Annnd a third one.

Chapter three: The Arrival

Landing came as a gift, the closed of space, the overactive sisters and the boy how kept on throwing up combined with the mass of people on board made me very happy to step off the airship and on to the landing area.

By that time an unspoken friendship had started blossoming between Kokuran and me and, as we finally step off the ship, we were greeted by a superb view of the academy.

Pillar with flags displaying the colors of vale and a few those of Beacon itself, lined and great white stoned path that led directly into the campus. The campus itself was a sprawling multitude of building all connected by winding paths and gardens or fountains littered the area. It was all perfectly symmetrical and I must have stood there for a while mouth agape because when I finally looked to my friend, who also stood there stunned, I found my mouth had become quite dry.

Swallowing hard seemed to break the spell the scenery had over us and Kokuran turned to me 'I have a couple of things to take care of before the entrance ceremony... catch you later?"

I nodded before starting to walk towards the main building. Further in front of me I spotted the girl in the red hood being left behind by her sister and turned around by the amount of people rushing to various activities before the semester started.

As she clearly became dizzy, I spotted a luggage cart filled with boxes, the aura spike inside of me told me that they were filled with dust, slowly drifting towards her. "Oh oh..." My fears became reality as she fell into the cart knocking over the box.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" the voice froze me in my step.

It wasn't possible. Surely I wouldn't meet her here? The angry owner of the boxes stood over the hooded girl as she mumbled an apology

"SORRY?! Do you have any idea the damage you could have caused?" She was laying it on thick, that little amount of dust could have at most scorched the grass. "No doubt about it... it's her" I smiled, both internally and externally. She had always liked to dramatize everything. She was now standing above the cloaked girl shaking the bottle of Dust in front of her, seemingly unaware she was sparing puffs of Dust all over the other girl.

As I walked towards the girl, all dressed in white, who was busy making a scene, the inevitable happened, Red sneezed and her Aura flared up causing the Dust to ignite in an almost comical way as it did everything the Dust girl was warning.

The bottle flew from her hand and landed at the feet of another girl, this one was dressed in black and whites and seemed to busy herself with a book. The bottle gently coming to a rest by her feet seemed to draw her from her read and she picked up, looking at the logo on it for a while before walking towards the quarreling girls.

"Hey, I said I was sorry, princess!" It looked like Hood had finally had enough of White's attitude.

"It's Heiress actually" the book girl chimed in.

I picked this moment to enter the conversation "Yes! The great Weiss Schnee! Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellent in the world" I recited using a tone that sounded like what I pictured their representatives did when they tried to sell their products.

Weiss did a 180 on her heels to look at me, disbelief plastered on her face.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." the book girl added and I laughed as Weiss's face switched form confused to happy to angry all in a few moments

"SKY! Why are you... How have you..." She turned to the book girl "How dare you! The nerve of some ..ugh!"

She turned to see me laughing and simply pointed "You! Come over here now!" She stormed off in the direction of one of the garden that appeared to cover the campus grounds and I followed suit, briefly nodding to the hooded girl and the book girl on my way.

Once away from prying eyes she turned to face me, arms cross her chest. She stood there for a few moments, apparently waiting for me to say something. After a minute of silence she spoke

"Well!?" I wasn't to sure what she expected of of me and the confusion must have been apparent on my face as her traits softened.

"Are you just going to stand there or am I going to get a hug?" She laughed as she threw her arms around my neck and hung herself there waiting for me to hug her back. I laugh and return the hug. That was the Weiss I knew.

"How are you Miss Schnee?" She let go of me and straightened her dress and gave a disapproving eye

"I told you not to call me that... it's just Weiss. Why haven't you been answering my Mail?" I scratched the back of my headed trying to look apologetic, she would murder me if she found I had run out of paper at home and hadn't taken the time to go buy some.

After catching up with her, she asked me plenty of questions about home, my dad and lady Reass. While she talked, I took some time to look and the young lady she'd become.

I had first met Weiss Schnee five years ago. Her transport had come under attack by White Fang activists while outside of the kingdom and she had ran into the forest on foot. It was a crying twelve years old Weiss I had found in the forest behind my house the next morning. A small hog had driven her up a tree and wouldn't let her down.

The hammer I was using to nail fence post made quick work of it. I had brought her home and my dad had tended to her wounds. After that Lady Reass had insisted on keeping the girl at her house, saying that it was improper for a young lady to stay in a house with two men.

It had taken 2 weeks for the Schnee Company to find her again and in those two weeks she had done little more than shadow me wherever I went. When they sat her back into the car she made me promise that I'd answer every bit of mail she'd send me.

That was how I came to be mail friend with the Heiress to one of the biggest companies in the world... Looking back at her now, she had changed quite a bit! Gone was the small crying girl and, though her height hadn't improved all that much, in her place now stood a young, proud, and, quite frankly, beautiful woman.

Off in the distance a bell rang and Weiss straightened "We are gonna be late!"

She grabbed my hand before I could say anything and dragged me off towards the main building. It seemed like all the students had been crammed in the the hall and the noise hit me like a wall. Weiss's hand did not let go of mine though and I was dragged into the mass of students.

I passed by Kokuran who was hugging the book girl. Seeing me, he raised an eyebrow and followed suit, keeping up with the pace the Heiress was imposing on us.

"How do YOU know Weiss Schnee?" The confusion in his voice was palpable.

I simply nodded my head towards the girl he had been hugging "How do you know book girl"

It took him a moment to register who I was talking about "Book girl? You mean Blake?... Long story"

I nodded once then looked back at the small woman dragging me along "Same here".

My answer must have satisfied him for he simply followed in silence. After a few moments, I felt my hand being squeezed harder as our trajectory deviated from the front of the assembly to a group of people who included the two sister.

"YOU!" I heard Weiss say.

"Oh god it's happening again" Hood hid behind her sister.

I rested my other hand on Weiss's shoulder "Play nice..."

She scoffed at me and pulled out Schnee company pamphlet from... god knows where... and started listing of the company policies at an incredible speed.

Her older sister looked past them to us and half shouted for us to hear her " I'm Yang! What about you guys?"

I smile "Name's DeWinter and he's Kokuran" I pointed to myself then turned point my Faunus friend and I saw him wink at Yang.

He looked at me " What?" I gave him a stare that clearly expressed my disbelief 'Really? You're already hitting on her' He shrugged 'What? She's hot!' I shook my head once more. This was going to be an interesting adventure.