Author's note: Back from the dead! Yay! Not really, but you get the idea. I have not been active on this site for a while because I fell off of the RWBY hype train after writing, but not watching. But, I recently binged all of Season 3 and I'm back with the hype! Things are going to start picking up on my account again, not too fast, but It won't be just absolutely nothing. This starts the revamp of my account. A note though: Due to lack of happiness writing ASoRVC, I will finish the chapter that I left off on, and then that will be it. No more of that bc I'm not happy with it anymore. Sorry if this pains you, it pains me too, but I can't write something I'm not happy with.
The day had finally come. The day of orientation at Beacon Academy. A common sight seen far and wide was that of a child leaving the house for their new home for four years. Mothers crying and fathers wishing their children good luck on the road ahead. Truly, this day was one of many tears on the way to the airship port. Students from around the globe came to Beacon to be trained as huntsmen or huntresses. This was also the case for the four noteworthy arrivals at Beacon. Rosalie Scarlet, the trained mob assassin turned notable citizen. Silver Mercury, the orphaned boy with a strong sense of justice. Kuro Shiro, the lone wolf. And Tawnné Brown, the small family country girl that defied the odds of her family's social standing. It was on these airships that these four unlikely heroes will meet, changing their lives, and the lives of all of the people who lived on Remnant, forever.
The flight didn't really have much to offer with entertainment. Just a few news channels and some boring magazines. This really didn't suit Tawnné. As a teenaged fox faunus, she wanted to play and mess around with the other students on the airship, but all of them declined her offer. She sat down on the chair closest to her in defeat, settling for taking a nap instead. That is, until she saw a tall, muscularly built boy faunus approaching her. This is it! This is my chance to make a friend!
"Hi!" She said, sticking her hand out for a handshake and smiling like there was no tomorrow.
"Umm… Hi? My name is Silver Mercury. And you are?" The boy asked.
"Oh, um… My name is Tawnné Brown! So, you're going to Beacon, huh?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm excited, yet terrified at the same time. I don't know what is in store for us here. I heard they pick teams somehow. What if I get stuck with people I don't know or like on my team? What if I end up destroying something?" Silver says, eyes wide with fear and anxiety.
"Hey, don't worry Silver. You'll be fine I'm sure you-" She was cut off as a figure whose identity was unknown to her shoved her as they were walking past. All she could tell from looking at them was that there was a darker aura about him. One she hadn't seen before from back on the farm.
"I wonder what that was about?" Silver asks, watching the person walk away.
"I have no idea, but I'm sure that we'll see whoever that is again." The rest of the flight passed by with idle chatter between Silver and Tawnné, the two of them quickly becoming friends. Finally, after travelling to all of the different kingdoms, The Beacon airship landed on the edge of the Beacon property, releasing all of the students into the school. The wave of new students flooded into the opening hall, awaiting the opening ceremony that was commonplace on the first day of Beacon's orientation. Once the crowded hall is filled, a figure that is known to every person there, Julius Ardence, the new headmaster, steps forward into view. A deafening silence falls across the room.
"Welcome, new students, to Beacon Academy! It is a great honor for us to be able to have such a large class this year! It means that you have chosen Beacon over any of the other schools of this level of education. Now, I know some of you are worried about what will happen here, or if you're good enough, et cetera. Well, let me put your minds to rest. Everything will be fine. If you were not good enough to be here, you would not have been accepted into this school. Now, with that in mind, you all need to do your best here. We accepted you because of the best that you have provided and you must show your best on a daily basis to keep your position here. I know you've all heard about the trouble of choosing teams. Well, you do not have control over who you are partnered with. It is up to chance and who you first see on your beginning assignment tomorrow. That being said, there are some… exceptions. If I call your name, stand up and go to my office. It's the left flight of stairs and the third room on the right. These exceptions are: Rosalie Scarlet," A human stands up somewhere in the audience and follow his instructions. "Silver Mercury," He also stands up and goes in the indicated direction. "Kuro Shiro," The kid from the airship that bumped into Silver and Tawnné stands up and goes up the stairs. "And finally, Tawnné Brown." She does the same, following the other four. "And with that, children, I will give you a day to get ready to go on your first mission which will assign your partners and teammates. Good luck. And remember our academy's motto: 'Bound by nothing, progressing through Wisdom and Strength;" After that, Professor Ardence walks off stage to follow the four students that he sent to his office.
"What do you think he wants from us?" Tawnné asks Silver, ignoring Shiro.
"I have no idea…" The door opens and Silver leans close to Tawnné to whisper in her ear, "but I feel like we're about to find out."
"Greetings. My name is Julius Ardence. You four caught my attention with your applications, so I decided to do a little bit of digging. Your life stories intrigued me so much that I decided something right then. You four will be on a team so that I can track your progress. However, because of how… interesting your stories are, I decided to print up a little report for each of you, outlining what to do and what not to do with the other members of your new team." At this point Professor Ardence hands out a three-page packet to all of them. Upon further inspection, they find that it has information on everyone except them. "I hope you listen to these warnings, because they can be the difference between life and death. From now on, you will be known as Team RSST. Any questions?"
"Yes, I have one, Professor Ardence. So we're supposed to be afraid of Princess here if she gets mad?" Shiro asks, motioning at Rosalie. Her face becomes dark and a knife appears at Shiro's throat, Rosalie appearing behind him.
"Careful what you say, kid. I can hurt you… I WILL hurt you if I need to. Take one step out of line and off track and you'll be wishing you didn't insult me. Got that?"
"Yeah, sure whatever. I can be dangerous, too you know…" Shiro says, a shadow coming across the room. His shadow grows bigger and bigger until It's really the only thing you can see in the room. The dark aura that Tawnné had seen earlier was back and stronger this time.
"Shiro! Stop it!" Professor Ardence yells at him, snapping his attention away from Rosalie and making him stop contorting the light in the room.
"Sorry, Professor."
"You had better be. Now, the four of you are to report to your dorm room. The rest of the students will be gone until tomorrow, so you have until then to get to know each other better. And a word to the wise, try and stay out of fights. I would hate to go against my expectations of you and have to expel you after one day. I will see you later. Goodbye." The new team makes their way out of Ardence's office, not talking to anyone until they find their dorm room. The silence is broken once they open the room to their dorm. Silver is the first to speak up.
"Well… This is a thing."
Author's note: And that concludes the first actual story chapter! How did you like it? It's really my first time writing in third person omniscient, so I apologize if the quality is bad. Again, still accepting OCs. PM me, not review, but PM me with all of the things previously mentioned in past chapters. Thanks for the read and follow and favorite if you want to get the updates when they come out.