Ten years later...
It has been ten years since I became a servant for the Schnee family. It's been quiet around the manor, of course I have been sent to kill grim who came dangerously close. But they were no match for me and my trusty knifes. Ever since Weiss left for Beacon I've been fighting grim alone. While I am relieved that my young master is out of warms way it does get lonely. Mr. and Mrs. Schnee are often busy with business. The other servants don't talk much and when they do it's nothing too entertaining. I wish something happened to break the mold.
"_" one of the servants walked up to me, "Mr. Schnee asked for you to see him."
"Understood, I will see him right away" I quickly stood up and made my way to Mr. Schnee's study,
This wasn't exactly I had wished for. He's probably calling for me just to see if I'm working hard or not. I'm not worried though, I've been getting all of my duties done a lot faster recently. I knocked on the door before stepping in.
"Come in" Upon hearing those I walked in to see Mr. Schnee looking at some papers, "ah _ just who I wanted to see. Please take a seat."
"Yes sir" I sat down directly in front of his desk and waited until he sat the papers down,
"So, how have you been?" He asked with a smile,
"Honestly sir, the days have gotten less and less eventful..."
He leaned back into his chair, "Yes, I've noticed you've had almost nothing to do after you finish your chores and the other servants have told me you've been more quiet ever since Weiss left."
"Well...your daugther usually kept me company sir."
"Yes I've noticed." He sat there in silence, "Which is why I called you in here."
My ears twitched a bit, I had a feeling I'm going to like what he's going to say next.
"Since you have not much to do around the manor I'm sending you to Beacon as a bodyguard for my daugther. I trust your combat skills are enough to keep her safe?"
A smile creeped on my face, "Of course sir. I will not let anyone or anything harm her."
"Good, now your ship leaves tomorrow morning make sure to pack anything you may need. As for clothes I have clothes arranged in your room so you can leave the maid uniform here if you want to."
I stood up and bowed, "Thank you sir."
I could hear a small chuckle from him, "Your welcome, now go get ready you have a big day ahead of you."
I left the study and headed to my room. I made sure to pack my spare knifes, clothes, hygine supplies, and anything else I needed. After I finished I laid in my bed staring at the ceiling. It's only been a few months since she left but it feels it's been years. I wonder how she'll react? Before I knew it I fell asleep. When morning came to I left for the airship, Mr. and Mrs. Schnee were most likely still asleep when I left. I was so excitied to see my friend again, the only thing that stood between us was a few hours on an airship.
After a long flight I finally arrived at Beacon Academy. It was a lot larger than I expected, how I'm supposed to find Weiss is beyond me. It might be a good idea to ask around or ask someone in charge. Just as I stepped inside the large structor, something had shoved me off my feet and fall to the ground. There was a heavy weight on my back as if whoever tackled me was now laying on top of me. I turned my head to see just who or what could be on top of me. And it was a young man with blonde wearing what seemed like armor. He sat up and rubbed his head a bit.
"o-ow...that really hurt" He whined still not noticing me, "Someone really should fix those stairs! it's always that one step that gets me!" He finally stopped complaining and looked at me. I returned his gaze with a very angry glare. "Oh gosh! I'm so sorry!" The boy quickly stood up and helped me up.
"And here I thought you'd never notice me..." I mumbled to myself,
"I'm sorry...I didn't see you there and I fell down the steps an-"
"Enough! I don't want to hear your excuses" I grabbed my bag off the floor after I dusted off my clothes, "More importantly, I need help finding someone."
His apoloigic look changed to a curious one, "Oh, I might be able to help you with that...I think."
He didn't sound to confident in himself but I might as well ask, "Have you seen a girl by the name of Weiss Schnee?"
"Weiss? She's actually a good friend of mine and her room is actually close to mine. If you want I can show you."
That was easy, "Please lead the way."
I followed him through the long hallways, I saw many different humans and faunus either walking by or idleing. Some rooms were left wide open as people talked amongst themselves. This was quite a different environment than what I'm used to.
"By the way my name is Juane." Juane finally broke the silence, "Do you mind telling me yours?"
"My name is _"
"So..._ are you a friend of Weiss?"
"You can say that. But I'm actually one of the servants that work for her family."
"Oh, did Weiss want something from you or are you here to deliever something to her?"
"Nothing like that. I was sent here by her father just to keep an eye on her."
"Oh I see, that makes sense." Juane seemed to have no more questions so I decided to ask a few myself,
"So how long have you known Weiss?"
"Ever since she came to Beacon. But she's not exactly friendly to me...I think she's like to everyone though. I bet she's very demanding of you back at home right?"
"Not at all, she's actually very kind to me back home. Though I do understand what you mean. Don't take it personally though that's just how she is."
"I see...that's surprising" I understand how he feels, from what the other servants tell me I'm treated differently than they are. Maybe because I've been with Weiss for such a long time?
"Oh here we are this is her teams room." He knocked on the door as soon as we stood in front of it, when there was no response he knocked again but harder. But there was no response. "Huh...looks like she's not here..."
"It's quite alright, I was told I needed to speak to the headmaster when I arrived. But nonetheless you were a great help, thank you Juane."
