I pulled my hood on my sleeping shirt up nervous that it might fall down. Roman had helped me sew hoods onto all my outfits where I couldn't wear my signature red hood. Despite his appearance he was a really good sower and an even better cook. It was kind of funny really he didn't look like the kind of man who would know anything about those kinds of things but whenever me or Cinder tore our clothes or needed something repaired he was the one that we always had a fix them.
It was late and most people were already asleep in their sleeping bags. A few people were still up and walking around talking to their friends. Yang I threw herself onto the sleeping bag beside me "It's like a big slumber party." excitedly extending the word big. "I wish it weren't." I tugged my hood a little more. She frowned "I know you don't want to be looked down on but here I don't think they will care." "Of course they will, everyone does I want them to meet me for me not for" my ear twitched under the hood so she could see it moving "My race." "I get it." she sounded sad she remembered when we were young during school how I was always picked on because I'm a fauna unlike most the people she understood because she grew up with me her sister being one, watching as people treated me different so she didn't push it.
"So did you meet any friends when I wasn't with ya?" I glared at her "What do you think? I made one enemy so far" "Well don't feel too bad there are tons of people who will want to be your friend". "Yang how many times do I have to tell you all I need is you." "You need more friends than just your sister Ruby." "I do have more friends than just you" I insisting before realizing what I had said. "Oh really, who are they then?" "No then you would know they're my friends though" "I can't tell if you're telling me the truth or not." She gave me a knowing look. I chucked a pillow at her and she toppled back wards. We both laughed.
A candle lit up or near us and I sat up to look over in the direction it had come from. Leaning against the wall beside a candle holder was a black haired girl dressed in a black nightgown, with a black bow on her head in her hand was a book. "Blake" muttered. "What was that, do you know her?" Yang asked following my train of sight. Ignoring her I got up and I headed over to her. Her golden cat like Eyes gazed up from behind her book as I approached her falling behind was my sister.
"Hello my name is Ruby." She gave me a curious look, she didn't recognize me I realized that made sense I guess I had always had my hood down when ever we had met before. "Blake" she looked back down at her book and continued to read. "And I am Yang, ruby's older sister" Yang introduced herself. "Yang we're only a few months apart" I reminded her for the millionth time it felt and it might have been with how often she brought it up. "Well I'm going to go back to reading my book." Blake gave us a pointed look expecting us to leave.
"The divided" "excuse me?" "The title of the book." "you've read it." Voice give away her shock. I nodded "it's one of my favorites". "Yang used to me when I was little every night stories about heroes and monsters it's the reason I love reading so much. I smiled fondly at my sister. "So do you want to be like one of those heroes in the stories? Hoping you live happily ever after." I could hear a bitter tone in her voice. "I know that's not possible for us all to live happily ever after, but I still hope that we can I want to make sure people can be happy you ?" She looked at me with amazement. "That's very ambitious". She tried to look under my hood to see my face I wouldn't let her do that though and shifted so she couldn't see anything she would have to wait. "The real world isn't the same as a fairytale I know happy endings don't always exist, but that's why we are here to make it better,". "Oh I'm so proud of my baby sis" Yang hugged me and I cant help the laugh "We're only a few months apart" scolded in a mock tone.
"Well Ruby, Yang it was nice to meet you." "What in the world is going on around here don't you know what time it is!" The white-haired heiress scolded as she stomped up to us. "Don't you know people are trying to sleep." "Oh no it's you again." "Hey what's your problem with my sister she's only trying to be nice." "She's hazardous to my health". I stood between them trying to avoid any kind of fight. "People are trying to sleep stop arguing you two. Blake picked up the candle holder and blew out the candles causing sudden darkness all around us. Leaving no argument on wether it was time to sleep or not.
