To say her time so far at Beacon Academy had not been what she had expected would be an understatement. Some of the surprises she was presented with were fantastic, like finding out that her baby sister not only interrupted a dust robbery by one of the most wanted criminals in Vale but in doing so was pushed ahead two years and would be joining her as a student at said academy.

Although she did feel bad when she had basically abandoned Ruby to spend time with her friends from Signal Academy almost immediately after they Arrived at the prestigious academy . But things seemed to work out okay for he little sister when she saw her walk into the assembly hall for orientation with...the blond guy who got airsick on her shoes. Well he must have been an alright guy if Ruby had decided to spend time with him. Ruby being upset with her was understandable however some of the things she had told her were just doubted she had actually exploded like she claimed. Imagine her surprise when this was confirmed by not only one but three people who had been there. She didn't say anything out loud other than her voicing her disbelief that that had actually happened, but inside she was nearly dying of laughter mainly because the situation seemed like something that would come out of one of her Friday night sitcoms.

Some of the surprises to her were well to put it lightly strange. After the headmaster's speech that felt more like a grave warning as opposed to a warm and welcoming speech to promising huntsman and huntresses. However Professor Ozpin's strange idea of a welcoming speech aside when they were dismissed into the great hall where all the students would inevitably be staying for the night, she could not help but overhear probably the second strangest thing she had heard that day the first being the news of her sister's rather "explosive" entrance at the front gates. It had started as something she heard in passing.

"No way..that can't be true."a girl said her tone a strange mix of disbelief and boredom somewhere behind her.

"Believe me it's true my cousin said it stole his wallet when he went through initiation a few years back" said a boy sounding like he was trying his best to convince whoever he was talking to. Initially she simply dismissed this as some hopeless guy trying to hold the girl's attention. But while she was doing some "research" later that night involving some of the "gentlemen" who could quite possibly become future teammates or something of the sort while Ruby was doing something in her journal in the corner where they had made their beds for the night. When she overheard them mention something similar to what the pair in the hallway were talking about.

"Seriously? What kinda BS is that." said one of the boys.

"I'm tellin ya man. It's true i heard that there's some sort of Freak living in the forest. The way I heard it from my older brother was that some sick bastard threw their kid into the forest and he turned into some sort of subhuman beast. Y'know ahh like from that one movie...ahh what was it...y'know the one with David Reeves." The other boy said

"A Valeien WereGrimm in Atlas?" His friend responded

"Yeah! That one, some sorta half man half Grimm monster that does the usual monster shit, like attacking bystanders and eating babies." the second boy proclaimed. His friend gave him a look that basically said he wasn't buying what he what selling.

"I personally think YOU have been watching too many movies, no way a kid would be able to survive out there for that long with all the Grimm and other creatures that live there."the first boy said "Besides dontcha think there are more important things to be worrying about…"

it was at this point that she tuned them out and continued walking towards where Ruby was. And not to her surprise most of what she heard on her way back was gossip, what did surprise her however was what the gossip was about. Instead of hearing girls gossiping about which boy they wouldn't mind getting lost in the forest with. They were saying things like.

"I heard that he skins Grimm alive and wears their pelts"

"A friend of mine whose mom scouts the area before initiation said she saw these weird pitfalls that had these weird spikes at the bottom and…"

But what caught her attention the most out of all of these was not as disturbing nor as frightening as some of the tidbits she had heard. It was well surprisingly funny.

She did not really recognize any of the girls who were sitting around a little ways away from where she and Ruby had situated themselves. Well save for the frigid heiress that was involved in her sister's...incident. If she were to be completely honest about her first impression of Weiss Schnee she would have to say that she needed to remove the massive icicle that seemed to have planted itself so far up her backside that it seemed freezing her heart as well. Not to say that she didn't have the capacity to be a good person but given what she had seen that would take a lot to convince her otherwise. And strangely enough she seemed somewhat invested in what the other girl was saying.

"So my stepfather's, brother's, cousin's sister's, nephew's, best friend's former roommate, said that he knew a guy that got lost during the initiation and actually SAW it up close!"the rather energetic girl with the strange looking….what was that a hat? a helmet?

The others responded with mixed reactions ranging from "No way!" to "doubtful" she took a wild guess as to who said that.

"Its true he said he got lost in the Emerald Forest during his initiation like 3 years ago and all of a sudden this thing dropped out of the trees and knocked him out." Helmet Girl continued "He said the last thing he remembered before losing consciousness was seeing this weird mix of a boy and a beowulf, and when he woke up ALL of his stuff was gone except for his weapons and pants!" she exclaimed

"So this Man-Grimm, knocked him out and stole his armour and supplies?"came the heiress's condescending reply " Forgive me for being blunt but that sounds absolutely ridiculous, I mean from what I've only heard today it seems no more as real as the boogeyman. The mere idea of a person surviving for that long ALONE mind you just is impossible."

it was here that she tuned the frigid ice queen out and made her way back to her sister plopping down rather energetically next to trying to remove the rather uncharacteristic look on Ruby's face.