He smiled, "It was no problem, if you need anything else my room is right here" He jestered to the room across the hall. After we said our goodbyes, I made my way to the headmasters office.
I arrived at the office after asking for directions. After I left Juane I got lost again and had to ask students for directions. But at least I am finally here, I just hope he is here. The office itself is very spacious. A large desk sat at the end of the room and behind it was a slender man with grayish hair. His glasses reflected the book he was reading, he seemed very interested in whatever he was reading.
"Excuse me." I walked up to his desk,
"Ah you must be the new arrival. Please have a seat." He closed his book and set it aside, "I just need you to sign then you can go to your room and rest." He pulled out a few papers out of his desk and laid them out in front of me. I read them over and signed where I needed to sign. He took back the papers and looked over them.
"It was also to my understanding that you'll be attending the same classes as Ms. Schnee is that correct?"
"Yes, I would also like to stay in the same room as her as well"
"I'm sorry I'm afarid we cant do that. Each room has a maximum of four people and there's simply not enough room for you to stay. However, I can have you stay in a room close to her."
"That'll be fine as long as I'm close by."
"Good, now you'll be sharing a room with a group of three so make sure you get well acquainted with them." He handed me a key with a room number on it, "Oh, and enjoy your stay."
"Thank you for your help. I'll be heading to my room now." He went back to reading his book as I stood up and left. I decided to head to my room to at least unpack my things, I've been carrying my bags everywhere I went. I cant wait for my arms to have a little rest...
My room was pretty easy to find, it's not as close as I would've liked but it was good enough. I put my ear up to the door and listened in, it was dead quiet. It seems no one was inside for now. I unlocked the door and stepped inside, it was quite a modest sized room. The beds were all lined up against the wall. Judging by the smell each bed was giving off the bed farest from the room entrance was unoccuiped. I sat my bags on top of it and began unpacking. I looked through the drawers to find empty ones to put my clothes in it, sadly there were very few avaible. With most of my bags already empty I pushed them under my bed. The only things left to store were my knives, seeing no place to keep them I slide them in sheathes and strapped them around my waist. The safest place to keep them would be on me. With nothing left to do, it might be best if to see if Weiss has returned. As I was about to leave the door opened. Three people had walked in, one male and two females they were talking to eachother until they saw me.
"What do you think your doing here?" The darker skin girl asked me, by the sound of her voice she's not happy to see me. Most likely she thinks I'm intruding.
"I'm your new roommate, I'll be staying with you for a while." The girl eyes me up and down while the guy behind her walks around me. This strange behavior, do they not believe me?
"You couldn't stay somewhere else?" she crossed her arms,
"Well, I wanted to stay in the same room as my master but I couldn't"
The guy behind me and started chuckling, "Aww your master didn't want you anymore? Your a stray dog now?"
...is this about me being a faunus? Granted I have met people who are prejudice against my kind even after Weiss' family took me in. But maybe I'm jumping the gun here maybe this is his way of breaking the ice. "No...the rooms here cant have more than four people staying in them."
He crossed his arms and smirked, "Is that so? Why aren't you with your master right now? Off to get treats for her puppy?"
No, this isn't a joke. He talks like those humans who gang up on me when I was young and homeless. They called me a stray and puppy as they would pull my hair and kick me while I'm on the ground. Even the look on his face is as smug as theirs, back then I wasn't able to fight back. Not like now, now I'm strong enough to stand up to people like that. But, even knowing I can fight back. There's most likely a rule against fighting your peers. I cant get into trouble...not on my first day here.
"That's enough." The other girl walked past them and sat on the bed, "Your giving our guest the wrong impression of us." The two exchanged a look and then left. The young woman on the bed had a slight grin on her face when she looked at me with her bright yellow eye.
"Thank you...I don't know what would've happened if he kept it up."
She leaned back and crossed her legs, "Dont worry about my colleagues. They can be rowdy sometimes. Just give it time and we'll get along great. By the way what's your name?"
I'm starting to relax if only a little. She doesn't act like the others, maybe they dont know eachother outside of being a team? "My name is _"
"I see. My name is Cinder." she smiles wider, "The two that were picking on you are Mercury and Emerald."
"They made a rather...interesting first impression..."
"Dont pay it any mind, they're like that whenever they meet someone new. You could say they have trust issues."
Trust issues? It didn't look that way to me...it was like he was trying to bully me or egg me on or something along those lines. "Well, I can insure you I wont cause any problems. This I promise.
"
Cinder nodded, "Good, then all of us should get along just fine."
Just then I heard Weiss' voice from down the hall, "Oh, excuse me I have to go. I have to go might my master."
"Of course, it was nice meeting you."
I walked out the door and walked to where I heard her voice. When her room came to view the door had already shut. I slowly walked up to the door, I began to feel a bit nervous. It's been months since she left. I'm not sure what to say when I see her. I stood in front of the door now. I took a deep breath, straightened my clothes, and knocked on the door. Within seconds I heard footsteps stomping towards me. the knob turned and the door slowly opened. Today, is the day I finally reunite with my best friend!