Mega had to almost drag Geo back to the office. Sheesh, you would think he is used to this by now. Once they were on the wave road in the office, Mega set out to restore the panicking boy to his right mind. Which he did with a slap to the face.
"Better?"
"Much thanks. Where are we?"
"Don't know. Hey, why don't you see if the Ace Program can still access the Server?"
"Good idea, we may need our Noise forms."
The ability needed a few moments longer than usual to find it, but was still able to connect to it. Unfortunately, it beeped out that the noise levels were so low that a basic Noise form was unable to be sustained much less a Vibrant Noise or Finalized form. Mega would have kicked something if he had legs.
"At least we can reach the server. I'll send an email to everyone."
Mega wanted to point out how much more advanced the Ace Program was compared to the email system. The only reason he refrained was because he already knew. Even if the email wouldn't get to them for a long time, it was still a comfort for Geo to know that it was on the way. For now, anything to help the kid keep it together was a good idea. Geo went and sat down and waited for the headmaster of this school. After a few minutes the previously mentioned man and his assistant stepped off the elevator that led to the room. The head master was a taller man in a green suit with a green scarf. He had a on a pair of small spectacles just below his olive green eyes and had gray hair. Beside him was a blonde haired bright green eyed woman of about the same height. Her outfit looked like a business casual crossed with a witch costume with a splash of purple on the cape. The two walked over to the desk in the room. The man sat down while the woman stood next to him.
"Mr. Stelar," said the man.
"Professor Ozpin, Professor Goodwitch."
"Last I checked I'm not invisible."
"Young man we are not going to play pretend with your semblance."
"Semblance," both Mega and Geo asked.
Ozpin raised an eyebrow while Goodwitch rolled her eyes. Before she could say anything else, Ozpin asked, "Mr. Stelar, could you tell us a little about yourself."
"That may be more complicated than you thought it would be."
"Enough of the games young man," snipped Goodwitch as Ozpin shot her a look.
Mega slammed a claw on the desk grabbing everyone's attention. She was working on his last nerve, "He isn't playing any games! Listen here lady! I don't like how you act like I am some THING! I don't like your attitude period, but I can tolerate it if I have to. However, the one thing I will NOT tolerate is any hostility toward Geo,"
"Mega."
"This poor boy has endured more hardships than you or anyone at this school ever has in the past YEAR alone. He has seen the worst the world has to offer and still manages to do his best to help and protect people. So I would appreciate it if you would treat him with the respect that he deserves."
"Young m…"
The teacher was cut off by an electronic ping. Geo pulled out his Hunter VG and activated browse. The teachers of Beacon were surprised to see a screen appear. Even more so when they saw him physically interact with the materialized screen. With a push of a button, an electronic voice spoke.
"This Hunter VG is unable to send email to given addresses. Unable to diagnosis problem."
Everyone stood or sat there stunned at what they heard.
"Kid," Mega removed his claw from the desk and slowly reached out to Geo. This action and change to a gentler tone didn't go unnoticed by Ozpin.
"SSSir?"
"Yes," Ozpin answered with some hesitation.
"Has your civilization managed to go into space yet?"
Out of the corner of his eye, Mega saw the hesitation on the headmaster's face.
"No, I'm afraid not."
With those four words, Geo fainted. Mega was able to catch him and lower him to the floor. He didn't have to worry about the Hunter VG since Geo's grip on it didn't falter. Ozpin stood up in alarm while the blonde next to him called for help. Mega felt guilty for letting the kid send that email now. Ozpin moved a chair closer to Geo's feet and moved them onto it. Then he took off his jacket and placed it on the downed boy. Mega nodded toward him. After a few moments, some people in white scrubs put Geo on a stretcher and took him to the medical wing as the AMian, Headmaster, and Professor followed. After the earthling was settled into the room, Ozpin decided to address the elephant in the room.
"Mr. Mega, judging from Geo's question from before, you two aren't from around here. Are you?"
"No were not," Mega turned from his friend to look at the headmaster, "wait. Did you just refer to me as a real person?"
"Yes, your change of priority when his device read it's error message and your rather passionate speech were the final pieces of evidence that I needed."
"Good to know."