"It's like a biiiiig slumber party!" she said while dropping down on her sleeping bag. Somehow the following few minutes managed to both sour her sister's mood and sweeten it. with the reminder the she had made a friend in puke boy whose name she had learned later on was Jaune Arc. As well as potential friend Ruby had seen in that Blake girl who had been keeping to herself in corner of the room simply reading a book. She would give anyone three guesses as to whom was responsible for the wet blanket thrown onto the their otherwise good conversation. But as the night grew late and they all retired for the night she couldn't help but feel excited for what tomorrow would bring and she knew deep down Ruby was even more excited than she was.

But by far the thing that Yang Xiao Long had not been expecting the most would be literally crashing into her new partner during her landing during the Initiation ceremony. The launch itself was easily one of the most blood pumping experiences she had ever had,and flying through the air at that speed was a rush of pure adrenaline. The blasts from Ember Cecilia propelling her further and faster through the air which only added to her adrenaline high. But unfortunately what comes up must come down so she had planned on vaulting between the massive tree trunks and then rolling into a sprint on the forest floor. Obviously it didn't' work out the way she initially planned because as soon she broke through the treetops her foot snagged on a protruding branch and in combination with her speed, sent her flying downward snapping branches as she did so. She didn't exactly know what had happened but all she saw was a mass of dark blue hair, brown and silver. Before colliding with said mass sending them both to the forest floor below with her essentially laying on top of whatever she had crashed into. When Yang had managed to reorient herself to her surroundings receiving only a minor headache from her crash landing.

"Hmmm…well that could have gone a little better." She said while trying to sit up, removing her much loved golden locks from her face and looked down at the lucky classmate who had the pleasure of being her partner for the duration of their time at Beacon.

What she noticed first about the person she had for lack of a better word steamrolled onto was his hair it was long for a guy anyway and it was very very unkempt and the most curious shade of blue, it was almost like someone took the night sky and gave it a blueish tint she felt like if she stared at it too long then she would get lost in the color. So she looked at his face to see who the midnight blue hair belonged. She would admit that he was handsome in a scruffy mountain man sort of way. His face held a light but slightly suntanned complexion. She noticed that one of his canines was protruding from the side of his mouth and was well pointed. His ears also held a similar feature at the top of the earlobe from what she could see from beneath his hair. But what caught her attention the most were his eyes, they were a soft red, almost a rich maroon or burgundy which worked surprisingly well in contrast with his hair. She noticed that he was examining her face and expression at the same time she was doing the same to him. His expression was probably one of the more curious things she had noticed. He looked well amazed or in awe of her almost like he had never seen another person let alone a girl this close but she had just chalked it up to her tendency to be a knockout striking yet another hapless guy. Perhaps she could have a bit of fun with him before introducing herself after all a bit of light teasing never hurt to ease the tension of a potentially awkward situation.

"Sorry bout crashin into you like that usually i don't tackle boys until at least the third date."She said letting out a small chuckle sitting up and stretching her body out, intentionally allowing him a MUCH better look at her hoping to elicit some sort of bashful or embarrassing response, a sly grin coming to her face as she felt her limbs get that satisfied feeling one gets after a good stretch.

"Well I guess I just need to look where I'm goin a bit better eh fella?"She said as she took another look at the boy beneath her to unsurprisingly find him staring at her a slight blush could be seen on his face even if he didn't realize it. Yang couldn't help but let a sinister grin come to her face and she couldn't help but continue to mess with him a bit more.

"Ahh see somthin you like?" she said playfully while getting off of the man who was to be her partner. "Well you're gonna be seein a lot more of it seeing how your my partner now after all" she said matter of factly offering a hand to help him up. He gave her a confused look as he got up. When he got to his feet Yang was surprised to see he was taller than her not by much only a few inches but now that he was standing she got a better look at the rest of him.

If she had to take a guess she would say that he stood at around five foot ten, five foot eleven, around that range, he was of a sightly and thin sturdy build, his arms and legs lean and muscular. His armour seemed pretty basic for the most part. A hard leather harness which housed a metal spalder on his left shoulder and was fastened over what looked like a lightweight metal chest guard over what looked like a handmade tunic. Attached to the leather straps fastened diagonally across his chest were a plethora of small pouches each holding something. What was in them exactly she did not know. Further down was a leather hunting belt that housed what looked like twin daggers behind his waist and a larger drinking skin attached to the side. Connected to the belt was…..a kilt? Made of some sort of black fur that seemed to wrap itself around his legs. In all honesty it seemed to suit him in a strange barbaric sort of way.

