Here's the next chapter of the Grimm Rider. Again, this is no longer Val. And the one as Lelouch-Strife is removed along with Speckles and Sif. Dinosaurs are not yet added until I feel like it.
And I deleted my Cosmic Knights for a reason, because I ran out ideas for it, so I deleted it. But don't worry, I'm making new stories soon.
Just be patient.
Flying above the clouds, Alizeh the Nevermore was flying towards Vale as she flapped her mighty wings. On her back were Voltaria and Ozpin. The two humans were sitting patiently on Alizeh, not speaking as they made their way to Vale. But they're not going to land on the city. Alizeh will land on the Emerald Forest. Ozpin told her that there is an airship waiting for them. Voltaria didn't complain, but she was on edge, thinking that it was a trap. Alizeh made it to the Emerald Forest and landed on a clearing. Once she landed, Voltaria and Ozpin were off her while Alizeh shook her head. Voltaria returns Alizeh back to her Grimm Holder before turning towards Ozpin.
"Where's the airship?" Voltaria asked.
"Follow me." Ozpin answered as he guided her to the direction.
Voltaria follows Ozpin without questions. They walked to the path and went to another that leads up to a cliff. They hiked up the cliff and when they reached the top, Voltaria saw an airship, called a bullhead, waiting for them. Voltaria's entities could sense people in there, one female huntress and a pilot.
"Come along." Ozpin said to her as he made his way to the airship.
Voltaria sighs mentally as she follows Ozpin inside the bullhead. As they both entered, Voltaria saw Glynda Goodwitch, who was crossing her arms, looking at Voltaria curiously yet suspiciously.
"So, she's the Grimm Girl." Glynda said, looking at Voltaria.
Glynda heard the rumors of the Grimm Girl, how she took down bandits and criminals without any problems was a mystery. She can even communicate to Grimm, it was an amazing ability to have, yet for a girl that young with such power, Glynda has no idea how to deal with that.
"Indeed, she is." Ozpin said to Glynda before looking at Voltaria. "I would like to introduce you to Voltaria Eclipse. Ms. Eclipse, this is Professor Glynda Goodwitch."
The two females stared at each other. Voltaria wasn't interested in this huntress, even though her semblance was kind of cool. Wraith informs Voltaria that Glynda was like another Regina, which earned another argument. But it didn't last long as Voltaria just turned her head away a bit.
"Hi." Voltaria muttered a greeting.
"Greetings." Glynda said in a deadpan tone.
After their greeting, the bullhead took off to Vale. No one spoke during the flight, because there's nothing to talk about. It took a while before reaching their destination. The airship landed and Ozpin, Glynda, and Voltaria got off the bullhead as they made their way to the academy. It was big and fancy like the other academies, yet with more securities. Voltaria's entities were somewhat impressed by the school. Ozpin walked besides Voltaria and glanced at her. She didn't bother to look at him as Ozpin looked at the school.
"This is where you will learn to be a proper huntress." Ozpin began. "The students will arrive tomorrow, and you will be staying at a hotel that I will rent for you."
"No thanks." Voltaria said, causing Ozpin to look at her with a brow raised. "I'll find my own place to stay."
"You'll be staying in a fancy hotel, you don't need to find somewhere else to stay." Glynda said to her.
"I'm more of an outdoor girl then an indoor type of girl." Voltaria said. "And I'm not used to people yet. I'll meet you two tomorrow, bye."
With that said, Voltaria disappeared into the shadows, surprising Ozpin and Glynda. Ozpin knew that Voltaria was special, she's different from the rest and is well talented in her field of training. Glynda, on the other hand, finds it odd for a girl her age to act like that. Glynda wonders why that girl would rather find her own place instead of being offered. She's going to find out eventually, and when she did, she's going to help that girl.
On the next day, Voltaria was inside the academy, walking to the halls with Glynda and Ozpin. Voltaria found a place to stay. It was on top of a building somewhere, and she slept on the roof without getting cold. They went to the auditorium to go to stage while Voltaria hid in the shadows to watch the whole thing. Ozpin and Glynda went on stage to start the announcement to the students. There were many students, different genders, both human and Faunus. Voltaria looked at the room and soon saw Ruby Rose. Voltaria sees her more interesting than the others. Next to Ruby is her sister Yang Xiao Long. She has golden blonde hair and lilac eyes. She looks tough and isn't afraid to face challenges. And then, she came, Weiss Schnee. Voltaria felt her anger rising as she saw the Schnee. There was a reason why she is mad at the Schnee, the reason was unknown to others, but her entities know. Regina gave Voltaria calming words, telling her to relax as Ozpin made his way to the microphone.