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but we still need to know more about you," said Goodwitch.
Mega growled, "Fine. But you have to ask me."
"Don't worry, we wouldn't wake him up after his shock," the alien and the headmaster both look at each other, "Now then, first can you provide your names and ages."
"You already know that his name," he gestures to the unconscious boy, "is Geo Stelar. I'm Omega-Xis, but I prefer to go by Mega. He is eleven years old and I don't know how old I am due to all the planets having different time measurements."
"Planets?"
"Yeah, Geo is from Earth which is similar to this place. I originated on Planet AM. Overtime I went to Earth and have lived there since. Never a dull moment, I can tell you that."
"I see. I'm sure Oobleck would love to talk to you about your homes' histories."
"Good luck with that. I didn't really pay attention to history and Geo focused more on space sciences."
"Space sciences. I still find it hard to believe your people have really reached beyond their atmosphere."
"Yeah. In fact, it was during one of his old man's missions to space that I met him. Then, I eventually met Geo."
"Missions? Like a huntsman."
"A what? Kelvin was an astronaut. All they did was explore, perform experiments and tests, and try to find other life. The mission we met on was when they had found life on Planet FM, neighbor to my home planet."
"What a relief, I thought there might be more Grimm than we originally thought."
"Grimm?"
"The creatures you fought in the forest."
"We thought those were viruses. That would explain the whole fading instead of cube explosion thing."
Goodwitch jumped in here with a question, "Viruses? You mean like diseases?"
"No, computer."
"I'm sorry to say that is impossible."
"Glynda, they have space travel. It is possible, though I have to wonder how a computer virus would get into the real world."
"Advances in EM technology let people make anything from cars to concert stages out of virtually thin air. Sometimes viruses tag along."
"I see. Oh, we have gotten way off track. We still have some information to gather."
"Can't answer a question that has been asked."
"True. Now, we need to know both of your species."
Mega quirked a brow and asked, "Never seen a human before?"
"Actually, we have another species of people known as Faunus. Hence why we have to ask."
"Oh. Well he's human and I'm an AMian, a type of EM being."
"Alright. Education?"
"He's going into sixth grade and mine is pretty much non-existent."
"Previous Occupations."
"Grade schooler and I was a Prison Warden."
The two Remnant natives just stared at the blue alien.
"You asked."
"True. Alright, Weapons?"
"Like this, I we only have my claws and blast attacks. In wave form, we have access to a few hundred."
Glynda froze and Ozpin managed to choke on his coffee. Mega chuckled a bit at them.
"That's not including what we have with our transformations."
"For now I believe that is all we need. We will work out sleeping arrangements for you two for the night at least," said a shocked Ozpin.
"Thank you, although you only need to figure it out for him."
"Why," the combat instructor started to ask before the Hunter VG shouted something about a wizard off and Mega disappeared from her sight.
"Oh. There are a few people I wish I could do that to," she responded before Mega's voice was heard from the Hunter VG.
"I heard that. It would only work on EM bodies anyway."
She hmphed and walked out of the room. Ozpin soon followed saying that he will return once the arrangements had been made.
Switching to Ozpin
After walking out, Ozpin was immediately confronted by Glynda, "What do you think of all that?"
The unspoken question was, 'do you believe it.' he sighed.
"As absurd as it sounds, we have seen too much evidence stating that it is true."
"What do we do with him?"
A fair question. The headmaster tapped his coffee cup as he thought. They could use that power to defeat Salem or at least keep her from getting it. However, he is a child. He didn't want to rob him of his childhood. On another hand, it sounds like that may have already happened. Another idea came to mind, but he decided to sleep on it before anything else.
"I have an idea, but it will have to wait until morning. Let's see if we can't find him a place for him to sleep."
"Sir, all our guest space is currently occupied with materials that were stored away or other guests. The staff dorms are filled too. Right now, the only place we could put him is with a student team."
That would be a problem. Granted, putting him with students would prevent any unsavory rumors about the staff from starting. The problem was finding a team that would be willing and able. Ozpin couldn't place him with a first year team. They just formed and are still getting to know each other. Adding him would place undue stress on the team and their leader. A fourth year team may cause Geo to become uncomfortable due to the age gap. It would be a problem no matter what, but he would rather not make it enormous. That would leave second and third year teams. Perhaps they should email them all and make a decision based on who replies. Before he could voice his plan, fate decided to hand him a clear cut answer.
