Hey guys! hope you enjoy this chapter, It may look a little rushed, but it's for a good reason (which will be revealed probably next chapter)

Enjoy!


Ozpin: Today, you will go through the initiation ceremony. You must go through the forest and find the relics I've hidden in a monument. Just know the forest is full of Grimm and us teachers will give no help to you. Keep in mind that you will also have to find teammates for your team. Good luck!

Neo and Bella each stood on top of a stone podium, not knowing what would happen to them in the forest. They soon realised the stone podiums were launch pads, they saw this after they saw a blonde boy being launched while screaming for his life. Soon, Neo was almost about to be launched, she turned to Bella and smiled.

Neo: See you on the other si-ahhhhhh!

Neo was launched far into the forest, Bella braced for impact as she too was launched, though while Neo was launched left, Bella was launched right.


Forest, Neo's POV


Neo flew through the air, using her parasol to ease her descent into the forest. She landed on top of a tree branch, right above a sleeping pack of Beowolves. She moved atop the trees for about 3 km, landing on the ground, thankfully away from the Beowolves. Though her relief was cut short due to a giant Ursa Major standing over her ready to attack. Neo prepared to fight before she heard a shout.

?: MOON SLASH!

White slashes cut through the air with extreme speed, cutting the Ursa in half. Neo looked to where the slashes came from, only to see a girl roughly the same size as her. She wore black boots, long white socks with a black skirt with white stars and crescent moons on it. She had a black leather jacket with a white bracelets on each arm. On her shoulders were black shoulder pads with spikes on them. Her hair was long, black with a few white stripes, kind like Neo's. She held a katana made of a weird material Neo had never seen before.

?: Your welcome.

Neo: I could've taken him.

?: Sure thing, Cmon, we have relics to find.

Neo: What is your sword?

?: Moonstone Katana, very hard to manufacture, but I managed. Also, I don't think I got your name.

Neo: I'm Neopolitan, but you can call me Neo.

?: I'm Luna.

Neo: I swear I recognise your voice from somewhere.

Luna: I was stalking you and your girlfriend last night.

Neo turned bright red, something of which didn't go unnoticed by Luna.


Other place in forest, Bella's POV


Bella landed in a part of the forest far from Neo, though, she didn't exactly land. She was dangling on a branch by her hood while her weapon was on the ground. What made things worse was the fact that there were hungry Beowolves under her, trying to jump up and grab her.

Bella: Guess this is how I die… See you soon, Charlie.

?: HEY!

Bella looked over to where the Beowolves were looking, a boy with red a black shirt, navy blue jeans, black boots, and red shoulder pads and chestplate stood there. His eyes were orange and his hair brown. He had a dark, metallic blaster in one hand and a black metal stick in the other.

?: PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE!

The Beowolves charged at the boy with intent to kill. In the span of two seconds, the boy placed the black metal stick on the muzzle of his blaster as if it was a silencer and began firing at the Beowolves. The gun fired orange plasma shots, instantly killing the low level Beowolves. The boy hung his blaster on the back of his chestplate and walked over to the Bella, looking upwards smiling.

?: Need a hand?

Bella: No, I'm perfectly capable of getting down on my own!

?: See ya around then.

Bella: NO WAIT PLEASE GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!

?: Chill girl, I'm only messing.

The boy grabbed the supposed "silencer" on his blaster and pressed a button on it. The stick now shot up a beam of pure plasma. Basically it was a plasma katana. He used it to cut the branch clean off the tree, causing Bella to fall down and land on her ass.

Bella: Ow.

?: You alright girl?

Bella: No, a warning would've been nice, and my name is Isabella, but you can call me Bella if you want, I don't really care.

?: Bella… nice name, I'm known as the Silent King by many, but you may call me Chris.

Bella: Why Silent King?

Chris: I'm the king of silence basically.

Bella: Ok fair, so… shouldn't we be looking for relics of some kind?

Chris: I know the general direction of where they are. I sent my clones to scout out a lot of the forest and one of them found a ruined structure with what appeared to be chess pieces.

The two began to walk towards where the relics were whilst still talking.

Bella: Clones? Is that your semblance?

Chris: Yep, Overreactive imagination.

Bella: O.I?

Chris: You've heard of it?

Bella: My friend has that semblance, though I don't recall her being able to create clones that aren't decoys.

Chris: O.I is one of the few semblances that have upgrades.

Bella: How is it upgraded?

Chris: The more you use it, the more… how do I explain this..? It's like an XP bar that you can't see basically.