"I'll…keep this brief." Ozpin spoke, adjusting his glasses and looked at the first-year students. "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." He spoke, causing the students to whisper among themselves.
"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." Ozpin finished.
As Ozpin leaves, Glynda steps in and finishes the meeting. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins, be ready. You are dismissed." She said.
The students did as they were told and walked out to get their things. Voltaria shook her head and followed Ozpin and Glynda. They headed towards Ozpin's office, it was huge, very huge. There was a single desk there, where Ozpin sits. Voltaria looks at the window, staring down at the students that are walking about on the courtyard. She isn't a type of girl to socialize with other people. She prefers to be alone and be with her entities and Grimm. Then Glynda walked over to her, standing besides the girl. The twelve-year-old didn't bother to look at Glynda as the huntress stared at the girl before looking at the window.
"You could go out there." Glynda began.
Voltaria glanced under her mask as she looked at the huntress before looking at the window. "Yeah…the Grimm Girl walking down there, socializing with people who think I'm a monster." She said sarcastically and plainly.
"Are you like this to your parents?" Glynda said almost like a scold.
Voltaria didn't answer that question. She never got to know her parents, they died a long time ago when she was young. She didn't have a happy childhood, she had to grow up fast and mature quickly. She didn't get to play with dolls, play with friends, or be loved by parents. No, she was cheated off from her childhood, Voltaria never got to experience a happy childhood.
"I never even get to know my parents." Voltaria suddenly mutters out.
This caught Glynda's attention as she looked at the girl. "What?"
"Nothing." Voltaria said as she looked out of the window. "So…the students here are first-years, right?"
Glynda was still curious about her parents but decided to change the subject. "Yes, before these students could enter any of the Academies, they have to attend Primary Combat Schools. Those institutions teach them more of basic tenets of combat and unique weapon forging." She explains.
"I didn't attend any combat schools." Voltaria pointed out.
"True, but there are some students that are accepted without having to attend combat school if they are skilled enough." Glynda added before looking at Volatria. "Like you for instants."
Voltaria heard Wraith chuckled in her head. "Yeah, she is. She's one tough girl that can take down every pathetic student in this academy!"
"Don't get cocky, Wraith." Regina scolded, earning a grumble from Wraith.
Voltaria sighs mentally as she looks out at the window again before turning to Glynda. "I'm going, maybe I should 'socialize'." Voltaria sarcastically said before walking out of the office while Glynda and Ozpin, who was sitting on his desk while drinking his coffee, watched her leaves and went to the elevator. As the elevator's doors closed, Voltaria leans on her back and lets out a sigh while the elevator brings her down.
"Maybe it was a mistake to come here." Voltaria mutters out.
"I told ya so!" Wraith yells out in her mind. "We should bale before Headmaster Coffee finds out."
"Headmaster…Coffee?" Tabitha asked Wraith in confusion. "Why did you call Ozpin, Headmaster Coffee?"
"Because he keeps drinking coffee."
"And you know this why?" Regina asked.
"I could smell him, duh!" Wraith said rudely.
"Can you stay quiet, I need to think." Voltaria said to them before taking out a card that shows her teleportation.
The card glowed and teleported Voltaria to the courtyard, behind a tree. There were less people now, so Voltaria decided to sit down behind the tree, and try to relax. Voltaria's cards are not just used to bring good or bad fortune, it also can somewhat break the fourth-wall. She doesn't know how, but the cards have their limits. Voltaria decided to bring out Vision, so he can help her find out more about this school. She was lucky that there are no cameras in this area. Vision shows her Beacon's insides and outsides. The inside of the academy shows the dorms, classrooms, library, training ground, cafeteria, bathrooms, locker room, and so on. And the outside shows the scenic trees, arching architecture, and a winding road alongside a river that is down. Voltaria looks at the scene carefully, trying to find any secrets that Ozpin was hiding. She would've continued, if someone wasn't coming her way when Vision predicted him coming.
