Airship: Late Morning…
With the airship to Beacon now on its way, Link was walking about and observe his fellow, prospective students. That was on either of their ends since he wasn't one for overconfidence. Such a thing had no real place outside the wall since it could get you killed.
He had yet to see that girl from the roof or that blond he assumed to be her sister. At least, he assumed a familial connection given the pair had been standing before that blond man, and he'd heard that roof girl call him her dad just before he boarded the airship.
Speaking of blonds, beyond knowing those two had to be on this airship, the only other person to draw Link's attention was a blond guy who had a clear case of motion sickness. He was decently tall with fair skin and dark blue eyes.
His attire consisted of a black short-sleeved hoodie, white diamond-shaped chest plate cut off above his lower abdomen, white spaulders, blue jeans, and black sneakers. A sword was strapped within a sheath at his left hip.
"If I didn't know my parents, I'd assume we were long lost fraternal twins." Link noted. "If I only knew everything I do about my past lives without knowing they were mine, I'd assume he was the reincarnation of the spirit of the hero."
Neither were true, given the things Link knew. With his fellow blond trying not to throw up whatever he's eaten previously, the current incarnation of the hero's spirit decided to move on. It wasn't long after that he spotted the sister pair, though they hadn't seen him yet.
"Ah yeah!" Yang had come up behind Ruby and hugged her. "I'm on my way to Beacon with my favorite baby sister. Best day ever." She smirked. "You skipped two whole years, so I bet people will be calling you a genius."
"I don't want to stick out that much." Ruby retorted. "I'm already younger than everybody here, and I don't know anybody."
"Seems to me you only accept the second part while wanting to deny the first." Link spoke up, having approached the pair and now getting their attention. "You were placed in a prestigious school two years early. Like it or not, you stick out by that simple fact alone."
"Hey, you're that guy from before who shot that canister Roman threw." Ruby noted happily.
The blonde girl looked over Link with a slight glint in her eye and smile on her face.
"That I am, though we didn't get to make introductions." Link nodded. "I am Link Sherwood, and I've noted you two seem to know each other."
While he had his assumptions of their relation, it was wiser to let them confirm it.
"I'm Ruby Rose, and this is my older sister, Yang Xiao Long." Ruby introduced. "Yang, this is the guy who helped me the other night."
"Yeah, I clocked that by what you said upon him announcing his presence sis." Yang assured before looking his way. "Thanks for looking out for Ruby."
Link shrugged. "All I did was shoot a canister."
"The robbery was led my nefarious criminal, Roman Torchwick who continues to evade authorities."
A nearby broadcast being shown on the ship caught their attention as it was discussing the very reason Ruby was now attending Beacon. Said man's mugshot, from a prior time he was arrested, was shown.
"If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you Lisa."
A woman with shoulder length silver hair and yellow eyes was now displayed.
"That you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus civil rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted…"
"The discrimination of the Faunus…" Link noted with a shake of his head.
Until Wild appeared to him, Link was right there with everyone else in assuming he was a Faunus. Discrimination certainly existed outside the four kingdoms, but it's something he never understood when they had the bigger threat of the Grimm to contend with.
The energy people put towards such a negative facet of civilization could be better spent combating the shared enemy. He supposed the same could be said about other facets given there was crime, bandits, and so on.
The broadcast had been cut off as a hologram of Glynda Goodwitch. "Hello, and welcome to Beacon. My name is Glynda Goodwitch. You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy.
Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it will be your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task. Now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and training to protect our world."
She then disappeared.
"Oh wow!" Ruby marveled as she and other prospective students approached the windows of the airship while it flies over Vale and heads towards Beacon. "Look, we're almost to Beacon."
Yang wrapped an arm around her sister's shoulder. "Our new home for the next four years."
Link joined the pair while noticing the air sick blond looking close to throwing up his lunch as he ran past them.
"Well, I guess the view isn't for everyone." Yang stated.
"It was a nice moment while it lasted." Ruby voiced.
"I recommend you two move." Link noted, walking off.
"Wonder what he meant by that?" Yang questioned.