Bella: Oh cool.

The two kept walking as they heard a screech above them as well as a scream. They looked up only to see who Bella knew as Ruby Rose and a girl in a white combat skirt… riding atop a Nevermore?

Bella: Wait a minute, isn't that…

Chris: Schnee heiress and creepy weapon nerd kid, yep.

Bella: Are they mad riding a Nevermore?

Chris: Well, the Heiress is screaming so I'd assume that it was weapon nerd's idea, not to mention the fact their headed for the location of the relics so we should probably hurry up.


Location of the Relics, Neo's POV:


Neo and Luna had arrived at the location of the relics, not too far from them were a blonde girl and an emo looking girl with a black ribbon on her head.

Neo: Think this is it?

Luna: I believe so yes, by the looks of it, we weren't the first to arrive here, some pieces are missing.

?: Hello there!

Luna pulled her sword from behind her back and held it at eh blonde girl's throat.

Luna: DO NOT SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT YANG!

Yang: Sorry Luna, force of habit. Say, who's that?

Neo: I'm Neo, pleasure to meet you.

Yang: I'm Yang Xiao Long, and behind me is Blake.

Blake just waved and walked towards the chess pieces, snatching a black knight piece. Neo grabbed a white bishop piece. Just as they were about to leave, more people showed up. First was two people rising on the back of an Ursa which Neo identified as Ren and Nora (because they said each other's names). Then, Ruby and Weiss had arrived on top of a giant Nevermore. "Why do people keep arriving on top of Grimm?" Neo thought at one point. Next, a blonde boy and red head girl came running away from a Death stalker, and then finally, Bella and a boy ran in. That's it, no Grimm chasing them or them riding a Grimm, just them running into the scene.

Neo: Bella! You're ok!

Bella: Yeah I'm fine, but I don't think they are.

Bella pointed towards Weiss and Ruby, still on the Nevermore and unable to get down.

Neo: What do you say we help them out?

Bella: I have an idea, but first, I need all your names.

After everyone introduced themselves, Bella finished her plan.

Bella: Ren, Nora, Jaune and Pyrrha, I want you too keep the Death stalker distracted, keep it's tail pointed upwards!

Nora: You got it!

The four left to deal with the Death stalker as Bella turned to Blake and Yang.

Bella: Blake and Yang, I need you two to deal with any approaching Grimm from the forest, keep them away from this area.

Yang: Got it!

Blake: Sure.

The two left as Bella turned to the rest of the people left.

Bella: Alright, Chris and Luna, you have long ranged attacks correct?

The two nodded preparing their long ranged weapons.

Bella: Aim carefully for the wings, do not shoot Ruby or Weiss. I will shoot my chain daggers and attempt to bring the Nevermore down on top of the Death stalker's stinger, Neo will help me with this.

The three of them nodded and got to work. Bella disabled the parasol canopy and split the shaft in two, reactivating her original double daggers. She then gave one to Neo as they both shot them at the Nevermore, getting I direct hit and piercing it's body. The shots to the wings weakened it, making it easier for Neo and Bella to drag the Nevermore down to where the stinger was. Slowly but surely, the Nevermore descended down until it was low enough for Weiss and Ruby to jump off with no problems.

Bella: NOW!

Bella and Neo used all their force and dragged the Nevermore down right on top of the Death stalker's stinger. But something Nobody saw coming was the fact that the Nevermore's talons pierced the Death stalker, also killing it. They had killed two birds with one stone, or in this case, a bird and a scorpion thing. Everyone sat down exhausted from the battle. After about 20 minutes of rest, everyone grabbed a chess piece and headed back towards Beacon.


Beacon announcement auditorium, Bella's POV:


Ozpin: Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikkos and Lie Ren. You four have retrieved the black rook piece, from this day forward, you will be known as team JNPR (Juniper), led by Jaune Arc.

The auditorium erupted in applause and cheers as JNPR left the stage.

Ozpin: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, you four have retrieved the black knight pieces, from this day forward, you will be known as team RWBY (Ruby), led by Ruby Rose.

The auditorium exploded in cheers and applause again.. Soon, it was Bella and Neo's turn to go up on stage.

Ozpin: Isabella Tai, Luna O'Reily, Neopolitan Glaciale and Chris Jackson. You four have retrieved the white Bishop Pieces. From this day forward, you shall be known as team BLNC (Blanc), led by Isabella Tai.

The auditorium once again erupted into cheers and applause. Bella felt happy, happy she was with Neo in good place. She hoped this feeling wouldn't go away, she hoped she would stay like this forever.


