FADE IN:

INT. HEADMASTER'S OFFICE - DAY

The clock gears are ticking above the office. At the desk, there are two people, sitting across from each other.

HEADMASTER ASTRO, 40s, the headmaster of Beacon Academy, was the one behind the desk. He was holding papers in his hands.

ASHEN PINE, 18, a tall and lanky bookworm. His fluffy black ombre ponytail is draped down his back and his bangs framed his face like puppy dog ears. He is all bandaged up. His green and gray hazel eyes are staring at the person across from him.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: I have some questions about what today?

ASHEN: Did I not fill something out in the registration paperwork for the entrance exam? Don't worry about it. I don't want-

HEADMASTER ASTRO: Why did you fill this out?

Ashen shifts in his seat.

ASHEN (confuses): Excuse me?

HEADMASTER ASTRO: Why only the day of the entrance exam did you fill this out?

Headmaster Astro shakes the papers.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: The rest of your siblings had them done months ago. Why now a sudden interest?

ASHEN: Well...

EXT. BEACON'S COURTYARD - DAY (FLASHBACK)

The sun is shining over the courtyard as eager testers wait.

Ashen Pine was standing in a group with three other people.

SELENE ROSE, 17, confidant and talented, except when she's nervous, she can get really nervous. Her black hair ends in a pink fade. Her face was freckled. Her orange eyes are shaking. Her capelet is held together with a silver clasp with a gravity stone in the center.

Selene is clinging to her weapon: A scythe called Over The Roses. The blade gets shot off and floats with the gravity dust. The snatch becomes a staff.

SUMMER ROSE THE SECOND, 15, a cocky bragger has the skills back it up. Her short hair is styled in an undercut. She is the spitting image of RUBY ROSE, but more punk. She was leaning against her weapon: a shotgun scythe called Red Rose Shot.

EMI SCHNEE-ARC, 17, a smug and standoffish girl. She has long gold hair that matches her gold armor pieces. Under her armor pieces is a long purple dress with a flower pattern sewn on the skirt. Her scabbard was attached to her hip. Emi's weapon: a sword that snaps out into a whip that's called: Flower Drop.

ASHEN (comforting): Selene, you're going to do great. You have been preparing since forever.

SUMMER (mockingly at SELENE): You're gonna fail if you keep freaking out, sis.

ASHEN (sighs): Summer.

SUMMER: What? It's true.

EMI (sighs at ASHEN): Neither of my half-sisters can control their gifts. Selene's semblance is a glass cannon. Summer can't use her silver eyes.

SUMMER (anger): If you gonna crap about me, say it to me!

Summer gets in Emi's face.

SUMMER And why do you keep calling us half-siblings? We all grew up together!

EMI (smug): What? It's true.

Summer's face turns red from anger.

SELENE (mutters): This again.

Summer whips her head around to Selene.

SUMMER: Oh! Now you say something, Selene!

Selene takes a step back.

Ashen steps between his siblings.

ASHEN: Your entrance exam is starting soon! You don't want to start fighting now.

SUMMER (mockingly at SELENE): See ya when you fail, sis!

Summer walks off towards Beacon Academy.

ERICA (backhanded): Good luck.

Erica walks off as well. Ashen notices that Selene is still shaking.

ASHEN (comforting): You are not going to fail.

SELENE: Deep down I know, but...

ASHEN: Ignore Summer and Emi. Summer is just being cocky, again. And Emi is just trying to get under everyone's skins. If you did fail, both of them would be upset. You're sisters, after!

SELENE (unsure): Yeah, sure.

HAIL SCHNEE appears right behind Ashen.

HAIL SCHNEE, 17, a tired person with a monotone voice that has few eccentricities. Their eyes are hidden by their blue goggles. They are wearing military-style parachute pants, big boots, and white gloves. Their white hair is in an Anakin braid. Attached to the pants are two rapier guns called Hail and Storm.

ASHEN: I wished there was a way I could fail for you.

HAIL: There is.

Ashen shirks. He looks behind him to see Hail.

SELENE: Hi Hail.

HAIL: Hi.

ASHEN (fear): Don't jumpscare me like that! Hail!

HAIL: No.

ASHEN: Anyways, what did you mean by "there is"?

HAIL: You can still enter the entrance exam. They accept anyone to enter until it starts. All you have to do is the paperwork.

ASHEN: They do?

HAIL: It's not like the past. After Salem was defeated, less Grimm, so easier to get in. I thought you would have known that?

ASHEN: I never really wanted to become a huntsman, so I never bother.

HAIL: The exam hasn't started yet.

Ashen takes a second to think.

ASHEN (to Selene): I could fill out the paper. During the exam, I'll be busy failing, you'll be busy succeeding.

SELENE: You'll fail on purpose?

