Hello again! Anyway, I completely forgot to put in the characters. Anyway, I hope you guys that are reading are enjoying this right now. And, no, Delta's not gonna have a legit chat with Ruby for...probably a little while yet. Oh well, onto the Emerald Forest!

I opened my eyes, instinctively looking out the window to see the sun just below the horizon. I sighed, looking at my watch, which read 5:10 a.m. Looking around, I could hear some guys in the guy area of the lobby snoring, causing me to chuckle in humor as I slowly stood up and started walking toward the main doors. I figured I'd be back before everyone woke up, but covered my belongings as a precaution. Never know who'll try to be the smartass that'll take other people's things.

Stretching my tense muscles, I took a deep breath of the Beacon air, taking in the clear air of the academy as opposed to the city. Smiling, I stretched my legs out, then went for a little jog to the cliff and back.

*tap tap tap tap tap*

The sound of my shoes hitting the ground filled the air as I reached the fountain, turning the corner and heading toward the cliff. I could feel nothing but the air in my face and the slight burning sensation in my lungs as I finally reached the cliff face.

Putting my hands over my head, I took a deep breath, recovering from my little morning run as I took in the sight of Vale in the distance. Smiling, I sat down, looking at my watch as it read 5:20 a.m.

It took me ten minutes? I'm usually faster than that.

Staring up at the sky, I could only see the vast blue as it spread to the horizon, the sun just barely peeking over now. Sitting back up, I smiled, taking in the fresh air again as I began my trek back to the lobby where we were sleeping.

Opening the door, I could see that everyone was still asleep. Seriously, do these guys stay up all night or something? Slowly, I tiptoed back over to my belongings, packing everything up and throwing it on my backpack. I then heard someone sneeze, causing me to turn around, only to see Hotel rolling around with his body splayed out, covering some guys that were sleeping around him. I suppressed a laugh as I began making my way over to the locker room where we were to get our weapons.

"M20…M20…M20…ah, here it is!"

I opened my locker, revealing only my weapon; Alternate Echo. Throwing my backpack and belongings into it, I pulled out my weapon, strapping it to my back as I heard the door finally open up.

"Anyway, I hope we end up on the same team."

"Yeah, that Sierra chick is hot!"

My eyes widened as I slowly turned my attention back to my locker, slamming it shut as I quickly walked past the two who were just about to get into an…umm…rated R talk about Sierra.

"Welcome first years," Headmaster Ozpin said as he paced back and forth. I kept myself vigilant as he continued, "Today, you'll be broken up into teams of four. Each of you will have a partner who'll be with you for the next four years."

I could hear a couple people snicker as he continued, "your goal is to retrieve four ancient artifacts in the Emerald Forest. Though I must warn you; we will be supervising, but if you were to fall into an unfortunate situation, you are on your own."

Gee, that's really motivational.

"Now then," he finished, "prepare yourself."

The sound of something like a spring filled the air as the screams of the first unfortunate victim filled the air, finishing off with a painful sounding "thud," causing all of us to cringe. Looking on, the sound of another spring sounded off as I heard Sierra scream, "THAT'S HOW We do it baby!"

I couldn't help but smirk at her optimism as the next spring launched, this time with Hotel yelling, "OOOOHHHHH SSHHHHIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-!"

"Well," Ozpin said, "glad the word wasn't completed."

The remaining crew laughed it out, only to get cut short with the sound of another spring going off, with the victim screaming in fear. I took in a deep breath, spreading my base out a bit.

"Ordance."

I looked up to see Ozpin.

"Please do try to befriend some more people."

I smiled and nodded, suddenly feeling the sensation of being thrown into the air at high speeds. I suppressed a scream as I instinctively reached for my sword sheath, pointing it directly in front of me as I had launched one of my swords at a tree, hitting my mark. Extending my hand towards it, I felt my body disappear, then reappear with my sword in hand where I had dropped it. Looking up, I could see a blur fly overhead.

Must be Lima.

Dislodging my sword, I tossed it down to the ground, rematerializing myself where it had landed as I sheathed it, looking around. Sighing, I said to myself, "I hope I'm not lost…."

The sound of twigs snapping under my feet was the only thing I heard as I made my way towards the ruins. Looking around, I still haven't seen anyone, let alone anything, yet. Surprising though; I was kind of expecting a bunch of Grimm to start creeping up on me right about now. Out of whim, I started to laugh, only to feel something creeping up on me. Dodging to my right, I rolled on the ground, looking up and seeing a Boar run right past where I was standing. I felt something click into place behind me as I reached around and pulled out one of my swords, almost ready to pull the second right in behind it.

And here I was expecting it to be something a bit more impressive.

I slowly relaxed as the boar turned to me, clawing at the ground as it prepared to run at me. I slowly began walking away, only to see it run at my direction. Sighing, I sidestepped it and slashed its legs off, causing it to fly through the air a little ways and roll on the ground afterwards, squealing in pain. Grimm don't have any fear.

Walking over to it, I could see it still want more as I tried shuffling its way around to me. I smiled down on it and said, "nice try bud; maybe in the next life."

Stabbing my sword downward, I could see the blood flying from its skull as I securely lodged it in; pulling it out afterwards and wiping the blood from my blade.

"That seemed simple enough," I said to myself, sheathing my sword as I continued on my way.