A/N Hey guys, you need to know that my updates will be haphazard as of August 22, but I will try to update this story within 2 days of my AO3 account. This story will be centered around flashbacks to Ruby's past and team RWBY's first year at Beacon Academy. Some events will differ from the show but I will not reveal them all, as that would be spoiling it. Now I did not say that wouldn't reveal some. One is, of course, that Ruby is a faunus. One that is not obvious is that... Did you really think I would spoil the story?! Hah! This second one is a big secret that will get revealed in chapter 2 or 3. Italics are used to indicated thoughts in first-person P.O.V. and I hope you enjoy!
P.S I added a few lines while fixing the formatting. Hope you guys don't mind. :)

Chapter 1

"The Meeting"

Third-person P.O.V.

Glynda had just put the girl in the red hood down in the chair when she started mumbling, so she spoke up. "Do you know just how much danger you put everyone, including yourself, in?" Glynda asked.

"But they started it!" the girl shouted back

"You're lucky someone wants to speak with you, otherwise I would have you sent home with a pat on the back...and a slap on the wrist!" At this last part, Glynda slapped her riding crop down hard on the table, causing the girl to quickly pull her hands back off the table lest they get hit.

"Now Glynda, don't go scaring the girl. I mean, she did handle herself quite well out there," said a man who walked in the room carrying a plate of cookies in his right hand, and a mug of coffee in the other.

"Sorry Ozpin, but she needs to understand that her actions could've had serious ramifications," Glynda replied sheepishly.

The man now revealed as Ozpin just waved Glynda into a corner of the room ignoring her for now. He sat down opposite the girl in red while placing the cookies in front of her. She hesitantly took one, waiting for someone to tell no. When no one did, she started wolfing down he cookies as fast as she could. While she was eating, the hood came off her head just enough to reveal her eyes.

"Ruby Rose. You have... Silver eyes," Ozpin stated.

Ruby tried to squirm away while still eating the cookies, albeit slower. "I-I really don't like it when people get too close to me," she said with her mouth full of cookies.

"Don't talk with your mouth full!"

*Gulp* "Sorry...Glynda, is it?" Ruby asked.

Glynda just ignored her while returning to her scroll. Ozpin motioned to Glynda to bring her closer to the table and said, "So, where did you learn to fight like this?"

"I-I-I honestly do...," Ruby said while getting quieter towards the end, causing Ozpin and Glynda to learn forward but still didn't catch what she said.

"Sorry could you repeat that? We couldn't understand you," replied Ozpin.

Ruby took a deep breath in and out before blurting out, "I-honestly-don't-remember!" As she said this, she shook her head hard enough to cause her hood to fall off her head, revealing two red wolf-like ears on top her head. "EEEP!" Ruby hastily pulled her hood back up, but it was too late.

Ruby P.O.V.

Why did I have to do that? Why, why, why! I went into panic mode after my hood fell down but I wasn't fast enough. DAMN IT! WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN!

"Ruby," the man, Ozpin, the director of Beacon Academy, said to me. "Why do you hide your ears?"

Because people always beat me when they see them. Because I just want to be left alone. Of course, I just stayed silent, waiting for the inevitable to happen. What I didn't expect was the woman (Ginny? Gina? No, no not those. What was it? Oh, yeah! Glynda!) to reach down and wipe away tears that had unwillingly appeared in my eyes.

"It's okay. It's okay. Everything is going to be fine, Ruby," Glynda told me.

But I knew everything wasn't going to be fine. Ever since I was little, I was told to hide my ears, whether I hid them in plain sight by keeping them flat or wearing my headphones, like I did before Glynda brought me here, or by wearing my hood up like I was doing now. What I didn't understand was why they weren't disgusted at me. I knew they were Huntsmen but that didn't mean they didn't hate me. When I was five-years-old, I remember being chased through the slums of Vale by a group of men who were hunting other faunus for fun. One of them was a Huntsman, or a Huntsman-in-training, and he was the one that caught up to me. After that I don't remember anything up until a few months ago. But I often get flashes of faces, occasionally voices with them, and rarely names. There are two faces that stand out. One had red hair that hid his faunus trait while the other had black hair and a matching bow on her head. I don't remember their names but I do know they were my friends. Oh shit! I Ozpin is talking! I better act like I was paying attention.

"...have only seen one other person wield something like this. A dusty old crow."

A dusty old crow? WAIT! "hmf-hm-hmfhm!" I mumbled with a mouthful of crumbs.

"Ruby, what did I say about talking with your mouth full!" came the angry response.

*Gulp* "Sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow! But... I don't think we have seen each other in a long time."

Ozpin raised an eyebrow at this. "Really?! Why do you say that?" Wow. He sounds genuinely surprised.

"W-w-well, I don't remember anything from when I was five up until a few months ago when I woke in a field not far from the city."

Third-person P.O.V.

Ozpin looked at Ruby in disbelief, though it never went past his eyes. "You mean to tell me you do not remember roughly ten years of your life?" he asked.

The reply came quicker than one normally expects. "That's right!"

"So tell me, what do you want to do most of all right now?" Ozpin asked, hands steepled while waiting for her response.

Ruby looked deep in thought for a minute before replying, "I want to become a Huntress."

At this, Ozpin's only reaction was a slight rise of the eyebrows, with the question, "And why is that, if you don't mind me asking."

"Well, I wanna help people. Well, the police are alright, but being a huntress just sounds so much more romantic!"

"Do you know who I am?"

Ruby P.O.V.

Do I know who he is? Does he think I'm stupid? Wait don't answer that Ruby. Why not? Just because he... I broke my train of thought when I heard Ozpin take a sip of his coffee. I honestly don't see how people can stand the taste of it. "Uhhh... You're Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy," I answered.

"And she is professor Glynda Goodwitch," Ozpin said as he nodded towards the other teacher. "Do you want to come to my school?"

Wait, is he being genuine? Well, even if he isn't, I might as well jump on the attempt. "More than anything in the world!"

"Well, okay then."

Wait, what just happened? He just accepted you into beacon despite your heritage, idiot. I know that but what I was trying to say was "Why?" And plus wouldn't it be "our heritage" not "your heritage"? I don't know you tell me, 'cause you are the one talking to yourself. Touché Ruby.

"Oh, by the way, would you happen to know a Mr. Taiyang Xiao Long?" Ozpin asked me.

"Ummm... Yeah, he's sort of my dad, why?" I asked, caution in my voice.

"Well then, I thought I might inform you that your sister Yang Xiao Long will be attending this year and might be glad to see her long lost sister."

Say WHAAAT?! I totally forgot about Yang! How could I do that? And to my sister no less. Well it IS you we are talking about. "Okay, thanks! I guess I'll see you next week then."