"Excuse me Professors," asked a well dressed young lady with short brown hair with a caramel gradient highlight who was wearing a beret, sunglasses, and the school uniform.
"Yes Ms. Adel."
"My team and I were unable to email our info before the communications were cut for maintenance. So I am here to deliver it in person."
Coco Adel, leader of the second year team CFVY (coffee). How convenient, "Thank you. Ms. Adel, could I ask your team for a favor?"
"Depends on the favor."
Glynda rolled her eyes at the comment. Ozpin chuckled as he continued, "You see, we have an unexpected guest and I was wondering if you might let him stay with you for the night."
She thought for a moment then said, "I can't make that decision on my own. I would need my team here plus we would need to meet the man in question."
"That can be arranged."
Coco sent an email to the rest of her team and they showed up only a few minutes later. Standing before the professors was Fox Alistar, a tan young man with white eyes and a red orange theme. Next to him is Velvet Scarlatina, a rabbit faunus with long brown hair. Behind them was a tall young man with a shaved hair cut named Yatsuhashi Daichi. They all wore the uniform too. Once everyone was accounted for, they went into the room Geo was staying in. Ozpin was growing a little concerned that he hadn't woken up yet. He pulled out his scroll and had it set up to call the doctor if he didn't come to in a few more minutes. Each of them looked at the young man and looked at the headmaster in confusion.
"This is the guy," asked Coco.
"Yes. I am certain you heard about the initiation, correct."
"Yeah, some guy crashed in and beat both a Deathstalker and a Nevermore. Wait,"
"Correct, this here is the young man that you have heard about."
Needless to say they were shocked. That was when Mega decided to materialize. He appeared on the opposite side of Geo. His sudden appearance startled the team.
"Yo."
"Ah, Omega-Xis. Glad you could join us."
"Yeah. I heard talking and decided to check it out," he looked at the team, "Who are they?"
"The student team I was asking to allow Geo to stay with."
"Oh. Well, nice to meet ya."
"Um/ I /eh/ huh," was all that they managed to get out.
"I'm going to get that a lot, aren't I?"
"More than likely."
"Um, professor… could you explain," asked Velvet.
I probably should he thought.
"Why yes. You see Geo is from an entirely different civilization. One that is far more advanced than ours. As of right now, he is stranded."
"That's a little farfetched, don't you think," asked Coco.
"As strange as it sounds, it is true. Now then, I need to know your answer."
"We still don't know much about him."
Mega smirked, "I can fix that."
He then looked at Geo and said, "Hey kid. Prez just emailed you. She said you're going to be late for class."
Ozpin was confused by the statement, but didn't get much time to think on it. The young man bolted upright with a frightened expression.
"What! I can't be late! Prez will never let me hear the end of it!"
The boy leapt out of bed… and right into Coco. The two tumbled to the floor with Mega laughing at them. The headmaster let out a small chuckle. Velvet covered her mouth with both hands while Fox covered his with one. Yatsuhashi tried to hide a chuckled. Geo got up with red cheeks as he realized the position he and Coco were in. If he were older, he may have tried to play dumb just to keep his face on her chest for a few more seconds. He got up while apologizing profusely to Ms. Adel. She smirked and was about to say something before Mega cut her off.
"Well kid, if you're done putting your nose where it doesn't belong," Ozpin chuckled, "You best start introducing yourself."
The poor boy's face was still red as his shirt when he said, "Rrr-right. Hey, my name is Geo Stelar."
Coco smirked, "Well cutie," his face turned even redder, "my name is Coco. The big guy is Yatsuhashi. The orange guy is Fox. And,"
Geo finally noticed Velvet. The look of confusion on his face caused everyone to freeze. He didn't ask his question, most likely out of politeness. Too bad he already started staring at her. The others waited for his next action, probably to getting ready to defend her from racism that he wouldn't intend. After a tense moment, Mega saved the day.
"Is she one of those Faunus you mentioned earlier old man?"
"Why yes she is."
