A/N Note: Hey guys I'm back! It seems like a few people like this little story I've got going. To all my fans that I have so far, Thank you. Anyway enough will all the mushy stuff, to the story! And as I promised this is where the actual plot starts. So without keeping you waiting longer, let chapter 3 commence!
"So its two short - swords that can be put together to make a bow?" Ruby questioned Connor about his weapons. They were basic but effective, non of this Dust enhanced rapier transforming into a sniper or whatever.
"Yes Ruby, basically it is" Connor replied. He noticed that Ozpin was right about her being likeable, they could easily become friends he thought.
"Cool" Ruby remarked.
"Well we're here Connor" Blake turned to Connor while saying this, presumably to make sure he learnt the school well. Blake pushed the door open to reveal the interior of the cafeteria, it wasn't anything impressive but it served its purpose of feeding the people that attended the school. The group walked over to a table and Connor instinctively followed. As he approached he noticed that other people were already sat there, a girl with red hair and armour (gladiator armour?), next to her was a blond haired boy with a very simple chest plate and shoulder pads. Facing them were a boy with black hair and a green coat and a girl with ginger hair and a white jacket and bare shoulders. It was obvious that the people sitting at the table knew team RWBY as when the group approached the others waved. Blake spoke quietly to Connor saying "sit next to me and Ren". Connor guessed that Ren was the one with the black hair who he now noticed had a magenta streak in it. He quietly sat down between the male and female.
"Ooooh so who's the new guy?" The girl with the ginger asked with an excited tone.
"Nora, he's called Connor. He was invited here personally by Professor Ozpin after he seen Connor fighting Ursa's in the forest" Blake replied before Connor had a chance to open his mouth, at least now he knew who the ginger, bubbly girl was.
"Wow, personally invited? You must be a good fighter then. Oh sorry where are my manners, I'm Pyrrha Nikos" The girl with the red hair remarked with genuine surprise. She spoke with a certain tone of higher class, but in a modest way, rather than Weiss...
"Sup, I'm Jaune Arc, Ladies Man extraordinaire" The blond said with a clear inflection of false confidence.
"You wish" Yang shouted from the other side of the table, causing a hearty giggle from the group, even Connor.
"Hey! Uhh yeah I guess..." Jaune said sounding beaten.
"Hey dude, you look like a ladies man to me" Connor said, clearly trying to boost Jaune's ego. The blond beamed back at Connor, hoping that he had made a friend with the new stranger.
After a few minutes of idle conversation and Connor getting to know Pyrrha, Jaune, Nora and Ren, the latest member stood up to get some food. He wasn't too hungry and he didn't eat much anyway. Connor looked over the fruit and picked up an apple that was a deep shade of red. After rubbing it on his shirt, not out of wanting to clean it but out of habit, he strolled back over to the table where his new 'Friends'. Its not that he didn't like them but he didn't think he could really trust them yet. As he sat down and tuned back into the conversation he noticed that it had took a more unhappy turn since he left. "What's happened?" Connor asked as an open ended question to everyone.
"Its Cardin and his daily faunus mockery" Ren replied with a hint of malice. Connor turned his head to face where everyone was looking. He saw a 17ish teen with an extremely large build pulling the rabbit like ears of a Faunus wearing the standard female school uniform. The memory of his parents and what they had done in the war flooded back into his head, instantly filling him with violent, boiling rage. "Somebody really should do something to stop him, maybe we should of let Nora break his legs" Pyrrha said, with obvious reference to an earlier conversation. No later than a second after this was said, a dark red apple flew threw the air with extreme speed, hitting Cardin directly in the back of his head with enough force to shatter the apple into a million pieces that more closely resembled shards of glass. The pure shock of this act made Cardin release the brown haired girl and gave her a chance to run. "What the HELL? WHO DID THAT?!" Cardin shouted loudly with anger, attracting the attention of most of the cafeteria. "I'm guessing its new guy emo kid over there. Asshole, stand up" Cardin said clearly saying this to Connor. As told, He stood up, but in no hurry, showing that he wasn't scared of Cardin. Storming over towards Connor, Cardin was shouting the usual questions (like How dare you?) Until they stood about a foot from each other. "Well?!" The angry male shouted in Connor's face. Not reacting even with the all the eyes in the cafeteria on him, he clearly stated "
I don't like people who bully Fauni". Cardin, not getting the reaction he wanted, resorted to the only thing he new: Violence. He swung a right hook towards Connor's face, although he had to raise his hand as Connor was a good few inches taller than Cardin. Before anyone could blink, Connor had avoided the punch, got behind the still un-reacted puncher and held one of his swords up at Cardins throat, similar in position of a person taking a hostage. Connor leaned in close to Cardin's right ear and whispered loudly so that the effect of the speech was the same but everyone could hear it "Touch Me, My friends or any Faunus again and I will make you eat your own organs for lunch". There was a stunned silence spread throughout the room, no-one had ever stood up to Cardin before. Connor withdrew his sword from its position but still kept it at his side and he pushed Cardin away. They both locked eyes and the expression in Cardin's was that of a wounded animal that has accepted death but wants to make himself look strong till the end. While Connor's was the polar opposite, that of a humble dominance that showed no fear.
A few seconds of silence lingered before Cardin gestured towards the rest of his team to leave. Connor remained stood and observed the shocked and scared expressions of those who left. Only till the door slammed shut behind the last one did he sit down. About half a second passed as all eyes were on Connor before a ginormous explosion of Cheers, Claps and laughter filled the atmosphere. Having being at the school for less than a day, he had already become the 'peoples hero'.
10 minutes of gratitude and congratulations directed towards Connor before things went back to relatively normal. It was 12:50 and most people had finished there meals so the crowd was thinning out a bit. Connor was only half paying attention to the conversation going on around him as his mind was elsewhere but what he had heard was that: Ruby and Nora are going to bake cookies for everyone, Weiss was going to choir, Blake was going to the library to read, Yang was going to tend to her hair and Pyrrha, Ren, Jaune were going to weapons practice. That meant that Connor was sat here with nothing to do. It took him a second to realise that the his friends had gotten up and were going to there respective activities. He was walking towards the exit door when there was a light tap on his shoulder. Turning to see who it was, he instantly recognised the face. It was the small, cute, blushing face of the girl he saved earlier.
A/N Note: Yay plot start! So Cardin is an ass like usual. Connor remembers part of his past and Velvet gets introduced. Anyway since this fanfic is already complete, I kind of want to write some more stuff. If you guys would be kind enough to suggest pairings, plot ideas or even small notes I'd happily take and use them (and give credit obviously). Hope you liked it and be prepared for chapter 4. Catch you on the flip - side - TMF
P.S. Fauni is the right word for multiple faunus right? If not then I'm sorry, I'll replace it with faunuses later on.
