda Goodwitch and I am a teacher at Beacon, it is a pleasure to meet you" she extends her arm for a handshake to which Solace accepts. "With greetings aside, I am here to escort you to the room where the first years will stay for the first night. If you have no questions, please grab your bags and follow me." Solace does exactly on what she says and after he grabs his bags he makes sure to stay at least an arms distance from her. "Now I'm sure you're very excited to get a look around of the academy but as soon as you drop off your luggage you're to meet with the head master himself. It seems that he has taken a particular interests in you, am I understood?"
"Crystal clear ma'am."
"Good."
While the two continue their way to the room, Solace takes the opportunity and observes the scenery. The school looked exactly as it did in the brochures he received while on the Unyielding Flame, quiet, peaceful and open. Solace spent most of his Vanguard career aboard the Vanguard flagship so he thought the open space that Beacon provided was a nice change of pace. The only thing that seemed out of place for him was that he noticed two girls arguing about something which led to a small explosion. Had he not have something important to attend to, Solace would've investigated on what was going on. The two finally makes it to the room and Solace places his bags near a book shelf, this should be an easy place to remember. Glynda then leads Solace to the head master's office and when they arrive the head master looks like he was waiting for them, with a cane in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other he takes a small sip then walks closer to the two.
"I'm sure I'm not the first to say this to you but I'd like to say it anyways. Welcome to Beacon Academy the birth place of many esteemed huntsmen and huntresses throughout history, I am Ozpin, head master of this school. It's a pleasure to finally meet you Mr. Krieg, Becker talked very highly of you."
"Thank you for the greetings sir but may I ask on why you requested to see me personally?"
"Hmm, do you know on what are the requirements in joining my school, Solace?"
"Yes sir, the applicant needs to have spent years in one of the kingdom's prestigious combat schools as well as possessing a very decorated transcript from those schools."
"You're correct, and yet you're here."
"Sir?"
"I'm well aware of your past, Krieg. You're colonel and I have a bit of history of working together and he was kind enough to tell me on who you were. Every single one of my students here spent time at a combat school and fought hard for their transcripts but you on the other hand did not. You fought for survival for not only yourself but for others as well."
"I fought for my family, sir."
"Now when you say family I can safely assume you're talking about the Vanguards?"
"Yes sir... With all due respect, where's this going at sir? I don't understand on why you're questioning me."
"I'm just gauging on what I'm dealing with."
"What are you gauging exactly, sir?"
"You. We've never had a student enroll here with your kind of background before so I just wanted to see if you have any problems that may arise in the near future."
"Sir, if you're worried about my past haunting me then I can tell you this. I haven't spent a single waking moment where I wasn't thinking about the things I've done in the past but I don't let my regrets control me. I've accepted all of the sins I've committed but I made it as my personal objective to repent every single one of them. Which is why I'm here, I want to protect everyone like the huntsmen of the past and I'll do everything in my power to make sure that I don't crumble while on this journey."
"Heh, you know there's an old saying that goes something like this, 'there is no greater enemy one can face than themselves.' Internal conflicts within one self has been the cause of many unfortunate endings for everyone around the world. How do I know you won't be another victim?"
"Because I won't, sir."
Ozpin gives Solace a very stern look then lets out a brief chuckle "looks like we have promising one Ms. Goodwitch. That'll be all Solace, you may return back to the room and get your things settled, afterwards make your way to the auditorium, you wouldn't want to miss your orientation now."
Solace does as he was told and makes his way to the elevator, as soon as he was gone Glynda looks at Ozpin "are you sure that the boy will be fine?"
"You've read his transcript, Glynda. He has extensive combat experience with the Grim, so I think he'll be an asset to us."
"True, or he could be a liability, he's transcripts also read that he hardly has any control of his aura and that he doesn't even know on what his semblance is. Those are pretty important for a huntsman to have in order to their job."
"True, but this is a school after all so let's give him a chance."
"I still say it's a bad idea."
"Well if it'll make you feel better I'll like you to keep a close eye on him and make sure that he doesn't just snap."
Glynda sighs, "I suppose so..."
Solace went to check on his possessions and panics at first when he couldn't spot it at a distance but when he gotten closer to the book shelf he placed it nearby to, he realizes his line of sight was just being obscured by a fellow student. She looks like she was going to settle near the book shelf as well so not wanting to accidentally have their stuff get mixed up he moves his bags a little farther away and makes a definitive gap between him and the girl. Afterwards he proceeds to the auditorium where the orientation was to be held. Once there Solace's breathe was taken away when he sees on how many new students are attending the academy with him, all of them wanting to do the same thing. He tries to mingle with the students inside but it looked like everyone already had their own groups, he continues to look around and recognizes one of the students with somebody. The student he recognized was the girl in the explosion earlier this morning, seeing that he has an opportunity to find out on what happened he walks up to her. But before he was able to begin a conversation, she runs off and leaves the other student behind. The student that accompanied her was a blonde male and he looked very disappointed after the girl left. I approach him to see if he's alright, "hey, you don't look too happy of being here. Is everything alright?"
"Huh, yeah I'm fine. It's just. It looks like I just got ditched."
"Was that girl in red your girl friend?"
"Oh, ah no, she isn't but I uh-" clears his throat. "I mean it'll be nice if she was but anyways I'm Jaune Arc" he extends his arm for a handshake to which Solace accepts.
"I'm Solace Krieg."
"Nice to meet you Solace. Hmm you don't look like you came from here, are you from Atlas?"
"What, makes you say I'm from Atlas?"
"I didn't mean to offend you or anything but the way your dressed is all clean and tight as well as your face."
"Thank you for the compliment, Jaune. But you're not entirely wrong nor are you correct. I did come from Atlas but I didn't attend any of it schools."
"Oh, well then where did you attend then-" Jaune's sentence is interrupted when Professor Ozpin and Ms. Goodwitch appears at the front of the crowd and grabs everyone's attention.
"I'll keep this brief... you've traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and to acquire new skills, and when you're finish, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look among-st you and all I see is wasted energy. A need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." Professor Ozpin then steps aside and allows Ms. Goodwitch to take the stage. She tells us on what to expect tomorrow and that we should be prepared, afterwards she dismisses us. I turn back around to Jaune to see that he was gone and was with the group where the girl in red was. Solace assumes things weren't going to swell for him because it looked like Jaune was just being teased again, not really wanting to invest himself with anybody else in the room he leaves and decides to explore the campus.
It takes Solace a couple of hours but he finally was able to get a basic layout of the academy and returns to where his luggage was. When he arrives he's surprised to see that the group Jaune was with is actually close by on where he slept. Solace assumes that they were all friends and continues on with his business; setting his sleeping bag out and switching to his pj's, white T-shirt and blue shorts. He then gets himself in a comfortable position and tries to go to sleep, but before everything goes dark he hears that one of the girls near him is related to the Schnee company, a Schnee is here, huh? Great. I wonder if she's anything like he said his daughter would be.