"Huh. You know, when you mentioned that you had another species, I had pictured something more…different. She actually looks way more adorable than what I had in mind."
"Faunus," asked the young man.
"You've never seen a Faunus before," questioned Velvet. Geo shook his head.
"Can't say I have. Also can't say I've heard of them before."
"How have you not heard or seen a Faunus? Everyone on Remnant has at some point in their lives."
The man with the coffee mug decided to intervene, "Actually, Geo and Omega-Xis aren't from Remnant. They actually come from another planet."
The four students stared at the Headmaster like he had grown a second head.
"That's… Wow," Fox said.
"You don't have Faunus where you are from," asked Yatsuhashi.
"No. We have EM Beings living among us, but no Faunus."
"EM Beings," asked Velvet.
"Like me," piped up Mega, "Although most EM Beings that humans interact with are artificial. Some of us, like me, were born not made."
"Wow," the team said at the same time.
Ozpin noticed that Geo seemed drowsy. He looked at the time and saw it was already ten in the evening. He looked back at the team.
"As much as I would like for you to get to know each other better, it is getting late. I need an answer now."
The four students looked at each other then back at him. Coco walked up and said, "Sure he can spend the night."
Time skip + switching to Geo
The next morning, Team CFVY and Geo walked to the cafeteria. As they walked, Geo was telling them about his home. Needless to say the Remnant natives were in awe. After they got their food and sat down, Coco turned to Geo and said, "Ozpin emailed me a schedule for you."
"A schedule?"
"Yeah, he still needs time to consider what to do with your situation and thought that attending classes would keep you busy during that time. You don't need to wear the uniform and all the teachers that will have you have been informed."
"Okay, so what am I doing today?"
"First you're in Port's class. He teaches Grimm studies. After that you are with me for Oobleck. He teaches history. Lunch, then Ozpin will need to see you."
"Okay. I don't know where any of the rooms are."
"Don't worry, I'll take you to Port's and pick you up for history."
"Thanks."
After that, the five finished eating. Coco dropped Geo off at the classroom that he was to be in. The teacher was a larger man with white hair and a white mustache. His eyes seemed to be closed. As the time approached nine, students were trickling in. Most gave him strange looks but he ignored them. Within a minute of class Mega said, "Hey kid, look who's in your class."
"Hmm?"
Geo turned to the door and saw the eight people he saw when he got to Remnant. Most were out of breath. The only ones that weren't were the red haired girls. None of the group seemed to notice him. Class started.
"Monsters, Demons, Prowlers of the night. Yes the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as Prey. Ha haa!"
Geo suddenly felt bored. Mega whispered, "Great, one of those people."
The sound of a cricket filled the room. The professor said, "Uuh, and you shall too upon graduating from this prestigious academy. Now as I was saying. Vale as well as the other three kingdoms are safe havens from an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces, and that's where we come in. Huntsman, Huntresses,"
The professor did something of a wink toward the blonde that shoved spit in Geo's ear. Mega snorted as he tried not to laugh while the Earthling felt bad for the girl.
"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask. Why, the very world."
One random student gave a cheer. After realizing he was the only one, he quickly sat back down.
"That is what you are training to become, but first a story. A tale about a young handsome man, me."
"Why did Ozpin hire this guy? His ego is enormous."
"Not too loud. He might hear you."
After a few minutes of the story; Port finally said, "The moral of the story. A true huntsman must be honorable. A true huntsman must be dependable. A true huntsman must be strategic, well educated, and wise."
Geo noticed the red hood girl was picking her nose and the white haired girl next to her looked ready to blow a fuse.
"Now who among you to be the embodiment of these traits?"
"I do sir," said the girl with white hair. Minutes later the girl was in the outfit Geo had seen her in before wielding her weapon. Port grabbed his weapon and stood next to a cage that Geo didn't notice before.
"How'd we miss that?"
"Don't know kid."
Her team started to root for her. This caused Geo's Hunter VG to pick up on the team name, RWBY, and the name of the white haired girl, Weiss. The girl in question yelled at the red hood girl, Ruby.
"Heh heh, she got the team named after herself. Talk about unlucky."
"No kidding."