Voltaria quickly stops and Vision disappears, she turns around, and sees the person who was coming to her spot. It was a male student, he has brown shaggy hair and eyes. His outfit is a button-down shirt, with wrangler, blue jeans, a cowboy hat, and brown/black cowboy boots.
He looks at Voltaria, who was looking at him under her mask. They stared at each other for a while, not bothering break eye contact, but Voltaria decided to break the ice.
"What are you looking at?" She asked almost rudely.
His response was a shrug as he looked at her. "Nothin' much, I'm curious to see a kid like ya is attendin' to Beacon." He said casually.
Voltaria rolled her eyes under her mask. "Yeah, right. So, how'd you know I was here?" She asked.
"I heard somethin' in the bushes and I thought it was prankster, but all I found was a kid." He said.
"Okay, he's getting on my nerves!" Wraith yelled angrily in Voltaria's head.
"Are you trying to get me mad?" Voltaria asked annoyed.
The male shook his head as he leaned on the tree with his arms crossed. "Nah, I ain't gonna piss ya off."
"Why is that?"
"Because yer the Grimm Girl that the people are talkin' about." The male said. "And there were rumors around that ya're attending Beacon Academy, guess they were true."
"Of course, there are rumors." Voltaria thought, annoyed.
Everywhere she goes, people would make up rumors about her, some were true and some were not, and yet this rumor of her attending Beacon Academy is true. And hopefully keep the students in bay and away from her. Now here's the million-lien question, who heck is he?
"Do you have a name, or should I call Cowboy?" Voltaria asked dully.
"Hmph, I do have a name, but do you have a name, Grimm Girl?" The male asked almost jokingly yet challenging.
"Touché." Voltaria mutters. "But I asked first."
"Fair enough." The male said before tipping his hat a bit with his hand. "The names Wade, Wade Cross."
"So, he's the son of Jericho Cross." Regina said to Voltaria.
Jericho Cross is one of the deadliest outlaws there is. No matter how many hunters or huntresses find him and try to bring him alive or dead, they end up missing or worse, dead. Voltaria and her entities tried to find and get the award money, but he's difficult because his semblance was to vanish from his tracks.
"I didn't know you were related to Jericho Cross." Voltaria said to Wade.
"He ain't my family." Wade said almost bitterly. "He's an outlaw and he wasn't there for me when I was kid."
"He abandoned you, correct?" Voltaria asked.
Wade nodded as he glared on the ground. "He did, he abandoned me and my ma. He was never 'round, and I ain't gonna be like him." He said before looking at Voltaria. "What 'bout ya? What's yer backstory?"
"First off, I don't talk about my past to the people I still don't trust. And second, my name is Voltaria, Voltaria Eclipse."
Wade raised a brow and almost chuckled, causing Wraith to be angry in Voltaria's head, as Wade looked at her with a small smirk. "Yer strange girl, ya know that?"
Voltaria turns away. "No, I was told that was terrifying." She said before standing up and walking away. "I guess it was a nice meeting, Cross." She said as she disappeared through the bushes, leaving a shock and surprise for Wade.
Voltaria was now behind a shrub, trying to find a place to think. She couldn't believe that she talks to some guy that she doesn't know. He wasn't afraid of who she was, he was rather interested. Voltaria tried to shake her thoughts away, until she felt many boys were drooling at someone. Peeking behind the shrub. She saw the male students, drooling over a very attractive girl with lavender eyes, black hair with red and blue streaks. She walks past them elegantly as they stare at her dreamily, wishing that she was their girlfriend.
"Who the heck is that?" Wraith asked mentally.
"That's Ammolite Jewel. She's what the teenagers called…a rich girl." Regina explains. Regina knows people's histories and families lineage since her wisdom is greater than anyone's. "Her mother is a famous fashion designer and her father is a very wealthy businessman, who owns every transportation vehicle there is."
"Huh, she must've got everything that every girl's dream." Tabitha added. "I just hope she is not spoiled."
"Like the Schnee girl?" Wraith stated the obvious.
