RWBY: Creature Shifter Episode 2: Welcome to Beacon!

I apologize for the long pause. I have been busy with school, but now that my school year is slowly coming to a close, I may be able to upload more chapters.

And now here is a rundown I didn't get to in the first chapter because the first one was rather rushed:

1. The first two stories will mainly follow RWBY series with my own twist. I will have a third and fourth season that is my own work.

2. The Dragon form resembles a T-rex: both in body style and size, but it has raptor arms and legs that are beefed up to rex standards and it has pterosaur wings on its back. And of course, it does have fire-breath.

3. How Darrel knows Ruby & Yang, they went to Signal together and not only that, but Ruby helped Darrel design his weapon, which you will see in the Emerald Forest episode.

Now that is out of the way, on to the story!

The airship lands at Beacon and all the students exit said ship. When Darrel, Ruby, and Yang saw Beacon, all they could say was "WOW". Beacon was a huge black and grey castle with a very elaborate stone arch in the courtyard. "The view from Vale's got nothing on this!"Yang admired. Darrel agreed with her statement. Soon, Ruby started going deep into her weapon fanatic mode, with Yang dragging from wandering off. "Easy there little sis. They're just weapons." Yang had said in order to calm her sister down. "Just weapons? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us! They're so cool!" Ruby said getting excited. "Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with it? Yang asked. Ruby then pulled out Crescent Rose and replied getting excited, "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose! I just really like seeing new weapons. It's like meeting new people but better." After pulling her hood down, Yang asked, "Ruby, come on, why don't go try and make some new friends of your own?" Ruby-after pulling her hood back up-"But why would I need to make friends when I have you and Darrel?" Yang eventually left with her friends, leaving Ruby to accidentally fall into someone's stuff, with Darrel helping her up and then putting the person's stuff back onto the cart. "What are you doing!" a female voice piped up. Both Ruby and Darrel saw a young lady in mostly white clothes, giving them an angry glare. "Do you know the damage the two of you could have caused!" the young huntress barked. "What is your problem, white princess?" Darrel remarked. "It's heiress, actually." Another voice chimed in. Another female with an olive complexion with long black hair, a black bow, purple eye-shadow with gold colored eyes, a white vest, white and black pants, and purple boots. Darrel could only think, 'Holy Barnum Brown is that goddess before me!' The black haired female then began to explain who the pale as paper girl was. "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in all of Remnant." "Finally some recognition!" Weiss Schnee proclaimed with some confidence and then glared at Ruby and Darrel. "The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." The black haired female continued. "How dare you!" Weiss exclaimed. Both girls went their separate ways, with Weiss stomping off. Darrel on one hand was obviously head over heels for the black haired female. "Ruby, I will be right back, okay? I need to do something. I will meet up with at the amphitheater." Darrel explained before silently following the blackette. Ruby could only think 'Look's like Darrel could get a girlfriend.'

Blake Belladonna-the black haired individual- began to head towards the amphitheater. Along the way she could hear someone behind her. She turned around to see Darrel staring at her. "Can I help with something?" Blake asked. "Name's Darrel. Darrel Maximus." Darrel introduced himself and then holding his hand out. "Blake. Blake Belladonna." Blake had introduced herself and then shaking his hand. "So Ms. Belladonna, would you mind if I walk with you a bit, so I can get to know you?" Darrel had asked and slightly blushing at the last part. "I wouldn't mind at all, Darrel." Blake agreed. After walking for a bit Darrel decided to liven things up with some small talk. "So Blake, what are your interests?" Darrel asked. "Well I'm an avid reader."Blake explained an interest of hers. "I'm also bit of an avid reader. I would rather have a book in my hands than be out and about… at least not since a certain event that led me to bulk up the muscles."Darrel explained. "What happened?"Blake asked. She was now curious about his past. "I would save it for a more… ideal time, if that is fine with you." Darrel asked with a bit of uncertainty in his voice. "I'm fine with that, Darrel." Blake had said with some concern in her voice. Darrel put a hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Blake. You will know… in due time." Darrel said to assure her. Blake smiled lightly at Darrel as did he. "So, shall we head to the amphitheater, ?" Blake nodded. As the two walked, Darrel thought, 'Get to know the girl: check.'

Both Blake and Darrel entered the amphitheater and looked for a spot to stand amongst the sea of people. Darrel could see Ruby getting into an argument with Weiss and Weiss mentioned "and talk about cute boys, like, tall, brunette, and muscular over there." 'Oh boy, this is going to be interesting.' Darrel thought. Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch appeared on the stage. Ozpin then began his speech. "Ahem. I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people." Everyone looks pleased with his speech. Ozpin continues, "But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only take you so far. It is up to take the first step." Afterwards, Ozpin steps down and Glynda steps to the mike and announces, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."

