The cadets were registered already, so they did not have to drop by the registration office and were instead led immediately to a waiting area. There Avros was handed a small, metal box by another officer. In the box was a set of smartphone-shaped communicator devices for the cadets.

"Cadets. These are your communicators. They also serve as your identification devices as well in order to allow and keep track of the areas in the Academy where you proceed to. Do not lose them, as there will be consequences o if you do," he spoke.

They all lined up and were given one each. Avros instructed them to place their thumbs on the "home" button. Upon doing so the devices lit up and displayed each of their personal information. A notification appeared, telling them which rooms in the dormitory that they would be occupying.

"Aww..." Aruin said as he looked at the notification. "...looks like it isn't co-ed, Ruby. Looks like we can't be roommates."

Ruby sighed as her dark-haired, brown-eyed, and tan-skinned friend read through the notification. He was assigned with another male cadet, a cadet named Jhosef Asdar, whom they knew as well.

"Well that's too bad...huh?" Ruby suddenly stoppped when she saw that she didn't have a roommate.

"That's odd. Why don't I have a roommate?" She asked out loud. Before she knew it, Avros was approaching her.

"Oh. Pardon us for that Miss Rose but it seems that there aren't enough women in your batch to pair you up with unfortunately. In the meantime however, you will have the room for yourself until we can find you one."

"Oh. Okay then, sir," she said as she lowered the communicator. Avros then turned away from her to announce.

"Now, cadets. This is the time I must dismiss you. Proceed to your dorms now and get used to the Academy. The first semester starts tomorrow so get to it." He said to all of them. The cadets started to leave, with Ruby saying goodbye to Aruin. But before she left, Avros stopped her.

"Yes sir, what is it?" She asked as he glanced at Aruin before facing her.

"You and Cadet Sheridan are good friends, yes?" He asked.

"Well of course, sir!" She said. "All of us from the orphanage are friends!"

Avros smiled and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You have a very can-do attitude, Miss Rose. It's not very often that we see promising recruits like you around here, but since I've taken a liking to you, I'm going to let you in on a little secret." He told her.

"Be careful with your friends. The Office of Student Outcomes makes wedges between close friends to ensure your loyalty to the Empire itself, so be VERY careful. Personally I don't agree with their methods because I've lost a lot of friends thanks to them, but I have no say in the matter so I can't do anything." He said to her. Ruby was surprised to hear this information.

"You didn't hear that from me, okay? Now run along and good luck out there!" He said as he patted her back as she walked off and he turned to the opposite direction. It wasn't long until she reached the room. After she had the communicator scanned at the security scanner, she entered it. It was colored white and gray, medium-sized, with a bunk bed, a closet opposite it with a mirror on one of the doors, a bathroom, two study desks with cabinets, and a sliding window door that led to a small balcony. The door had an auto-lock function that closed it from 8pm to 8am in the morning. The view was of the towering spires of Coruscant, which of course was astonishingly mesmerizing.

"This is going to be a great school year!"

"Commander Schnee. We are almost at the Academy," the pilot of the Lambda-class shuttle said as it descended from the sky from one of the Imperial Star Destroyers. It's passengers were none other than Imperial Commander Winter Schnee and her sister, Weiss. They were also accompanied by five of Winter's personal stormtrooper guards, although they were just really there to carry Weiss' baggage inside the academy.

"Winter...you know you don't have to this for me, right?" Weiss said as she rested her chin on her hand while looking out the viewport of the shuttle. "You're just wasting valuable military resources and time."

Winter, who was seated on the aisle to the right of Weiss, disagreed. "Ugh. Weiss...you should know that I'm doing this not just because our stepparents want me to see you off. I'm doing this because I genuinely love you." she said as she faced Weiss.

"I want to relish seeing you finally go to college! Although I must warn you. The Royal Imperial Academy has high requirements if you ever want to enter the Imperial Navy."

Weiss simply sighed, "Yes...I know. This is like the thousandth time you've told me this..."

"Oh. And your behavior is a big no-no."

"WINTER!"

"Okay, fine. I probably shouldn't nag you anymore. But remember: we're all hoping the best for you."

"...thanks."

The shuttle landed on one of the V.I.P. landing pads, where they were waited upon by several officers - presumably acquaintances of Winter. The passengers all disembarked, with the four stormtroopers carrying Weiss' luggage as they followed Winter and Weiss into the academy. Due to Weiss' status as the adopted child of an Imperial official, she was given a "first-class" room for herself (Imperial officials were allowed to arrange their children's living quarters).

They eventually reached the room, which upon entry, was no different from Ruby's room. Except for the fact that it was slightly bigger.

Winter turned to her troopers.

"I think this will be enough, men. You may leave my sister's luggage here," she ordered.

"Are you sure we shouldn't unpack for your little sister, Commander?" a trooper asked.

"No need, thank you. Now just wait outside," she replied.

"You're welcome, ma'am!" the troopers said in unison as they saluted. After Winter dismissed them, she closed the door and turned to help Weiss, who was already unpacking her things.

"Need help, Weiss?" she asked.

"Yeah...I guess..." Weiss replied without looking at her. She and Winter proceeded to place the clothes that were packed into one of the closets. This went on for almost half an hour, with none of them bothering to say a word to each other in awkward silence.

"Okay...we're done!" Winter said as they finished.

"Yay," Weiss replied in utter deadpan.

They stood there for a good ten minutes, Weiss not bothering to make eye contact until Winter finally spoke up.

"So...I guess this it then, huh," she said. "I'm going to miss you, sis."

Weiss sighed. "... me too."

Winter hugged her tightly, and Weiss hugged her back.

"Do your best, sis. I know you can," Winter said to her.

Weiss nodded to her with a faint smile. After a while, they stopped hugging as Winter had to leave already.

"Anyway. I must be going now. As you said, I'm wasting valuable resources and time!" she jokingly said. They waved each other goodbye as Winter exited the room.

Weiss could hear her give orders to her troopers, her voice changing back into an authoritarian tone. Their footsteps became faint and soon they left.

Weiss was now alone in that room. She glanced at the table to see that almost all her school supplies were laid out there. One of which was the academy communicator. She was familiar with using it, as she did own one such personal device which she still had. She turned it on, the screen showing a notification stating that she had a few messages. One of them was her schedule for tomorrow. The other supplies on the desk were holobooks of the subjects.

"*sigh*" Weiss pulled up a chair. "Time to study."