CHRL – A RWBY Inspired FanFic
This is my first attempt at creative writing but after thinking about doing this for a while I decided now was the time to finally get around to writing a story of my own.
Set in the not too distant future of the RWBYverse. This is the story of a new group of students... a new group of heros. I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1 – Arrival at Beacon
"If you want to get started, just pick up whatever you can get your hands on and fucking get moving." - Gray Haddock.
As the airship was making its final approach, the mass of students fell silent as they were taken in by the awe and majesty that was the Beacon campus. The clock tower reaching high among the clouds, Cole wondered how anyone could even see it, let alone use it to tell the time.
As the airship was landing the doors opened, and the students started piling out. Being forced along with the crowd, bag in tow, his long black coat flapping in the wind from the airship engines, Cole took a moment to stop and examine the campus around him.
It wasn't what he had expected. Although he knew they stuck to the original design as much as possible when rebuilding the school, after its fall all those years ago, he had expected it to look more modern. He was confident that there had been some modernisation to the structure of the building, but on the surface they had managed to keep a more traditional appearance. Something he suspected was done to give the illusion of academia.
Before he could finish his thought Cole found himself on the floor, in the very uncomfortable position of having his suitcase under his back supporting him in all the wrong places.
As he let out a groan he heard a voice standing above him, "Oh my, I'm so sorry. Get off him you dunce."
It was at this point that Cole realised amongst the pain and confusion he had failed to notice the shorter student lying atop him. Both of them got up off of the floor, the other student being assisted by what Cole could only assume the source of the apology moments ago.
His assumption verified as the young man spoke, "I am so sorry for my boyfriend, say sorry." He snapped, while giving his boyfriend a swift smack to the stomach.
"Oh um yeah sorry" The still slightly dazed boy mumbled out "I uh guess I wasn't looking where I was going, my bad."
While it would have been easy to let the other guy take the blame for the incident, Cole was well aware of his own fault and wasn't about to let someone else take all the responsibility. "It's fine, don't worry about it. I was the one who thought it would be a good idea to stand amongst a stampede of students, and not pay attention to those around me."
The young man's face lit up with a smile, his boyfriend dusting him off "Thanks".
As he finished dusting off the worst of the dirt from his boyfriend, the other boy spoke again "Although, even if you had been paying attention, it wouldn't have helped you spot a blundering dunce approaching from behind." Glaring at his boyfriend, as he pointed out what he thought to be an obvious fact.
A loud, stern voice suddenly spoke out over an intercom, "All students are to depart the docking bay, and make their way to the main hall. Where there is, I'm sure much needed, food and drink waiting. Thank you that is all." With that, Cole bent down to pick up his bag.
He turned to the couple stood beside him, speaking with muffled voices, "Actually, that's not entirely true." being purposefully cryptic in his statement, as to grab their attention. "But perhaps we should do as the lady suggested?" He offered, as he gestured for them to walk with him towards the entrance. The two picked up their bags, laced their arms together and walked along side Cole toward the entrance.
"Name's Cole by the way" Forgoing his usual habit of offering his hand, given how everyone was preoccupied with carrying their bags.
"Uluka, and my dunce of a boyfriend here is Rian" nodding his head toward the man walking beside him.
"So let me get this straight. You can see everything around you at any given time?" Rian asked, trying to wrap his mind around the idea of being able to see in all directions at once.
"Well not quite, it's not like vision with your eyes. My semblance allows me to sense or feel what's around me; I couldn't use it to tell you what colour something is." Cole explained.
"Doesn't that mean, that you can only use it for short amounts, seeing as it's your semblance?" Uluka asked, still holding onto Rian's arm.
"Unlike most semblances' mine is on continuously, it changes in intensity though. The only way I can describe it is like listening, you can listen harder to hear more, or you can zone out and miss what's being said to your face." Rian giving a cheeky grin as he felt his lover's glare heating up the side of his face.
All three of them paused for a moment as they entered the main hall. Taken back by the magnificent sight of the enormous room, but more so by the fact that it was overflowing with students, all trying to get at the food and drink, before trying to find a seat.
"Hmm" Uluka's tone communicating his displeasure at the thought of having to manoeuvre between the horde before them.
His boyfriend quick to try and lighten his mood, "We could, um we could always-" His attempts falling short as he was unable to think of a way to remedy the situation.
"I have an idea." Cole spoke up. "There are some free tables over there." He said pointing off to the side of the room. "If I give you my bag, you two go grab us some seats, while I join the queue."
Handing off his bag to Rian, as the young man looked him in the eye and mouthed a "Thank you".
As the young couple turned and headed towards the free tables, Cole moved to join the queue. As he reached the back of the line, he could see the people at the other end moving off with their food and drink with speed, hoping that meant that the line would be quick.
A few minutes passed, and Cole was about halfway to the front. His attention distracted, as he couldn't help but notice the argument going on right before him. Two girls, one looked a few years older than the other, and given how similar they looked he could only assume they were sisters. Both of them had black hair, the elder's was longer and more straightened. The younger's much shorter only falling to just below her jawline; she also had dark red tips.
The younger sister gave a small punch to her sister's arm, with that the older pushed her back. Knocking her sister off balance, she fell backwards into Cole. "Well this is one way to meet new people, I suppose." He joked to himself. This time at least, Cole didn't have to pick himself up off the floor.
The young girl turned on the spot, quick to apologise, Cole almost not hearing her soft voice over the crowd around them.
"Err it's fi-fine" he stuttered out, kicking himself for not speaking more clearly.
"Well um it's nice to meet you. My name's Alexis." The young girl replied, hoping to break the ice. There was an awkward silence, Cole not having realised his dark brown eyes were staring off into the distance, as he was focused using his semblance to study the young woman.
As he seemingly ignored the girl, she continued hoping maybe he hadn't heard her, "…and this is my sister, Netes."
Cole was slow to respond, annoyed with himself over how awkward he was being. "I uh I mean, it's a- my pleasure. Cole, my name it's uh Cole." He babbled out.
Both the girls stood there, unsure how to deal with what stood before them. Alexis getting annoyed that he wasn't even looking at her, while she was speaking to him. "So what brings you to Beacon?" the young girl asked.
Cole thought the answer a simple one, "To become a hunter." Until he thought aloud and realised how plain that answer was, surely he could do better.
Before he could think of anything to say, Netes posed a question of her own, "What's your weapon?"
With the second question being a no brainer, he replied, "Dual Diligence. A set of dual wield pistols that transform into daggers; I also supplement my arsenal with throwing knives."
Happy with his response, he was about to ask what the girls weapons were, but before he could continue, Alexis cut him off, "Alright well nice meeting you." She said, forcing her soft tone, as she turned her and her sister back to face the front of the queue.
Cole was unaware of how the girl was feeling, as she hid her anger while she thought to herself "What's his problem? He can't even look at me while I'm talking to him? Or even answer my question. He answered Netes question quickly enough, no doubt hoping to get lucky with her. Huh will he be disappointed."
Cole watched as the sisters walked off and disappeared into the sea of people, before turning to order food for him and the boys. In that moment, he realised he had forgotten to ask them what they wanted. "Oops".
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Please leave a comment with any thoughts or suggestions, I would love to hear from you guys.