Later that night, all the students gathered in the ballroom. Ruby was on her sleeping bag in her sleepwear, writing something. Yang then crashes onto her own sleeping bag and exclaims, "It's like one big slumber party!" Ruby then says, "I don't think dad would've approved of all the boys though." Yang then looks around and sees a bunch of boys without shirts horsing around. "I know I do." And then purrs. Then, Jaune walks by in blue footies, and ruins Yang's view. Yang then notices Ruby writing something. "What's that?" Ruby then explains, "A letter to the gang back at Signal I promised to tell them about Beacon and how things are going." "Aww, that's so cute!"Yang admires. Embarrassed, Ruby throws a pillow at Yang and exclaims, "Shut up! I didn't get to take all of my friends with me to school, only Darrel. It's weird not knowing most people here. Yang then says, "What about Jaune? He's… nice! There you go! Plus one friend! That's 100 percent increase!" Ruby then says, "I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to one." Yang then says, "There's no such thing as negative friends! You've just made one extra friend and enemy!" Ruby then throws another pillow at her sister. Yang then says, "Look, it's only been one day. Trust me; you've got friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet." The two then hear a match strike and they see Blake in her PJs with a book in hand. They also see Darrel's stuff on the other side of the table. "That girl." Ruby says. "Know her?" Yang asks. "Not really: she left after Weiss left and Darrel followed her." "So Darrel got a girlfriend." Yang says with a bit of low tone. Then see added, "Well let's go meet Darrel's friend." Ruby then exclaimed, "Wait, why?!" Blake then looks up and sees Ruby and Yang coming to see her. "Helloooo!"Yang exclaims. Blake then says hello as well. "So where is Darrel?" Ruby asks. "Darrel left. Said something about heading for the men's room."

Meanwhile, at the men's room… Darrel then walks in and looks at mirror. "I know the candlelight is fine, but I need to see so I can read without getting out my flashlight." Darrel says. "Wounding tooth." Darrel exclaims. Suddenly, Darrel then begins to convulse in pain at his transformation. His body becomes smaller. His skull changes to become longer and thinner and changes to tan colored scales. Emerging from his snout, were rows of small yet serrated teeth that curved backwards. Around his eyes, were blue scales. On top of his head, emerged a wheat colored feathered mohawk. His neck became longer. His arms became thinner and two of his fingers shrunk and the three that remained grew long claws. His legs also became thinner and one of his toes shrunk, one two became reduced and was now on the back of his foot, and the other three toes grew claws with his big toe claw raised off the ground. And emerging from his posterior was a tail that came to a tapered end. To top things off, brown mottled feathers emerged all throughout his body minus his snout, fingers and toes. His eyes were now HUGE with yellow pupils and black irises. As his transformation ended, he was now a 3 feet tall, 8 feet long, and weighed in at 110lbs Troodon. After his transformation, he then made a shrill vulture like shriek.

Back at the ballroom… Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Weiss, who was now about to say something about being woken up by the girl's arguing, hear the shriek. "WHAT WAS THAT?!" a slightly scared Weiss screamed. Both Ruby and Yang think 'Darrel, you didn't!?' "It sounded like it came from the hallway." Blake acknowledged. All four girls then walk to the doorway to the hallway and they look to the right and see something bizarre: a shadow in the doorway to the men's room that looked like a bizarre overgrown chicken. "WHAT IS THAT!?" Blake and Weiss shout at the same time. The shadow then begins to convulse, as if in pain.

Slowly, Darrel's body begins to change back to his normal form with only the Troodon's eyes remaining. Darrel then looks at himself in the mirror, two large yellow and black eyes staring right back at him. "That should help me to see at night." Darrel exclaims. Darrel was in his PJs, which consisted of an emerald colored T-shirt and emerald colored long johns with his eyes now being his Troodon's eyes. Darrel stepped out of the men's room and saw Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang standing there with looks of concern. Blake was the first to speak. "Darrel are you okay? We heard a shriek coming from the men's room."Darrel then craned his head up, revealing his Troodon eyes. Ruby and Yang's expression read 'are you kidding me' while Weiss and Blake's read 'what happened to you' "You two probably looked shocked about my eyes don't you?" Darrel questioned. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF DUST IS UP WITH YOUR EYES? THEY'RE HUGE!" Weiss exclaimed. "Darrel, does this relate to that 'incident' you mentioned. And if so, now might be the ideal time to explain yourself." Blake said with a bit of anger and concern in her voice. "I would love to explain, and now 2 more people will know my secret."