"I hope she's not spoiled." Voltaria mutters before disappearing from the courtyard to the school
Voltaria was back to the academy's entrance and was about to walk away when she saw a pale white skin male teen wearing green visor. He was looking at the statue with his hands in his pockets. Voltaria quickly hides in the shadows when he turns to look at her direction. Seeing no one, the teen returns to the statue again. Voltaria's entities could tell that he's a Faunus, and he's a quiet type. Voltaria was out of the academy, and heading towards the city, hiding in the shadows. She has a lot to think about what just happened. And getting ready for tomorrow.
On the next day, Wade woke up by the sound of a girl getting up with a yawn. He sat up from his sleeping bag, shirtless, and saw a girl with orange hair named Nora Voltariakyrie, staring at the male name Lie Ren, who is her best friend and not boyfriend...yet.
Nora gave him a cheerful smile and said. "Wake up, lazy bud!" She then dashes side to side.
Wade rolled his eyes at the girl, she acted like a child. Speaking of which, Wade hadn't seen Voltaria here, maybe she was sleeping somewhere else. Wanting to find her, Wade gets up and puts his shirt back on and fixes his stuff before getting ready. Meanwhile, Ren gets up with a groan as Nora bothers him, who didn't feel unfazed by this.
Nora started singing. "It's morning! It's morning! It's morning! It's morning!"
Ren sighs again and then heads towards the bathroom. He was brushing his teeth in the restroom while Nora continued to talk nonsense to him. "I can't believe we've been at Beacon for a full twenty-four hours! Not that I thought we'd get kicked out or anything, I mean, you're the perfect student and I'm…well, I'm me! But it's just crazy, you know?"
When they finished, they both were in the ballroom, where the two were readying themselves. Nora was brushing her hair and still chattering about while Ren was tightening the strings on his sleeping bag, listening to Nora for some reason.
"We've been friends for soooooooo long! What are the odds we'd still be together? Well, not together-together. Not that I'm not saying that you're not handsome…you are handsome, but that'd just be weird, right?"
Soon, they were at the cafeteria, eating pancakes for breakfast with maple syrup. As the two are in the middle of eating their breakfast, Nora has a pancake hanging from her mouth as she is still talking, even though it was muffled through her food.
"Right! What was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team together!" She slurps up the rest of her pancake like a noodle. "Ohhhh! We should come up with some sort of plan, to make sure we end up on the same team together! What if we bribe the headmaster? No, that won't work. He has the school."
The two are now in the locker room, readying themselves today. Ren loading StormFlower, a pair of fully automatic pistols with sickle-like blades attached vertically under the barrels that can cause serious damage. And, surprisingly, Nora was still talking to him, who was still unfazed and a calm look on his face.
"I know! We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal!" Nora said before she gasps. "A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?" She asked.
Ren finally replies as he closes his locker. "Nora?"
Nora stopped and came to his side quickly. "Yes, Ren?"
Ren sheaths his weapons in his sleeves and looks at Nora with a smile. "I don't think sloths make a lot of noise."
Nora thinks about this for a moment. True, Sloths don't make a lot of sounds and they're slow. But it didn't stop Nora to be cheerful with the idea. "That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together!" She said happily.
Ren smiles at her and shuts his locker. "Come on Nora, let's go." He said as he walked off.
Nora follows him happily. "Not together-together..." She giggles, causing Red to roll his eyes and smile. As Ren heads out with a skipping Nora follows suit, they pass Ruby Rose and her sister, Yang Xiao Long, as they are busy readying themselves. Ruby looks at the two friends and turns towards Yang, who was adjusting her Ember Celica.
"Wonder what those two are so worked up about?" Ruby asked Yang.
Yang shrugs as she responds. "Oh, who knows? So, you seem awfully chipper this morning." She said.
Ruby nodded to her and gave her a determined look. "Yep! No more awkward small talk or getting-to-know-you stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." Ruby brings out her weapon, Crescent Rose, stroking it as she sighs happily.
Yang rolled her eyes at her. "Well, remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you wanna grow up, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together."
Ruby sighs in frustration, "You sound like Dad!" She shoves her weapon into the locker. "Okay, first of all: What does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!" She defended.
Yang said to her calmly, giving her a big sisterly advice. "But what about when we form teams?"