That was soon answered as Ruby smelt something bad and looked down. "Oh Yang, gross! You have vomit on your shoes!"
"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Yang freaked and started running towards her sister.
"Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby yelled, running away from her.
Beacon
The airship approached the cliffs in front of Beacon Academy where a set of landing platforms were waiting. When the ships landed and opened their doors, the passengers walked off. Among the first was the boy with stomach issues.
He quickly found the nearest trash can and threw up. Link had ended up hanging back to observe the various people while Ruby and Yang entered the courtyard of Beacon Academy. The sister pair took in the fantastic site that is their new home.
"Wow." They both marveled.
New students approached the school through a long avenue leading up to the main academy building. In front of the school was a large courtyard with various walkways surrounded by a double ring of colonnades bisecting the main avenue.
The avenue was marked with trees, flag draped light poles, and archways. In front of the entrance to the main amphitheater was a large statue of a huntsman and huntress standing atop a rock, beneath which a Beowolf cowers.
"The view from Vale's got nothing on this." Yang stated.
"Oh, Ohhh! Sis, that kid has a collapsible staff! Ohhhh, and she's got a fire sword!" Ruby shrieked before being pulled back by her sister. "Ow, oow."
"Easy little sister." Yang voiced. "They're just weapons."
"Just weapons!?" Ruby exclaimed, stunned to hear those words from her very own sister. "They're an extension of ourselves! They're part of us! Oh, they're so cool."
"Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon?" Yang questioned. "Aren't you happy with it?"
Ruby took out her weapon, extending it to its full form and hugging it like a stuffed animal. "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose. I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people, but better…"
"Ruby, come on." Yang pulled her sister's hood over her head. "Why don't you go try and make some new friends of your own?"
"Why would I need friends when I have you?" Ruby questioned.
She pulled her hood up, only to see Yang surrounded by her friends from Signal. "Well, actually, my friends are here now, so we got to go catchup. Kay, see ya. Bye!"
They rushed out of there, spinning Ruby around. "Wait, where are you going? Aren't we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms? Ugh, I don't know what I'm doing."
She ended up falling back onto a cart full of white suitcases which belonged to, unknown to Ruby, Weiss Schnee.
"What are you doing!?" Weiss yelled.
Ruby looked up at the owner. "Oh, sorry."
"Sorry!?" Weiss questioned, angrily. "Do you have any idea the damage you could've caused?"
Ruby picked up a suitcase and handed it over. "U-uh."
Weiss swiped the suitcase. "Give me that!" She checked the contents. "This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry."
"U-uh…" Ruby muttered, not knowing what that is.
"Are you, braindead?" Weiss took out a bottle of Fire Dust and shook it releasing particles that hit Ruby's nose. "Dust: Fire, Water, Lightning, Energy. Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?"
Link was the last off the airship when there was a sudden explosion up ahead. He sprinted forward, seeing a red cloud imbued with elements. As he arrived now, he hadn't noticed a bottle of Fire Dust landing at the feet of another girl, unknown to the three as Blake, reading a book.
"Unbelievable!" Weiss yelled. "This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!"
Ruby pointed her index fingers together repeatedly. "I'm really, really sorry."
"Ugh! You complete dolt!" Weiss exclaimed. "What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?"
"Well, I…" Ruby began.
"This isn't your ordinary combat school." Weiss crossed her arms and turned her head away from the younger girl. "It's not just sparring and practice you know. We're here to fight monsters, so watch where you're going!"
"That is enough." Link stated firmly as he stepped between the pair. "Firstly, if there is a problem to this magnitude, from my experience, it usually takes two to make is so. In this instance, I do not believe you can have the high ground.
Both of you must bear even a fraction of the fault for this. Secondly, Ruby is certainly younger, by two years to be precises, but she was accepted into this school just like you or me. That affords a level of respect of both sides."
"Who do you think you're speaking to like this?" Weiss questioned offended. "Do you have any idea who…"
"You're a Schnee, given your age I'd conclude you're the middle child Weiss." Link interrupted. "At the end of the day, your name affords you no extra privilege. Let me tell you, when a village is threatened by Grimm, they'll only care you can do the job."
