Chapter 2: The Silver Dragon
"I can't believe I'll be going to Beacon with my baby sister!" The blonde girl yelled embraced the terrified red girl who had a look of despair on her face.
"Please stop..."She said with a strained voice as it led me to give a small chuckle. The small and crowded airship however was not pleasant, at least indoors anyway. Making my way outside with a decent breeze fluttering my shoulder cape, I took notice of a woman leaning against the railing with silver hair wrapped in a bun and a chain and sickle hanging from her belt. She sported black pants and vest with a crimson red top, sleeves rolled up past the forearms, gloved on her hands. I couldn't place my finger on it but she intrigued me. Deciding to introduce myself to the girl, I strolled over to the railing, leaning on it right next to her before striking up a conversation with the woman.
"Couldn't stand it in there either I take it?" I asked her as she looked away from the lake below before her jade eyes pierced my own. Her face had a distinguished scare below her right eye and another across the bridge of her nose. A pale yet smooth complexion to her face with yet a defect to appear. She was beautiful, who was this woman?
"Yea, just a little." Was all she said before prematurely breaking off the conversation and returning to her view. Confused, I offered my hand to her.
"Benjamin Snow." I introduced myself without even a break of sight.
"Eliza Drake." She simply said.
"Do I really bother you that much?" I inquired.
"Perhaps, I wonder why you are even speaking with me." She gave me the cold shoulder.
"I want to get to know you Eliza." I said before we hit the docking port below with the students quickly departing the airship. "All first year students, report to the auditorium for introductions from Headmaster Ozpin." The loudspeaker announced with her leaving the railing behind.
"Another time perhaps." Eliza said leaving me in the cold with harsh feelings, shaking my head with shame. I tried and failed in spectacular fashion. A pat on the back caused my attention to divert my attention from the foreign beauty. The man behind me had blonde prince esque hair with a blue scarf around his neck and a short sleeve white shirt.
"Sorry the lass turned you down. She is quite the beauty." He mentioned with a brogue in his voice, very fitting and light.
"No worries, we'll meet again at some point." I said turning around to face the man who had a collapsed spear with a blade strapped to his back. Offering my hand to his in introduction. "Benjamin Snow." I introduced as he proudly shook it.
"Issac Lyons, former Vacuo resident." He joked while a tail emerged from behind covered in golden fur.
"You're a Faunus?" I asked.
"Sorry, forgot to mention that."
"No, it's alright, I'm not an asshole like most."
"Then we'll get along just fine, hope to see you soon Mr. Snow." He winked leaving me alone again on the airship. I picked up my backpack, slinging it over my back as the cloth smacked against the blades strapped to my back. The duffel on my right hand, I walked down the airship ramp where an argument was already taking place just in the primary courtyard between the red girl I noticed earlier and...Weiss Schnee. Well now, this would be an interesting year indeed if she was going to be here. Admittedly, I had no idea where the so called auditorium was but it would best if I just followed the crowd for now. Rather look like a fool hidden in a group than an individual one. The campus itself was massive, filled with pillars, archways and buildings that made itself appear as a small city. In the center of it all was the CCT Tower, the primary communication system through all 4 Kingdoms. Impressive tower that was the biggest out of the entire campus. It was also a shuddering thought that if even one of them went down, the entire world's communication system died with it.
"Hey watch it buddy." A man with a long black ponytail exclaimed. He had silver eyes like my father, and a white trench coat with the right side covered with a black glove and a curved blade strapped to his side underneath the coat.
"Sorry, my bad." I apologized to the young man without even so much a response from the cocky bastard. "I said sorry." I tried to reiterate before stopping in his track and turning to confront me.
"I heard you, I just don't care." He replied.
"Oh so you're going to be like that are you?"
"I guess so. What's your name?" The boy inquired.
"Benjamin Snow, you?"
"Gideon Rivia, A simple Atlas Swordsman."
"I guess simple minded too?" I taunted him with a pissed reaction.
"Remind me to avoid you when we are assigned teams. I don't need a weakling holding me down." He rebutted blending back into the crowd of students with a smug look of satisfaction on his face. Arrogant, spiteful of others, and just a total dick. Man, I don't need that kind of negativity in my life. After some walking, we eventually came upon the so called auditorium, filled with students of multiple variety and walks of life, all here for one single purpose: To serve the Kingdoms as a Huntsman/Huntress. To defeat the Grimm and bring peace and prosperity. A simple and noble goal to keep in mind. Then, the professor of the academy himself: Ozpin, took the center stage with Goodwitch right beside him. Tapping the microphone before beginning to speak.
"I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge-to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose-direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." He finished the dark speech, walking off with the heavy burden heaped onto our shoulders. He wasn't wrong, our job wasn't meant to be taken lightly by no doubt. I just didn't think that it would happen so soon.
There is no doubt that each and every one of us had our reasons for being here. To obtain the necessary skills and knowledge to become more than what we possibly imagined. I knew that Lyanna was my reason. Even if she was a half sister to me, I loved her more than my own father. Someday, she'll learn of the world and all of the dark secrets it is hiding. For now though, I want to keep her safe in the best way that I can. I'll become a Huntsman for Lyanna, and if I need to, die for her. A fool's reason, perhaps. I just know it is better to have a fool's reason than no reason at all.
Because tomorrow would determine the next 4 years at this academy, good and bad. I would work through it like I always do.