With that single question, Ruby suddenly became nervous and hesitated to answer. "Um, I don't know, I…I'll just be on your team or something..."
Yang brings her hair around her shoulder and strokes it gently. "Maybe you should try being on someone else's team?"
Ruby puts her arms in her waist and looks at her sister in accusing looks. "My dear sister, Yang! Are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"
Yang puts her arms up in defense. "What?! No! Of course, I do! I just thought…I don't know, maybe it would help you…break out of your shell!"
"What the-?! I don't need to break out of my shell! That's absolutely…" She was cut off by a male named Jaune Arc's voice.
"Ridiculous!" Jaune exclaims in frustration, walking between the sisters, with a map on his hands. He was looking for his locker where he put his weapon, but he got lost. "There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday! I would've remembered having to count that high! Why does this have to happen today?!"
As a frustrated Jaune searches for his locker, he walks past Weiss and a girl named Pyrrha Nikos, a skilled level student. They were both getting ready for the big day. Jaune soon walks past Wade, who was getting ready for the field and searching for Voltaria. But he soon saw distress in Jaune, trying to find his gear. Wade felt bad for him and let out a sigh.
"Hey!" Wade calls out to him. Jaune looks at Wade in confusion as the Cowboy lifts one of his arms and balls his hand to a fist before hitting the locker next to him. The locker opens to reveal Jaune's weapons.
Jaune gasps, dropping his map, and soon quickly goes over to the locker, and grabs his weapons, "Thank you!" He said happily and ran off.
Wade sighs again and rolls his eyes before heading out. He walks past Ammolite Jewel, who was getting her two colorful Tokarev TT-33 handguns called Colorslashers. And the white skin teen getting his dark green electric guitar called Musicshocker. And Wade heads out while some prepared or went out.
Meanwhile, Weiss was with Pyrrha, talking about who's team she is going to be with. "So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you'd like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well-known individual such as yourself!"
Pyrrha turns to her, thinking about meeting her soon to be teammates. "Hmm…I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may." She answered.
Weiss then spoke nicely. "Well…I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together."
Pyrrha looks at her with a smile that was so sweet. "Well, that sounds grand!" She said.
Weiss smiles happily. "Great!"
Then the background disappears into a thundercloud, Weiss adopts a scheming pose and manic smile in her head as she planned her strategy. "This will be perfect! The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class! Together we will be unstoppable! And maybe I can bring Ammolite Jewel! I can see it now! We'll be popular! We'll be celebrities! We'll get perfect grades! Nothing can come between us now!"
Her scheming plan came to a halt, when Jaune appeared between them. "You know what else is great? Me, Jaune Arc, nice to meet you." He said, flirting with Weiss.
Weiss became irritated at him, he ruined her plan on being the popular girl in school. "You again?"
Pyrrha hurriedly letting herself be seen. "Nice to meet you, Jaune!"
"Yeah, yeah." Jaune acts all tough and pushes Pyrrha aside, and talks to Weiss, posing slightly. "So, Weiss, couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day."
Weiss groans in disgust. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"
"Don't worry! No need to be embarrassed! So, been hearing rumors about teams! I was thinking you and me would make a good one! What do you say?" Jaune flirts with Weiss, which annoyed her.
Pyrrha then gets Jaune's attention. "Actually, I think the teams are comprised of four students each, so…"
"You don't say." Jaune advances on his new target. "Well, hot stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join up with the winning team."
Weiss separates the two. "Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"
Jaune shakes his head. "Not in the slightest, snow angel." Jaune said, giving Weiss a nickname.
Weiss narrows her eyes at him and points at Pyrrha. "This is Pyrrha."
Pyrrha waves at him and smiles kindly. "Hello again!"
Weiss continues her speech about Pyrrha. "Pyrrha graduated top of her class at Sanctum while Ammolite Jewel is the second!"
Jaune looks clueless about this, not having the slightest clue on what's going on. "Never heard of it." He said.
Weiss scoffs and continues her explanation. "She's won the Mistral Region Tournaments four years in a row! A new record!"
Jaune was getting confused, not sure what that is. "The what?"
Weiss became frustrated and started waving her arms rapidly in anger. "She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!" She screams out.
Jaune gasps suddenly and points and embarrassed and shy Pyrrha. "That's you?!"