"Despite her name not meaning a thing here, she is still the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." Black informed, joining the three of them with the bottle of Dust in hand. "One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."
Despite the opening statement, Weiss still smiled at the rest of what this new girl said. "Finally, some recognition."
Blake wasn't done. "The same company is infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners.
"What? How dare…The nerve of…" Weiss sputtered.
Ruby giggled at the two while Link just maintained his firm expression. While he was aware of and didn't like what the Schnee Company did to Faunus, he felt laying the blame for that on someone who wasn't even an adult yet was unfair.
Sure, she was the heiress, but the things you hear about Jaques Schnee did not indicate he'd take anything she'd say on the matter into account. Certainly, Weiss was offended at the insinuations Blake made; however, they seemed to be the sputtering of someone uninformed.
Weiss, unable to produce anything to say, merely eyed this girl before snatching her vial of dust and starting to walk off. All the while, some of her attendants came to take care of the rest of her luggage.
"I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby then sighed. "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day." She turned to Blake. "So, what's...?" Said girl was walking off in the opposite direction, seeing the younger girl fall to her knees. "Welcome to Beacon…"
"Come on, Ruby." Link crossed his arms and looked down at her . "There's no reason to be lying on the ground on your first day because of one bad incident."
He then noticed an arm pass by him and turned to see it was that previously stomach sick blond from the airship.
"Hey. I'm Jaune." Jaune voiced, offering her a hand.
"Ruby." Ruby introduced herself while taking his hand and letting him help her up.
"Link." Link joined in.
Jaune looked his way, now noticing what the pointed eared blond had recognized on the airship, before nodding. "Nice to meet you."
Ruby snickered at realizing who this new blond was. "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the airship?"
Minutes Later…
Link, Ruby, and Jaune were walking down a pathway.
"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a more common problem than people let on." Jaune voiced, trying to defend his issue with airships.
"Look, I'm sorry." Ruby apologized. "Vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind."
"Oh yeah." Jaune retorted. "Well, what if I called you Crater Face?"
"Hey, that explosion was an accident." Ruby quickly defended her little accident from earlier while flailing her arms.
"Despite the fact Weiss could have managed it better, I meant what I said." Link voiced. "More often than not, it takes two to make a problem."
"Link, you're not helping!" Ruby yelled before turning back to Jaune.
"Well, the name's Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. Ladies love it." Jaune stated, trying to sound cool.
"Do they?" Ruby questioned, not seeming convinced.
"They will." Jaune tried. "Well, at least I hope they will. My mom always says uh…well never mind."
Ruby giggled. "Hmm. Sooo, I got this thing."
She deployed her weapon, impaling the ground.
"Woah! Is that a scythe?" Jaune asked while stepping back in surprise.
"It's also a customizable, high-impact sniper rifle." Ruby declared.
"A what?" Jaune asked, having no idea what she just said.
"It's also a gun." Ruby informed, cocking her weapon for emphasis.
"Oh. Well, that's cool." Jaune stated.
"So, what do you have?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, uh, I-I got this sword." Jaune replied, pulling out his sword from its sheath.
"Oooohhh." Ruby admired the weapon.
Jaune then pulls out the sheath and it expanded into a shield. "Yeah, I've got a shield too."
"So, what do they do?" Ruby asked while reaching for the shield.
When she touched it, the shield popped off Jaune's arm. It started jumping around and changing forms from a shield to a sheath while he tried to catch it.
"The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just…put it away." Jaune replied after recomposing himself.
"Fairly certain it's still weigh the same." Link noted.
"Yeah, it does." Jaune admitted, lowering his head.
"Heh-heh." Ruby smiled. 'Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. I guess I did go a little overboard in designing mine."
"Wait, you made that?" Jaune asked.
"Of course." Ruby nodded. "All students at Signal forge their own weapons. Didn't you make yours?"
"It's a hand-me-down." Jaune looked down, a bit melancholic. "My great-great grandfather used it to fight in the war."
"Sounds more like a family heirloom, but I like it." Ruby stated, trying to cheer him up. "Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."