Port announced the beginning of the match and struck the lock on the cage. A boar like Grimm with large tusks emerged from the cage and charged Weiss. She jumped to the left and slashed its side. The Grimm soon stopped its charge and turned to the human. It snorted at her. Port made a comment and Ruby tried to tell her to hang in there. Weiss charged directly at it as it charged her. Her rapier got caught in the tusks. Geo and Mega cringed. Geo knew the attack would fail. Her blade couldn't pierce the armor and wasn't meant to. She struggled until Ruby cheered for her. She turned to glare and the beast disarmed her. It charged her again. She dodged to the side and went after her weapon. Sadly, the creature was almost upon her somehow. Port readied his weapon when Geo jumped over the desk he was in.
"Transcode: Megaman!"
Megaman landed in between Weiss and the Grimm and grabbed it by its tusks. With a grunt, he threw the beast back. He checked his battle cards. He fixed the folders and abilities the day before and was now at peak ability this time. The first card on the screen was a Giga class. He picked it and got ready. The Grimm had curled into a ball and was rolling at him at a good speed. Geo activated the card.
"Giga Card: Wing Blade."
A copy of his friend Acid Ace appeared and used jets to charge forward. The attacks meet and the boar was annihilated. Megaman breathed a sigh of relief, when a certain girl marched up to him with her blade aimed at him.
"You," Weiss shouted, "What do you think you were doing? I had that!"
Mega materialized next to him, "Really? Cause it looked like you were about to lose."
"Your weapon wasn't meant to pierce armor like that, but you kept trying instead of finding a new tactic," Geo said trying to diffuse the situation.
"I don't need a lecture from some kid that showed up out of nowhere!"
"That is enough," interrupted Port, "Ms. Schnee, you were in a very dangerous situation. If he had not acted, I would have. You have a long way to go before you can be called a huntress especially with that attitude."
Weiss growled than walked out. Port dismissed the class. Geo reverted and was waiting for Coco in Port's room. She eventually came and took him to his next class. The teacher here was a tall, thin man with green hair, and glasses. He wore kakis, a white button up, and a green tie that was all over the place. The man said that since the class was meant for second year students and he hadn't taken the first year history, Geo didn't have to worry too much if he didn't understand the material and wasn't required to. That wouldn't stop him from paying attention. Class went on almost without any problems. Geo had trouble keeping the noise from the Hunter VG to a minimum because it kept telling him of a new keyword every five seconds. Aside from that was that he became aware of the power source known as dust and learned a bit about how the Grimm were a constant threat. After class, he went to eat with team CFVY and then to Ozpin's office. However, on the way to the office, one of the staff directed Geo to a locker room where Ozpin was waiting for him.
"Mr. Stelar, thank you for coming."
"Of course."
"Not like he had anywhere better to be."
Ignoring Mega, Ozpin continued.
"I would like to help you. However, my hands are tied due to you not being a student or huntsmen. So I have come up with two solutions. One; because of your age, you stay with a friend of mine and attend a lower school until you are of age to enter. Or two, you fight against a team of my students and if you can impress me, Glynda, and the team you can attend as a fully fledged first year student. To decide all you have to do is walk out the door you came in for the first option or go through the door on my right and enter battle."
Mega materialized, "Kid, I vote for option two. However, it's your call and I'll follow it with you."
"Thanks Mega."
Geo looked at both doorways. He then made a few adjustments with his Hunter VG and walked into the arena.
Switching to third person (omniscient)
Team RWBY, JNPR, a few other first and second year teams, and CFVY were in combat class after lunch. Professor Goodwitch had just called up team CFVY to demonstrate how the combat matches would work. She told them to wait a moment while she got their opponent. Everyone was confused. Then, Geo walked into the arena. Everyone became surprised for different reasons. RWBY and JNPR because the boy they saw was still here. The unknown students in the stands because a young boy was taking on a whole team. CFVY and Geo because they were fighting each other. Geo shook his head to clear his thoughts. He then transformed. His opponents were caught completely off guard. They had yet to see what he was capable of. Goodwitch started counting down.
"Battle begin in 3…2…1"
"Wave battle…"
"Begin!"
"Ride on!"
4/17/17