A design of the cereal box in question is seen with Pyrrha's smiling face on it. "But they only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!" Jaune added.
Pyrrha smiles sheepishly. "Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you." She said.
Soon, Weiss appears as the box design crumbles behind them. "So, after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?" She said, sounding like a snobby bully.
Jaune hung his head in sadness and defeat. "I guess not…Sorry..."
Pyrrha felt bad for him and said nicely to him. "Actually, Jaune, I think you'd make a great leader!"
Jaune immediately brightened back up. "D'oh, stop it!" He said happily.
Weiss looks at her in disbelief. "Seriously, please stop it. This kind of behavior should not be encouraged!" She said to Pyrrha in a scolding tone.
Jaune soon leans over to her, acting all cool, which he is not. "Sounds like Pyrrha's on board for Team Jaune. Spots are filling up quickly! Now, I'm not supposed to do this, but maybe I could pull some strings, find a place for you. What do you say?" Jaune flirts at her again.
Weiss glares at him and her anger soon grows. "All right, that's a bit too close! Pyrrha, a little help, please?!" She turns to the warrior for help.
Jaune looks back, just in time to see Miló, Pyrrha's spear, strike him on his clothes, sending the would-be leader flying off and Pyrrha called out apologetically. "I'm sorry!"
Then an announcement plays on the intercom system that belongs to Glynda. "Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately."
After the announcement, Weiss walks past Jaune. Jaune was hanging from the wall of a locker. On her way out, Pyrrha follows her, grabbing her spear and dropping Jaune to the ground, and Pyrrha said nicely to him.
"It was nice meeting you!"
Jaune was slumping against the locker, feeling embarrassed and humiliated. "Likewise." He mutters out.
As they left, Yang and Ruby approached him. Jaune didn't bother to look up as Ruby offered him help while Yang made a joke, trying to cheer him up. "Having some trouble there, Lady-killer?"
Jaune sighs as he tries to get up. "I don't understand. My dad said, all women look for confidence! Where did I go wrong?" He whines as he accepts Ruby's offered hand and uses her to lift himself back up.
Yang added another one. "Snow Angel probably wasn't the best start."
Ruby smiles as she guides Jaune out. "Come on, Jaune. Let's go." Ruby said, leading Jaune out of the locker room by supporting him and his damaged self-esteem.
At the Beacon Cliff, through the overlooking forest. There several students, some old, some new, and some unseen. They are standing on each silver tile in front of a mug-holding Professor Ozpin and Glynda, with her tablet on hand. Wade couldn't find Voltaria, he searched everywhere and found nothing, as if she disappeared. Before he could think further, he heard loud gasps from his soon fellow classmates. Wade looked up and saw Voltaria, still wearing her mask and hood, walking towards them. Her expression was unknown due to her mask hiding her face. The students, minus Jaune and Ruby (the two newbies have no idea who or what Voltaria is) were shocked and terrified to see her. They heard rumors that she would attend this academy, but they thought it was a joke, and yet it was true. Voltaria walks pass the students, hearing them whispered out.
"It's her!"
"The Grimm Girl!"
"Crap! She's real!"
"Where's her Grimm?"
"She looks so young!"
Voltaria ignores them and walks towards the white skin teen, and stands on the empty tile, between him and Ammolite. Wade could feel that she wasn't too pleased to be here, but she decided to not talk about it, and get this field training started. After the whole ordeal, Ozpin begins his speech.
"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
Glynda soon added. "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion, each of you will be given teammates today."
Ruby became scared, feeling the whole world was falling apart. "What? Ohhh..."
Ozpin nodded agreement. "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So, it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well."
Ruby groans silently. Voltaria felt Wraith being angry, feeling that Ozpin planned this thing the whole time, which he did. He wanted Voltaria to be assigned to no teams, so she won't have any distractions.
"That being said. The first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin finished.
Ruby had a shocked expression, mirrors of her world cracked like glass and falling apart. "Whaaaat?!" She screamed in her mind.
"THAT LOW LIFE SON OF-" Before Wraith could swear, Regina whacks him on his head, Voltaria hears a loud thud in her mind. "WHAT HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"Focus, we will deal with that later. Right now, let's help our dear Voltaria in finding her teammates." Regina said, earning a grumble of agreement from Wraith.