ASHEN (laughs): That's funny! I didn't train for years! I actually couldn't pass this, unlike my talented little sis.

Selene smiles.

SELENE: You still need a weapon?

Hail pulls out of Storm.

HAIL: Use this, so you don't die.

Ashe takes Storm.

ASHEN: Umm… Thanks.

Ashen runs off.

INT. HEADMASTER'S OFFICE - DAY (PRESENT)

Back at the headmaster's office.

ASHEN: Then, I filled out the paperwork and failed the exam for Selene. I did not want you to join this school.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: You think you failed the entrance exam?

ASHEN: Yeah! All I did was dodge attacks and help Summer at the end there.

INT. EXAM ROOM - DAY (FLASHBACK)

The room is huge.

Smaller Grimm are running around.

The exam takers are panicking.

In the center of the room is a pit. In the pit is a nevermore that is being pinned down and attacked by eight exam takers: Ashen, Summer, Selene, Emi, Hail, REN MEIYIN, YING BELLADONNA XIAO LONG and ORBIT SUSTRAI.

REN MEIYUN, 17, a dramatic trickster and acrobatic. She is wearing a blue and gold qipao with black fishnets. Her black hair has a gold headband that holds her weapons. Her weapons are two gold stilettoes that hollow on the inside so they work as blowguns called Horned.

Meiyun was blowing small pieces of dust from one of her weapons in blowgun form. The small pieces of dust are hitting the nevermore, causing small bursts of fire, lightning, ice, ECT. as they do.

YING BELLADONNA-XIAO LONG, 17, a ball of energy that is stuffed into a cat girl. She has short, messy, blonde hair with matching cat ears. She is wearing a ruffle tube top, a bandolier, and a tassel skirt. That bandolier is holding her weapons called Spark and Booms: mini flamethrowers/explosives.

Ying is using her semblance: Fire Breathing and breathing fire upon the nevermore.

ORBIT SUSTRAI, 17, a buff and silent girl that is a jack of all trades with her weapons. She had green hair in a big afro-puff. She is dressed like the magical girl version of a candy witch. She has a gumball machine shaped pouch that she's using her semblance on called: Extension, gives one item endless storage.

Orbit reaches into her candy pouch. She throws her gravity gummies, called grape gummies, on the nevermore. Gravity increases on the nevermore and the nevermore falls further into the pit.

Hail is using their semblance: Glyphs, to pin down the nevermore.

Erica has Flower Drop snap out and wraps partially around the nevermore.

Even with all their attacks, they are struggling against the nevermore. They are barely holding on.

Ashen is dodging the feathers that nevermore are shooting out.

Summer uses her semblance: Flight and is flying above the nevermore.

Summer takes out her scythe and starts flying down towards the nevermore's neck.

Selene and Ashen notice Summer.

SELENE: SUMMER! You're not as fast as mom! You're not gonna be able to take off its—-

The nevermore breaks free and goes after Summer.

ASHEN: Hail! Glyph me to Summer!

Hail nods and creates a glyph under Ashen that shoots them to Summer. Ashen grabs Summer, knocking both of them out of the way of the nevermore.

They crash into the ground and Summer's aura shimmers.

Summer falls further away than Ashen.

The nevermore turns and tries to attack Ashen. As the nevermore attacks, Ashen teleports.

ASHEN (confuses): Did I just teleport?

Selene uses her semblance: Howl and blasts the head of the nevermore head off.

Her aura breaks as it does and Selene blacks out.

A nightmare grimm possesses the sleeping Selene.

INT. HEADMASTER'S OFFICE - DAY (PRESENT)

Back in the Headmaster's office again.

ASHEN: My siblings and cousins already got their letters of acceptance through their scrolls. I didn't get one. Plus, look at me!

Ashen points to his bandaged face.

ASHEN: It was the first time I unlocked my aura and semblance during the exam. Before that, I got banged up, even when I was dodging.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: You had very little experience.

ASHEN: My parents and aunts still made me learn the basics. Nothing beyond that. Not my thing.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: Yet, you were able to save your sister who had much more experience than you.

ASHEN: She my sis.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: And you unlocked your aura and semblance on the same day.

ASHEN: Headmaster Astro? Is this going somewhere?

Headmaster Astro pulls out an envelope from his desk. He hands the envelope to Ashen.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: Open it.

Ashen opens the envelope, revealing it was an acceptance letter. A confused look crosses Ashen's face.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: You didn't fail. I've become rather interested in you. I hope you'll accept and attend our school.

Ashen places the letter on the desk.

ASHEN: Thank you, but I can't accept this. I am already content working at the Solar bookstore.

Headmaster Astro hands back the letter to Ashen.

HEADMASTER ASTRO: Keep the letter. Do think about it, the semester starts in a month.

Ashen gets up and leaves.

FADE TO BLACK.

THE END.