Wow! It's been awhile! Sorry about that! I'm trying to keep writing but finding little time to! I'm really really really really REALLY sorry! But here is another chapter. So far this one is my favorite so far but I already know what's coming up so I'll let you read!
After class, Neo was headed for her next class. This class she knew would be the worst of them all. Gym or "Physical Education".
"Hey Neo! Wait up!" Neo turned hearing her name. Rudy was running after her. "For someone so tiny you can really move."
"Well it's easier to weave in and out of people. You're kind of stuck being so tall and lanky." Neo retorted with a smile and slowed down.
"Hardy har. Where are you heading?" Rudy asked looking at her.
"Gym. Where are you headed?"
"Same place!" Rudy then got an evil smirk and quickly grabbed Neo's bag. The multi haired girl turned quickly.
"What are you doing?!" She asked trying to reach her bag.
"Call this a warm up! Race you there!" The Faunus called as he took off down the hallway. Neo's jaw dropped as she tried to run after him. It was hard. All of the students were now clustered. It took Neo a good 5 minutes to reach the gym.
Rudy was laying down by the bleachers and was currently using Neo's bag as a pillow. The small girl smirked and snuck up on him. She then quickly snatched the bag away, letting the male's head smack against the floor.
"Ouch!"
"That's what you get for running away like that!" Neo told him with a slight laugh. She then sat down next to him to catch her breath.
"Don't run much?" Rudy asked sitting up.
"I hate running." The small girl told him. She then looked at him. "You know, you're really nice." She told him.
"Uh thanks?"
"It's a compliment dummy." She smiled and then leaned against him. "I haven't met that many nice people here yet. So thanks." Neo didn't understand why she was confessing these things to him. He was just so easy to talk to.
"I don't think you should call the person you're thanking dummy." He teased.
The small girl rolled her eyes. "Then what am I supposed to call you?"
"Maybe something along the lines of 'ultimate' or 'supreme'."
"Those are adjectives." Neo giggled.
"Ok know it all. Better find Qrow so he knows you're here." Neo nodded remembering that name from her class schedule. She stood up and looked around finding Qrow.
There was a long talk with Qrow about class and it was decided that Neo would participate in class today since the activity would be dodgeball.
"Alright!" Qrow addressed the class. "Dodgeball. Arc and Winchester will be captains. Pick your teams and don't bother me."
Neo stood there astonished at how the class basically ran itself. Neo was on Team Arc and thanked whatever spiritual being there was for that. She had recognized the large boy in charge of the other team was Cardin, the boy notorious for being the most hated male in the school. A lanky blonde boy came over to the multi haired girl.
"Hey, I'm Jaune. Jaune Arc. Are you any good at this?" He asked. Neo turned and shrugged.
"I-I can't throw but I can dodge." She told him offering a pathetic smile. Physical activities and Neo Torchwick never really got along. Well, maybe except for-
"Neo duck!" The small girl didn't even have time to think as a ball came hurtling at her. She quickly lunged backwards. The ball only missing her face by a margin as she did a back walkover. Rudy and most of the males in the class' jaws dropped. The few females in the group rolled their eyes.
Neo looked at all of them. "I-I use to do gymnastics." She shrugged. Taking the opportunity Rudy pegged a ball at the other team. A kid with dark skin and orange hair was hit hard.
"Walk it off Fox!" Cardin yelled and then launched a counter attack. Soon there were kids getting hit all over the place. Jaune was out first besides the Fox kid who didn't know what hit him. After a while it was four versus three. On Team Arc, the only three that were left were Neo, Rudy, and a tall thin girl with bunny ears were left standing. On Team Winchester it was Cardin and his "lackies" (According to Jaune).
Cardin smirked as he looked at the opposing team.
"Looks like this'll be an easy win." One of the lackies chuckled at his own statement.
"We still have a chance to win!" Rudy called back. He the pegged a ball at the kid and got him out.
"I wouldn't call that a good team. You have a freak with a tail," Rudy grit his teeth,"upper classmen trash," The tall girl looked at the ground, "and-"
"LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Neo shouted. Both the tall girl and Rudy looked at her with surprise. Even all of the other students stood on the sidelines amazed."THE ONLY FREAK OF NATURE HERE IS YOU!" A couple whoops went around the room.
"Don't talk to me like th-" Cardin was caught off as Neo stormed up to him.
"Don't what?! Don't call you out on the truth?!"
"Don't talk to me like that! You're just as much as a freak as they are!" Neo was taken back a little. Her words caught in her throat for a second which allowed Cardin to continue. "You can't even talk right without a st-st-stutter! And look at you! Two different colored eyes? You're just as mutant as a faunus!" Right after that, Neo did something that surprised even her. She coiled her arm back and punched the tall male square in the jaw.
Both Cardin and Neo stood there stunned. The whole class seemed to stop breathing.
"You are going to regret that." Cardin muttered and shoved Neo to the ground. The small girl then spun on her hands and used her one leg to trip the taller male. Cardin hit the ground hard. He then got to his feet quickly and threw punches. Neo dodged all of them gracefully.
"Cardin! Stop it!" The tall rabbit girl called. Cardin threw another punch at Neo who ducked and punched him in the abdomen.
"I got this Velvet!" Rudy called and went to move forward to assist Neo when a loud whistle blew.
"That is enough!" Qrow called. He marched over to Cardin and Neo. "Both of you will go to see Principal Ozpin after my meeting with the coach of Haven High." He then turned to the rest of the class. "Based on this fight I'd say Team Arc wins. Class dismissed.
"But don't we have twenty more minutes of class?"