The next day, hallway, Bella's POV


Glynda: Here are your room keys, do not lose them. You have today off, tomorrow, classes will begin, so get settled in, decorate your rooms as you please and rest up.

Bella: Thank you.

Glynda walked off to give keys to other students. Neo scanned her key in the door, opening it slowly to reveal their new room. The room had two bunk beds, two desks, 6-8 shelves, a few bookcases, cubicles to keep their bags and a door to the bathroom. The bathroom itself was quite basic, it had a shower, a sink with a mirror and the toilet, not much else to be said.

Chris: I cal dibs on a top bunk.

Luna: I don't really mind what I get.

Neo: I'll take the other top bunk.

Bella: I'll take the bottom bunk under Neo, so Luna, you're stuck under Chris.

Luna: Ok.

Everyone began to decorate their own areas. Neo used spare fabric to create a fabric wall which she could pull to the side like a curtain to avoid people watching her sleep, then she hung up a few posters and a lamp. Bella just hung up posters. Luna hung up glowing stars on the bottom of Chris's bunk to make her area more space-like, she then added a bedside lamp shaped like a crescent moon on the bookshelf beside her. Chris went all out with his decorations, he got materials to turn his bed into what looked to be a battle ship with makeshift cannons, controls and other props. Don't even ask where he got them from, or if they were even real… they are fake… right?

Neo: Chris, what the hell are those?

Chris: Why they are guns, what else?

Bella: They aren't real are they?

Chris: Of course not! Who do you take me for, a crazy person?

Neo: Honestly, I kinda di-!

Neo got shot, but not by a normal bullet, but rather a nerf bullet.

Bella: Those are nerf guns!?

Chris: Yep, mini-guns too.

Neo: But why though?

Chris: That's the thing, why not?

Luna: You have problems.

Chris: Oh, I'm aware. Well, I'm off.

Neo: To where might I ask?

Chris: Junior's.

Bella: Isn't that the bar with that one guy who knows a lot of things?

Chris: That's the one.

Neo: Aren't you young for goi-

The door slammed shut, meaning Chris had already left. The three just stood where they were before moving on to their normal activities.


Somewhere in vale, Roman's POV:


Roman stood in an alleyway, waiting for someone to meet up with. He looked at his watch, wondering why the person he was waiting for was late, after all, she's usually earlier than him. As if right on queue, Cinder showed up, with a neutral look on her face.

Cinder: Sorry I'm late, had to deal with something that you were supposed to deal with.

Roman: And who might that be exactly?

Cinder: A traitor from the White Fang, I thought you would send your two… lackeys to do it.

Roman: Firstly, they are my partners in crime, not lackeys. Second of all, they're currently occupied somewhere else.

Cinder: And where are they?

Roman: Not feeling like telling you, sorry.

Cinder: Either you tell me now, or I figure it out myself and kill them when I find them.

Roman: They're at Beacon…

Cinder: EXCUSE ME?!

Roman: I sent a letter for both of them on their behalf to get them inside Beacon since it was something the two had always wanted.

Cinder: Roman, You do realise that Neo was supposed to be the fourth member of my infiltration team for the Vytal festival?

Roman: No because you never told me or her, in fact, you never tell us shit about your plans! You just text us targets, you never warn us of your plans ahead of time for fuck's sake!

Cinder stayed silent for a second, much to Roman's discomfort. She then faced him with a smile.

Cinder: I guess that's kind of on me, my apologies.

Roman: Really? You're taking this surprisingly well.

Cinder: Which is why I will give you a new task. I want you ti find me a descent replacement for Neo on my infiltration team from the many White Fang working for you. You have 24 hours, if you fail to bring me what I ask, then it's you're two lackey's blood on your hands, understood?

Roman gulped before nodding. Cinder then disappeared into the darkness with a faint laughter. Roman then proceeded to grab his scroll and checked his message history.

13:47 Neo: [Roman this place is amazing! Wish U were here ;)]

14:00 Roman: [glad you're enjoying yourself]

14:01 Neo: [me and Bella almost died a few times to Grimm but we managed and are in the same team now!]

14:06 Roman: [Congrats!]

Roman proceeded to text Neo a new message, just to give her a heads up for the future.

Now Roman: [Hey Neo, FYI, if you see Cinder and/or her two lackeys, it's because she's infiltrating Beacon for the Vytal festival]

Neo responded only a few minutes later.

Now Neo: [Ok got it!]

Roman put his scroll away and sighed.

Roman: Well shit…