Nora looks at Red and says happily. "See? I told you~!"
"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path…or you will die."
This causes Jaune to laugh nervously and then gulps loudly. Voltaria mentally scoffed, as if anything can kill her. She could tell that there are Grimm there, some are tamable, and some are not. She can handle being in the wild since she has more experience of the outside then inside.
"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics." Ozpin explains, looking at the students. "Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"
Jaune raised his hand, trying to get Ozpin's attention. "Yeah, um…Sir?"
Ozpin didn't hear Jaune as he finished his speech. "Good! Now, take your positions." He ordered.
Everyone strikes a pose on their tile, minus Jaune since he was still looking nervous. The others did as they were told. Voltaria crosses her arms, Nora crouches low, Ren wields his weapons, Yang raises her fists, Ruby readies her body, Wade readied his auto magnum pistol called Justiceshot, Ammolite did a ballerina pose, and white skin teen readied his Musicshocker, and Jaune was still raising his hand.
"Uh, sir? I've got, um...a question."
Jaune failed to notice that the tile, under Weiss, rose-up into a springboard before rocketing her into the air and over the forest. Soon, the other
"So, this landing... strategy thing...uh, wha-what is it? You're like dropping us off or something?"
Ozpin shook his head and answered casually. "No, you will be falling."
Jaune didn't notice the missing students being thrown one by one. The white teen was launched, then Voltaria, followed by Ammolite was next, and soon Wade, who looked at Jaune briefly and shook his head before being launched to the sky.
"Oh, uh, I see…so like did you hand out parachutes for us?"
"No, you will be using your own landing strategy." Ozpin explains to him.
Jaune wasn't as excited as the others. Speaking of which, Nora and Ren were soon getting launched to the sky, while Jaune was still unsure about this. "Uh-huh...yeah…"
At some point, it was Yang's turn. Yang gives Ruby a wink and puts on a pair of aviators before she flies off with a "Woo-hoooooooo!" then seconds before Ruby joins her, leaving Jaune alone. Jaune was too distracted of being scared, he still looks at the teachers and continues.
"So, what exactly is a landing strategy-YYYYYY!" His final question was cut off when he was suddenly hurled with the cloud of students that are now making their way down into the forest below under the eyes of the teachers. And for Ozpin's, he simply takes a sip of his drink.
On the sky, a black bird or better yet a Grimm Bird was seen flying slowly and magnificently, until that very moment, it gives a final shriek of pain as Ruby crashes through it, causing the bird to burst into feathers, while she plummets downward, but she yelled out "Birdie, no!". Ruby fires off a few rounds from Crescent Rose to slow her down a bit. She then turns her weapon into its scythe form to catch the branch of a tree by her blade, she falls downward at a slower pace. Weiss, armed with Myrtenaster, a sword-like wand of some kind, summons a white snowflake circle under her and leaps off it to the forest below.
Ren descends with Nora, briefly being seen next to him at a faster speed and spins in the air, eventually using StormFlower's blades to spiral around the trunk of a large tree and hit the ground, brushing off his clothes before hearing a loud explosion. Looking up, Ren saw it was Yang. Yang, soaring right over the treetops, is using her gauntlets and its fiery force to push her through the air further and further north, spinning and laughing with each blast, even when she crashes through the leaves of a tree and leaps off two trunks to tumble to the ground. Yang landed with ease without any scratch and ran off, but not before she said.
"Nailed it!"
Meanwhile, Pyrrha uses her weapon in spear form and armed with a shield, crashes through several trees and rolls on a branch, immediately shifting her blade into a rifle and looking through the scope at Jaune as he continues to scream and fall helplessly. Pyrrha coolly transforms her weapon again to its spear form, takes a moment to evaluate her throw, and rockets her javelin deep into the forest until a THUNK! is heard.
There was a dead silence, Pyrrha thought she missed, but Jaune yelled out in the distance. "Thank you!"
Pyrrha waves and yelled apologetically. "I'm sorry!"
Voltaria was seen with her arms crossed as she continued to do nothing when she was thrown. She was bored out of her mind and thought this was a waste of time. She soon brought out Skya, a Gryphon Grimm, from her Grimm Holder. Skya lets out a loud shriek before catching Voltaria on her back. Voltaria rides Skya in the air, finding a place to land that somewhere with no students.