"I don't care Arc." He told him and then left the gym. Neo groaned as she grabbed herself. She then sat against the wall, hugging her bag.
"My mom is going to kill me." She muttered to herself. Neo always stayed under Cinder's radar because she never did anything wrong but she knew of the temper Cinder had when it came to disciplining her children. Rudy attempted to comfort her and Velvet came over and tried to help as well. Neo just hugged her bag as the pit in her stomach grew. The bell rang and Neo slowly walked to lunch. She needed her old school and her old friends. This place was hell. The multi color haired girl weaved in and out of the hallway, not wanting to talk to anyone.
"Hey short stuff!" Neo looked up to see the blonde from this morning.
"Hi." Neo greeted. The small girl kept walking past the blonde.
Yang however, would not have that. She grabbed Neo by the book bag. "What's wrong? Gravity making you shorter?" Neo didn't answer. She simply ripped her bag from Yang's grip. "I was only making a joke! What is your problem today?" Neo just shook her head and started to walk away when another familiar face walked up to her, the textbook throwing ninja, Blake.
"Ready to go to lunch?" She asked softly, noticing the look on Neo's face. Neo just nodded. Yang came jogging over.
"How do you know short stuff Blakey?" Yang asked eyeing both of them.
"We have History together." Blake answered.
"Weeeellll,"
"Yang no." Blake told the blonde girl. Neo looked back and forth between them.
"You two may have history, but,"
"Please don't."
"We have chemistry!" The blonde wrapped her arm around Blake's waist.
"Remind me why I'm dating you." Blake grumbled. Neo looked at both of them with a raised eyebrow.
"You two are dating?" She asked.
"Yup." Yang added an extra popping noise to the p. "Why do you ask?"
Neo shrugged. "It's just- N-No re-reason." The small girl cut herself off. This was not the time to test someone else's temper.
Yang stopped Neo. "It's just what?" She asked eyeing the girl.
"I-I was going t-to say that,"
Yang rolled her eyes. "Come on spit it out." She told the smaller girl.
"Yang leave her alone. She's had a rough day." Blake told Yang.
"You two are polar opposites i-is all." Neo answered. The tall blonde just laughed.
"I know right?" She grinned and gathered both Neo and Blake in her arms. "Now let's go! I'm starving!" The trio walked to the cafeteria. Once there she let Blake and Yang lead the way. She recognized some of the students at the table. She recognized Pyrrha, Jaune, and Lie Ren. She did recognize the white haired girl from her home ec class.
"Yang!" A small girl with short brown hair and a red cape pounced onto the blonde.
"Ruby!" Yang screamed back. "I thought you weren't coming in today! Dad said you were still sleeping when I left." The small girl (who was still taller than Neo) shrugged.
"Had too much to do today! Besides Weiss would miss me to much!" She informed her older sister. The smaller girl then noticed Neo. "Who's this?" She asked with some curiosity.
Yang shrugged. "Just a shorty with a bad attitude." She answered.
Neo crossed her arms. "I wouldn't have a bad attitude if you didn't have so many stupid remarks." The tall blonde went to retort when the girl with long white hair stood up and walked over.
"She simply can't help it." She answered plainly. The snow colored girl's hair was swept to the side in a long pony tail. She had ice blue eyes with a scar over her left eye. "She has more breasts than brain." Neo couldn't help but smile. She liked this one. "Weiss Schnee. Student body president and captain of the fencing team." The president offered her hand.
"She's also the leader of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee." Yang grumbled under her breath which was quickly followed by a jab in the ribs by Blake's elbow.
"Neo Torchwick. Transfer student." Neo introduced herself and shook Weiss' hand.
Ruby taking the opportunity but in and grabbed Neo's hand and started shaking it vigorously. "Hi! I'm Ruby Rose! Come meet the rest of the table!" Before Neo could open her mouth Ruby pulled her towards the lunch table. "Ok! We have here Jaune Arc, part of the football team, and a natural born leader!"
Jaune simply put his hands up in innocence. "I wouldn't say I'm a natural born anything."
Ruby simply ignored him and moved to the redhead who just sat down next to him. "Now this is Pyrrha Nikos! Amazing track and field expert, Beacon's pride and joy, and a future gold medalist!"
Pyrrha just smiled seeing Neo again. "Hello again." She waved with a sweet smile. Neo simply waved back.
Ruby then turned to Lie Ren and the tangerine haired girl from Neo's home ec class. "This is Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren! The best theatre couple that's ever blessed Beacon!"
Nora rubbed the back of her head. "Well I wouldn't say that! We aren't together together. Well we're together but not that kind of together." Nora answered before diving into her meal once more.
Neo turned seeing Yang, Blake, and Weiss sit at the table. They all seemed like good friends. The multi color haired girl bowed politely. "Th-thank you f-for being s-so nice!"
The table turned and looked at her with confused looks. Jaune stood up and opened his mouth to say something when the overhead speakers sounded.
"Would Neo Torchwick and Cardin Winchester please report to the Principal's office immediately."
Jaune simply sighed. "Good Luck."
Neo nodded and looked at the ground.
"What does Ozpin want with those two?" Blake asked looking between Jaune and Neo.
"I-I kinda punched Cardin…" Neo trailed off. Weiss gaped at her.
"You're joking right?" She asked.
Jaune shook his head. "Nope. She socked him right in the face during dodgeball when he was making fun of Rudy and Velvet."
Yang smiled and made a whooping noise. "There might be hope for you after all short stuff!"
So yeah! I'm really excited for whats to come! But only I know for sure! So hang on there friends!