I was up early the next morning before most of the students I was always an early riser. Grabbing my clothes for the morning and some other stuff I headed for the bathroom to get changed before the room filled up. My normal combat uniform consisted of a long sleeve white top covered by a strapless black dress with red lacing crossing over in front. The dress reached mid shin showing off black boots with a 2 inch heel and red lacing, the skirt of the black dress was open slightly in front showing off the fluffy red skirt underneath. Around my waist was a belt with extra shells for the sniper rifle part of my weapon on the other side of the belt was a silver rose. Some would say that I would have a hard time fighting and that I was wearing too much especially when I added my hood but for me if I wore anything different it would be awkward. I finished brushing out my long hair quickly before pulling it isn't a ponytail and covering my head with my hood. I was just in time too as two people entered he bathroom one an overly excited orange haired girl the other a silent raven haired teen with a pink strip though his hair.
"You seem like your in a good mood today" Yang greeted me when she found me at my locker I was given yesterday. "That's right today's a fresh that day and I'm going to be avoiding anyone but you and maybe Blake. Today I get to let my Crescent rose do the talking." I smiled at my folded up scythe as I retrieved it from the locker. She sighed "Tou know you really do need to meet new people I'm not always going to be there for you you know we might not be on the same team". "I know that it's just" I paused she already knew the rest. I didn't want to be hurt when I opened up to people I always got hurt I wasn't like her always able to make new friends and, she knew that. "Well you never know you might find someone someone special or maybe a friend I just don't want my little sister be lonely OK." She threw her arm around my shoulders attempting to lighten the atmosphere a little. I gave her a knowing smirk, if only she knew the man she saw on the news yesterday was my someone special.
The sound of something hitting the wall mad e me look up glancing around the row of lockers I was the boy who had been sick on the airship was now stuck hanging a few inches off the floor with a spear in his jackets hood. "What was that?" Yang asked her voice full of amusement at the sight.
"Will all first-year students please Report to Beacon cliff for initiation, again will all first-year students please report to Beacon a clip for initiation." A female voice said over the intercom. I approached the blonde who was now free of the spear. "Having some trouble there?" Yang asked. I extended a hand to help him up. "I don't get it Dad said all women I look for his confidence in a man." "Well, the snow queen probably wasn't the best choice" I suggested pulling him to his feet. "I'm Ruby by the way". "Jaune". "Well let get going" I said before the 3 of us left for Beacon cliff.
The view was amazing from here as far as the eye could see was wilderness, filled with Grimm. I stood there along with the all the other first years all standing on the launching pads I can only assume meant we would be a launched into the forest. Headmaster Osbun did before us standing next to him was Miss .Goodwitch. "For years you have trained to become warriors and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." "Now I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about teams, allow us to put an end to your confusion each of you will be given teammates today." Ozbin continued for her "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone who you can work well with, that being said the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." I felt my world shatter this could be bad vary, vary bad. As soon we were in the forest I would have to find Yang any other partner could be bad especially if it ended up being Weiss.
"After you partnered up make your way to the northern end of the forest, you will meet opposition along the way not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die." Jaune let out a nervous laugh beside me. "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation , but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff you will hard that item as well as your standing and grad you appropriately. Are there any questions." "Yeah um sir" jaune started only to be ignored. "Good, now take your positions."
People shifted stances and prepared for there launch. One hand went up to my hood the other on my crescent rose and my body crouched ready for the launch. "Uh sir I got a question. So this landing strategy thing oh what is it, You're a dropping us off or something?" "No you will be falling" his tone was matter a fact. "Oh I see, so did you like hand out parachutes for us?" "you will be using your own landing strategy." "I ha ha yeah". He sounded nervous and I glanced over at him giving a silent prayer that he didn't die. Yang looked at me with a grin I returned it and we nodded to each other before turning foward agian just as she was launched. I could here her yell of joy. I was launched seconds latter I released my hood there was no point in having it up when everyone was more focused on landing then what was under my hood. Opening crescent rose to her sniper rifle form I aimed it behind me firing high pressure rounds forcing myself further along when gravity angled my path down I shifted her into sycthe form and caught a tree branch. Swing around it I slowed my speed and dropped to the ground safe and sound. Behind me the large branch fell a clean cut severing it from the whole.
Pulling my hood back into place I took off my first adjective being to find Yang to partner with before I ended up partnered up with anyone else. The trees were blurs as I ran past looking for my sister, that's when I saw someone right in front of me coming to a stop I came face-to-face with none other then.