The emerald forest, a beautiful and hostile sea of green.
The skies are quiet and peaceful, with a young Crow flying through the sky overhead.
It is good that such peace can be found.
"Birdy no!" if it weren't for the initiation that was happening today.
Rest in peace Crow, you will be missed.
As that was happening I, Redwood Wall, can see the initiates land in their own unique ways.
Ruby was slowing her fall using the recoil of her rifle before switching her weapon into its scythe mode so that she can swing around a branch.
Weiss was using her glyphs in order to create Stepping Stones.
Ren spined midair and carved around a tree down to the bottom.
However the most flashy was Yang's method as she used her gauntlets to propel herself faster, then she went through trees before jumping from each one down to the floor.
Pyrrha was just smashing into trees with her shield before landing on a branch and looking around with her rifle.
Jaune was having a bad time, even though I told him how to land he was having a hard time reorienting himself mid-air to use his sword.
Luckily for him, Pyrrha was here and transform her rifle into a javelin.
She then aimed and fired at Jaune, catching him by his hood and pinning him to a tree.
Jaune thanked Pyrrha and she replied with an apology.
All in all, it was a good start, even if Jaune seems to be the worlds punching bag for some reason.
I decided to look at Ruby and, she was looking for her sister at the moment.
It was at this moment in time, I wonder how she will work without her sister.
First, there was Jaune, he was good natured and fairly smart, he was however not at all ready for combat.
Next was Blake calm, collected, well read and very useful in a fight, however, Ruby's personality did not really meld well with Blakes.
What about Pyrrha, very good at pretty much everything, also their personalities melted very well, the only downside I can see was that ruby will be overshadowed unintentionally by the rest of the school.
I'm not even going to go into Nora or Ren as they seen to be sticking together no matter what.
Ok, that only leaves... Weiss Schnee, I don't even need to tell you how badly that will end because, lo and behold they have made eye contact.
At first, things seem fine, then Weiss walks off, leaving a dishearted Ruby behind.
But never fear, Jaune is here to show that Ruby is her partner no matter what she wants.
Jaune is happy that someone is here and maybe can help him, but Weiss walks back to ruby.
Weiss then grabs Ruby by her hood and says "by no means does this make us friends" clearly not happy with what she got.
Ruby was just happy Weiss came back.
Jaune sadly was still stuck in a tree.
Fortunately for him, Pyrrha was nearby, so not only will he get down but he now has a partner that will hopefully keep him alive.
Weiss was still not happy with the fact that Ruby was here And told her "I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow."I had to scoff at that, she then said: "I swear if I get a bad grade because of your" but Ruby interrupted Weiss with her semblance, confusing the heiress while doing an adorable puppy impression.
"I'm not slow, see?" we can see that "You don't have to worry about me!" Ruby said to Wiess who was still wondering how Ruby got in front of her so fast. Ruby, however, had some things to say to" Wiess, just because I don't' exactly know how to deal with people Doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters." well she is the daughter of two previous graduates of a school so she knows this stuff " Ruby then slides over and puts her hand on a cynical Wiess's shoulder "You'er about to see a whole Different side of me today, Weiss!" she then goss on a tangent about how Weiss will be so amazed by her by the end of the day, a part of is doutfull of that, but if there is one person other than myself who can melt this icicle of Famly issues it's her.
Yeah didn't think I knew how Wiess was allowed to go here by her father.
Like I mean seriously, forcing his own daughter to fight a giant Suit of possessed armour in order to get out of your own home and go to school.
If that doesn't say anything about the Schnee family I don't know what does.
Ruby then runs off leaving Wiess alone, in the middle of a forest, a forest teeming with Grimm.
Yeah, as Wiess was calling out for Ruby a pack of Beowolves come out of the bushes lead by an alpha Beowulf.
This could get ugly.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the forest, I can see Yang wandering around looking for other students so she can pair up.
So far she had little luck, well she did find some Grimm to fight so she's not going to be bored anytime soon.
After asking them sarcastically where if they have seen her sister they battled, with Yang dodging the first attacks, form the grim and... oh s**t is that a piece of hair I see.
Well, those Gimm are dead, Yang is not happy and goes full beast mode on their ass and completely annihilates one of them in an epic combo attack.
Man, that was cool to watch this is good entertainment, what someone can die, No that won't happen.
As Yang is going to fight the next Grimm that had decided it was a good idea to get in her way. It then was swiftly and anti-climactically ended by Blake Belladonna who looked at Yang with a smug smile, Okay now I remember why I know that name.
During my travels I meet a Faunus family by the same last name living in Menagerie, they were having Grimm troubles and needed help clearing them out so I was happy to do it for them.
They were at first a little sceptical of my reasoning for helping them. But after I cleared the Grimm out, I just said my goodbyes and went on my way.