"Well the names Yang, Yang Xiao Long. And yours is?" she said after noticing he was just staring at her.

He didn't say anything just looked at her some more. A slightly confused look on his face and after a good ten seconds he just pointed to the gem that was fixed in the centerpiece of his armour. Inscribed on the dark blue gem were the letters BEO. strange to have to point to his name rather than just say it. Maybe it was a family thing to have heirlooms with their names on it or something, but she decided to ask about that later because they had work to do.

"Beo huh? Well nice to meet you Beo. I take it by the way you just pointed to your name you don't talk much do you?"she said grabbing his hand and giving it a good shake, his hands felt rough and heavily calloused weathered by years of rigorous work and training.

She pumped her fist into the air "Well i guess more formal introductions are going to have to come later cause right now we've got a relic to find." Beo gave another confused look. Was this going to be a trend she thought.

"Wow I guess I musta crashed into you harder than I thought, Well have no fear I'm sure with the two of us well find them no problem!" she exclaimed as she grabbed the back of Beo's collar and began leading him deeper into the woods with her.

If Yang had to say one thing about Beo it would be...quiet in almost every regard, he didn't speak at all and the way he moved through the forest she had to constantly check behind her to see if he was still following her. He was of course never more than three or four feet behind her but it seemed like every step he took was deliberate and made little to no sound. Like he was used to moving around in the woods. And since he decided not to talk she did most of the talking for the both of them. Ranging from her talking about her and Ruby's home on patch to her time at Signal. Every once in awhile when she looked back she would see him taking a swig from that moleskin canteen that rested at his side.

His reactions were always positive if not somewhat confused at some of the things she said but he seemed nice. Plus side to all of this was at least was a good listener. After they seemingly wandered for a good hour or so she began making up conversations for the two of them, the latest one she just pulled from a Tim Ride movie failing to notice the slight changes in the forest around them. The bright sunlight that had been shining down on the two of them as they hiked began to disappear as the woods became thicker and more twisted, thin strands of webbing found their way up and hugged the sides of the near dead trees along with an ungodly amount of vines and dark blue-green moss. She also failed to notice Beo immediately tensing up his eyes scanning the twisted treetops above them as well as the ground beneath for any dangers while he kept an ear out for even the slightest trace of movement that wasn't their own.

"So Beo how's the weather?"she said in a chipper tone oblivious to the sudden change of scenery.

"..." was his response

" yeah i see your point there."

"..."

" You a ladies man Beo?" she said turning to catch his reaction to the slightly provocative probing question. Only to find that….he wasn't there.

She began to frantically look around how could she have lost her partner on the FIRST DAY! How was that even possible? Where could he have gone? "BEO! Hey where dija run off to?"She spun around once more to the way she was originally facing and saw him crouched by a nearly rotted tree facing away from her. How did he? Never mind that now.

"Hey Beo don't run off on me like-" her voice was silenced by Beo raising his hand out behind him and then turning his head and placing a finger to his lips, once Yang fell silent he motioned for her to come closer and then pointed to the clearing in front of them.

She looked to where he was motioning toward and saw...nothing just an empty moss covered grotto.

"Its an empty clearing so what?"Yang said questioning Beo's views on communication and cooperation.

She looked at Beo's expression it was stern and serious like he knew that something was there. He pointed to the bushes on the far side just as they began to rustle with movement. Yang began to feel a knot of excitement at the thought what would emerge. Was it a Grimm? Another student perhaps? What emerged from the undergrowth was small Beowulf well small for a Beowulf if she had to estimate its size she would probably say it was around the size of the door on a small SUV. Meaning that it couldn't have been older that a few months maybe a year old, it had probably strayed away fromt the rest of its pack and made its to the grotto. She readied Ember Cecilia in anticipation for a fight in case the nightmarish creature decided to charge at them. Beo's eyes seemed to widen and as he saw her trusty shotgun gauntlets deploy however he just put his arm out in front of her and slowly shook his head "no". his eye never leaving the center of the grotto. while she had taken to examining his expression. And she was pleasantly surprised when she saw how serious it had gotten. His wine colored eyes laser focused on the on what could possibly be dangerous encounter. Every muscle in his body tensed with every step the Beowulf seemed to take and he kept a hand on one of his daggers ready to draw it at the drop of a hat and spring forward into the fray. But of all these things Yang observed whole they say crouched in the shadow of massive tree was Beo's breathing, it was slow,and controlled showing no sign of panic only a deadly calm.