"First of all, I'm not from the Kingdom of Vale. I'm from the Kingdom of Atlas. And my story begins 7 years ago. I was an ordinary 10 year old boy heading home when I was abducted by the White Fang. I could tell it was the White Fang because I saw the Insignia on their clothes. They captured me and took me to some facility. I was strapped down to some sort of operation table. I was injected with some sort of substance multiple times when I arrived. I was then placed in some containment cell and some man told me the reason why I was captured: I was to be the White Fang's super solider and in order to do that they had to inject me with the DNA of over 400 prehistoric life forms. For 2 months, I was subjected to so much pain, they at times I thought about giving up. They even gave me a dragon form, somehow by combining the DNA of a T-rex, a Velociraptor, and a Pterosaur. On the 61st day of my imprisonment, I assumed a flying form and escaped via an open window. I then headed to where I felt safe: home. My parents were in tears when I returned. They thought I was dead. I told them about what happened and I also told them that the White Fang might come looking for us, so we packed up everything we needed and fled Atlas. We decided to head for the Kingdom of Vale because my dad had family there so we began to settle in to our new home. A few weeks after the event, there was announcement relating to the White Fang saying that they were looking for me and would use any way of bringing me back to them. So, myself and my dad began training every day afterwards: whether it be simple combat training or helping me gain control of my forms. I learned that each form I use drains away my aura and, depending on how big the form is, the more aura was drained from me when I change back into my human form, with my Dragon form draining away a whopping 95 %. So, myself and my dad created a drug that would double my aura regain ability. I also discovered my Semblance: Detection. Detection allows me to sense where people are in the surrounding environment, which allows me to dodge most attacks in combat. Unfortunately, I can't detect Grimm. However, Detection gave me heightened senses of sight, hearing, and smell. Detection also allows me to be more adept at absorbing information at faster rate than most people. I was able to keep my powers a secret… until one day at Signal. I saw this jerk by the name of Cardin bullying a Faunus and I despise anyone who is a bully to anyone, especially Faunus, despite having bad history with Faunus. I unfortunately revealed razor sharp teeth and a skin frill and I spat venom at his eyes, which temporarily blinded him. Among the people who watched the fight, were Ruby and Yang. They saw the whole thing. I managed to explain my history and they promised to keep my powers a secret. Ruby also helped forge my weapon. After the event, I found Cardin and afterwards, he never picked on me ever again or any of my friends at all for that matter. As my time went by, I decided to schedule a meeting with the Headmaster of Beacon: Ozpin. I explained to him my history and even demonstrated one of my forms to him. He was rather impressed and even though he was also shocked, he let me attend Beacon, mainly because I was an exceptional fighter that and it was two days from graduation. The rest is history." Darrel explained with multiple emotions at certain points throughout his story. Weiss and Blake were shocked at they had just been told. "How were you able to cope with constantly having the feeling of being hunted?" Blake asked with a bit of sadness in her voice. "I was lucky because for the first three years, the White Fang ignored me. The next four years however, were even more shocking: the White Fang completely forgot about me. So, I guess luck is on my side." Darrel explained. "It doesn't make much sense, but due to your eyes and that shadow that we saw, it's hard not to believe you. Speaking of shadows, what creature did that shadow belong to?" Weiss said then questioned. "The shadow was that of Troodon, an 8 foot long dinosaur that was found in ancient contient called Hesperia, which is now the contient of Vytal. Troodon belonged to a group of dinosaurs called theropods, which were mostly carnivorous. The group that Troodon belonged to in the theropod group was aptly named troodonts. Troodonts were small theropods found on mainly on Hesperia and Capricorn, which is now where the kingdom of Atlas resides. Troodon was unique for 3 main reasons:

1. It was an omnivore.

2. It had exceptionally large eyes allowing it to hunt at night.

3. It had the largest brain to body ratio of any dinosaur.

Darrel then pulls out his Scroll and then displays an image of a Troodon. Afterwards, the rest of the girls leave, except for Blake. "I promise that I will do everything in my power to keep everyone safe from the threats to of this world." Darrel said. Afterwards, both left with Blake winking at Darrel. 'Thank you, Darrel, for giving me hope.'

To be continued…

Pretty interesting chapter, I do say so myself. Darrel's secret is out! Who else will know? Please read and review.