I also remember them saying that they had a child at some point that they missed greatly, I'm going to have to take a look into that later.
After Yang and Blake paired up I looked back to Weiss to see her Doing things by the book.
I hate we people do things like that, yes it's helpful when you need it, but to base your life around that is not healthy.
From what I can see she was well taught in the art of fencing. Wiess then saw an opening and went for it, sadly Ruby took that moment to attack the Grimm and Wiess was caught by surprise, shooting her fire Dust in the opposite direction sting the forest on fire.
The Grimm then swiped Ruby into her partner. I just watched in shame at how badly they worked together as they argued.
Ruby was about to fight the Grimm switching out her ammunition, however, Wiess pulled Ruby out of there as the Grimm were set on fire.
My Gods that did not end very well, after ran off Ruby Said "What was that?" she said to Wiess" That should've been easy" yeah it should have been easy, but you just had to get paired up with someone who you could not work with properly.
Wiess then argued "Well perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placement of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forest on Fire" well if you had been more perceptive to where your partner was, maybe you wouldn't have done so.
Ruby then scoffed and said, "What's that supposed to mean?" Oh, here we go. Weiss then stated "I'm just surprised that someone who talked so much would communicate so little during an encounter" I totally agree with Wiess that Ruby should have told her that she was going to attack, but you yourself did not even take the time to know where your printer ones and tell her that you were going to do so. Ruby said "Well, I'm sorry that you need my help to win a Fight, I'm just fine on my own" Well to be fair that was not an ideal situation for you two to work together. Then Wiess said something that made somewhat peeved "Well, Congratulation on being the strongest child to sneak your way into Beacon, bravo." I don't even know what to say about that, Ruby deserves to go to this school as much as you do okay, also stop with the sarcasm already.
Ruby was mad at that and took her frustration out on a tree.
It was then I saw a Nevermove feather fall to the floor, that's not foreboding at all.
Well after that nonsense I checked on Jaune and Pyrrha.
Only to see Jaune get hit by a branch and... wait why does he not have aura yet.
Dammit, Julius, you had one job, I know you didn't what your son to be a fighter, but come on at very least activate his aura.
Pyrrha soon noticed that he was hurt and asked why he did not have an aura, Jaune tried to play it off but Pyrrha soon told him what aura was and what it meant for us as beings with a soul to have it.
Aswell as why we battle the Monsters that lack such a thing.
To save you some time, In short, the darkness of the world wishes to take the light for it does not have one its self. The creatures of Grimm are beings that hunt for this light by searching for the negative emotions that we emit.
everything cannot be without Darkness same with the light, as for all the light that hits us there's always a shadow behind us.
One can not live without both and do so will be seeing the world in two halves instead of shades of grey.
After Pyrrha told him this she helped him activate his aura saying "For it is in passing that we achieve immortality, Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee"
Holy s**t that's a lot of aura, never say the Arc family is weak I tell yay, and this kid proves it.
I then check one of the other students to that Ren has single-handedly taken down a king taijitu.
Okay was not expecting that, but he does look exhausted so I give him a B- for not focusing on a stamina more.
Interesting Nora was inside a tree nearby and hangs upsidedown form it making an odd noise.
Ren just smiles and says "I still don't think that's what sloth sounds like." well I did meet a Large ground sloth, let me tell you they are bad ass taking on 30 Beowolves at once, with garut deep roarsof assuman
I just made my self-sad now as that particular animal lives in my old homeland.
My spirits were lifted however when Nora booped Ren on the nose.
So far everything is going well, Glynda walks up to me and says "Our last pair has been Formed, sir." she said to me.
I then look at her and said "Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren I know, I just saw" she just then told me how Ren and Nora's cant get along, I just laughed at that. She looked at me with a stern face and continues "Well He's probably better off than Ms Nikos" I raised an eyebrow at that "why would that be?" I asked.
Glynda then said "I still dont know why you let him stay here even after finding out his transcipts were forged!" oh yeah did do that, I allso changed his transcripts to more accurately show who he was, yeah I'm a sly man like that. "well the boy has a lot to learn, but give him time and he should adjust to the circumstances" I said "besides he's more of a leader than a fighter" Glynda looked at me "so you alreay have decided to make him a team leader" she said to me.
"why yes I have why do you ask?" I said to her. I heard her mumble some about just like Ozpin and continued "At the Current pace they're going, they should reach the temple within a few minutes." she then told me "Also may I ask why you choose chess pieces?" she asked.
I just told her "I guess it just felt appropriate to do so" she then walked off as I was looking at Ruby and Wiess.
I just hope this does does not go downhill very fast.
Wait until next time to see how fast things go downhill.
I have to tell you now that updates of the story will be slower now that I'm going to school starting tomorrow.
Don't worry this fic won't die, ill just have to do this on the week end's is I can squeeze this in with my school work.
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Sincerely
Adan fuentes.