Looking back to the Beowulf it was almost halfway across the small clearing, sniffing at the air and ground around it. Its soulless crimson eyes scanning the area for anything resembling life before they found themselves fixated on where they were currently crouched. Its eyes narrowed as it began to let out a low and threatening growl as it began to slowly stalk its way across the forest floor towards them.

Yang prepared to charge the monster and deliver a rather explosive strike to its jaw before Beo suddenly stepped out in front of her standing just on the edge of the clearing. His posture low and ready, one of his ivory colored daggers was drawn and held in his hand in an icepick style grip. His other hand was out in front of him at the ready. It was then that Yang saw Beo's aura flare for the first time since they met earlier. A dark blue outline encased her partner as she noticed that his hair grew a darker shade of blue and his muscles bulged slightly. But what she found most shocking was the snarl he elicited in return to Grimm in front of them. It sounded….Primal almost beastial. The two of them continued to stare at one another the Beowulf slowly inching closer with every passing second and Beo holding his ground at the clearing edge.

Yang couldn't help but feel antsy about this whole situation a Grimm was staring right at them and she wanted nothing more than to charge right in and pound the fledgling Beowulf into a shadowy pulp but something about how Beo and the Grimm were acting was stopping her. Feeling her patience beginning to wane she prepared to simply fire a fiery slug at the beastie but in the split second it took her to reel back her fist to fire the shot at the exact moment the Beowulf reached the center of the rotting grotto the ground next to it seemed to erupt with a force rivaling a small earthquake as what looked like a massive, black, hairy spikes latched onto the adolescent wolf and dragged it back down with them into the depths from whence they came the only sounds that could be heard coming from the grotto then was a panicked yelp from the Beowulf and the snapping of bones. The whole incident only occurring within less than 3 seconds

"W-what the HELL was that!?" Yang shouted only to be shushed by Beo's unarmed hand in her face. Shooting her a look that essentially said if you don't want us to die than stay cool.

Yang took a deep breath to try and regain her composure he was right now was not the time to be freaking out over what had happened to a Beowulf especially when...whatever the hell did that was most likely still in the clearing. She looked back over to Beo. He was crouching near the edge of the clearing from what she could see it looked like he was examining the ground. She walked over to where he was and crouched down next to him. His eyes were scanning over the patches of moss as if they were looking for something. What? She did not know.

"So. think that was some sort of... I dunno weird Anti-Grimm security system to keep too many Grimm from wandering too close to the initiation area?" She said not believing a single word she was saying. Apparently neither did Beo seeing how he was looking at her like she had two heads and simply shook his head and lifted some of the moss on the ground with one of his daggers and pointed to what lay underneath. When she saw where he was pointing Yang understood what they were up against. What she and Beo saw were billions upon billions small threads interwoven over the forest ground all leading to where the eruption occurred.

"Are these...spider webs?" she pondered out loud "I didn't know there were Burrowing Widows in Emerald Forest" Beo kept to his usual silence as he stared out towards the center of the clearing. Maybe they could just turn around the way they came? She turned and looked down the path that they came from and nearly froze at what she saw.

"H-hey Beo ummm have these always been here" she said with a bit of nervousness to her voice.

Beo turned and his eyes widened when he realized what she was talking about. He looked to their feet and saw more of the web strew woven across the ground but instead of leading solely to the clearing there were a few paths leading to what looked like a felled tree. The overgrowth rampant on its rotting trunk and from beneath it although they did not want to admit it they could clearly see two massive black legs branching out, feeling for the vibrations on its webbing. Along with eight blood red eyes fixated on the both of them. If they wanted to get out of this part of the forest alive and in one piece the two young hunters would need to think of something and fast before they became prey to the very monsters they fought against.

A/N: WOO so second chapter is done!And a head of my schedule. A bit shorter than the last one I know but I kinda just wanted to get this one out to see how I did with the characters and their personalities i think i did okay correct me if I'm wrong please i know there is always room for improvement these types of things. And yeah I know I added a bit to the initiation portion especially with what I have planned next Chapter (blame the manga Arachnid for that one) also just wondering are there spider grimm in the canon i know there are scorpions but not too sure about the things that haunt all our nightmares. Also BIG shout out to the User EyeCancer, HighAnimeFangirl and Dalia38 who left reviews I really appreciate it its certainly does help with motivation for writing. anyway leave a review or feel free to PM me with any comments questions or concerns

This is Amouren signing out

PS: if anyone can guess what movies i was referencing and get them correct they win a free pat on the back for knowing obscure and needles movie references.