Meanwhile, Wade soars through the air, he searches through the sky to find Voltaria. He then dives-down, head first, with his arms on both sides and legs together. The air whistled through his ears as he flipped on his feet and landed on the ground, creating a big crater. As the smoke clears, Wade gets out of the crater, dusting himself off, and starts walking to find Voltaria.
Somewhere in the sky, Ammolite danced through the air with so much grace and elegance before she landed on a branch. She made a bow before jumping off one branch to another. Meanwhile, the white teen uses his Musicshocker as a surfboard as he surfs through the air before landing on the ground, his guitar skidding to a halt before he grabs it and straps it on his back as he starts walking away.
Voltaria searches for the artifacts. Her entities are searching for them as we speak. But also finding some teammates. As she walks through the forest, Wraith was groaning in her mind with boredom.
"This is sooooooooooooo boring! Why do we need to find teammates for the Kid?" Wraith whines.
"Calm down, Wraith." Tabitha assured. "Voltaria needs a team in order to continue in the academy."
Wraith whines again. "The students here are not as skilled as Kid!"
"Actually, there are few students that compare to our dear Voltaria." Regina said.
"And who are these students?" Wraith asked in annoyance.
A gleam of mischief came to her eyes, as she listed the first one on her list. "There is Wade Cross-"
"…Not him." Wraith growled, cutting her off.
"What's wrong? Are you jealous?" Regina teased.
Hannibal was laughing a bit while Tabitha tried her best not to laugh. Wraith growled at her savagely as Voltaria ignores them and continues to search for the relics. But in truth, she too wanted to find Wade. For some reason, he was interesting to talk to. Before she could think further, electrical shock and music was heard followed by loud roars of bears. Curious, Voltaria followed the sound near some undergrowth. When she got close, she saw the white skin teen fighting off some Ursas. He charges his Musicshocker with electricity before striking at one of the Ursas. He then played his guitar, releasing electrical waves that struck two Ursas, sending them flying. He transforms his electric guitar into a huge battle axe with lighting on the tip of the blade.
He strikes each of the Ursas with ease. He beheaded one, cutting one in half, and turning one into bits. As he was distracted, one Ursa came from behind the white teen. Voltaria would've let the Ursa attack the teen, but he looks like a worthy ally. Voltaria took out a card from her sleeve. The card has a black background, showing a holy shield that was protecting a human figure from demons. Voltaria threw her card near the teen, it glows a white light before turning into a big shield behind the teen. The Ursa crashed into it and tried to claw it off, but the shield made it fly backwards, hitting some trees in the process. Voltaria walked out of the bushes to reveal herself before taking out three cards that lit up on fire before throwing at the last three remaining Ursas, setting them in a blaze.
The battle was over and Voltaria noticed that the teen was looking at her. They stared at each other for a while, feeling strange and awkward in the air. Voltaria is still new to this being nice. Wraith would give her ideas to walk away or beat him up. However, Regina believes that he was a perfect ally for Voltaria. And Tabitha gives Voltaria tips on how to be friendly to others.
"Um…are you alright?" Voltaria asked, almost awkwardly.
The teen looked at her and nodded. "Yeah, thanks for saving me." He said.
"Don't mention it." Voltaria said before looking at him head to toe. "Soooo…okay, I'm putting a red line here, and make this quick. Do you want to be partners and find our soon to be teammates?"
The teen just stared at her in a few seconds before shrugging. "Sure." He agrees.
The two started walking towards the direction where the relics and maybe the other students. They walked side by side but kept their distance. Voltaria could feel her entities irritated or annoyed, mostly Wraith, at her new ally. Voltaria, however, needed to get to know her new teammate in order to succeed in the academy. So, she took a deep breath and sigh, Voltaria glanced at the teen under her mask as they walked.
"My name is Voltaria Eclipse, what's yours?" Voltaria asked.
The male glanced at her under his visor and looked up ahead before answering. "Evo, Evo Hebi."
"Hmph, well then. It's nice to meet you, Evo." Voltaria said somewhat nicely.
"Likewise, Voltaria." Evo said with a nod as they continued their way.
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