"Yeah, the classics." Jaune stated.
"Oh, Link!" All this talk of weapons had Ruby realizing something. "Can I see your weapon? I haven't really gotten a good look at them."
"I'd say I have similar taste in weaponry to Jaune here, barring what his shield can do, how I wear mine, and the fact I carry a little extra." Link first unsheathed his sword and shield, letting them get a good look at the pair before then sheathing them in exchange for his hand rifle.
"Cool." Jaune nodded. "It's uh, good to see someone with the same weapons as me."
"Why do you carry a hand rifle when your sword or shield could have been made into mechashift to accommodate?" Ruby inquired, genuinely curious.
"While mechashift has its uses, I've not had the time to learn how to properly maintain one." Link noted. "Given the parts…Well, if they go, the weapon can be rendered useless, so I saw it crucial go with more standard weapons."
Given he spent his whole life outside the walls, traveling as far back as he could remember, it was just that much more unwise to delve into mechashift weaponry with no experience to his name.
"Well, what with this being an academy, maybe now you'll have that time." Ruby noted. "Both of you could."
"Perhaps." Link stated.
"I actually might." Jaune added.
Ruby then looked between the two, comparing their appearances and weapons. "On another note, are you two brothers?"
"No, I only have seven sisters." Jaune informed, stunning the two of them.
"Seven sisters…" Ruby muttered.
She loved Yang, but the younger girl didn't know what she'd do with six more sisters.
"I can correlate we aren't related in that way since I was an only child." Link voiced. "Perhaps somewhere in our family trees we might be related, but this could just all be a coincidence as well."
With that answered, Ruby now turned back to Jaune. "So, why'd you help me out back there in the courtyard?"
"Why not?" Jaune shrugged. "My mom always says strangers are just friends you haven't met yet."
"Hm." Ruby noted before realizing something. "Hey, where are we going?"
"Oh, I don't know. I was following you." Jaune answered, not knowing where the amphitheater is. "Y-you think there might be a directory? Maybe a food court? Some sort of recognizable landmark?"
Ruby just snickered at his comments.
"Is-a, is that a no?" Jaune asks.
"That's a no," Ruby confirmed.
Fortunately, Link studied a map of Beacon and knew where to go. "Follow me you two."
Amphitheater
Link, Ruby, and Jaune finally reached the amphitheater. Within were many other prospective students just waiting for the ceremony to begin.
"Ruby, over here!" Yang waved to them. "I saved you a spot."
"Oh! Hey, I got to go." Ruby stated to the guys. "I'll see you after the ceremony."
She ran off to join her sister.
"Hey, wait!" Jaune called out. "Oh great, where else am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to."
He then took off by himself, not noticing a girl with red hair in a waist-length ponytail and green eyes watching him. She wore a brown corset, a black mini skirt, and brown opera-length gloves on both arms.
Link mulled over his choices. "I probably shouldn't intrude on the sisters since neither invited me. That means I can either find somewhere else to stand or join Jaune."
Well, there had to be something said about shared looks and similar taste in weaponry. He ended up joining the guy.
With Ruby & Yang
"How's your first day going, little sister?" Yang asked.
Ruby crossed her arms angrily. "You mean since you abandoned me, and I exploaded?"
"Yikes, meltdown already?" Yang asked.
"No, I literally exploaded in front the school." Ruby informed. "There was some fire and ice."
Yang still didn't get it. "Are you being sarcastic?"
"Gah, I wish!" Ruby retorted. "I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage. Then, she yelled at me, and I sneezed which caused this whole explosion. It made me feel really, really bad, yet I just wanted her to stop yelling at me."
She hadn't noticed Weiss having come up behind her. "You!"
Ruby lept into her sister's arms. "Oh god, it's happening again!"
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of a cliff." Weiss reprimanded.
"Oh my god, you really exploded." Yang voiced in disbelief.
"It was an accident." Ruby got down. "It was an accident!" Weiss then pulled out a pamphlet for her company and began to just string together words the younger girl couldn't comprehend as it was legal jargon. "Uh…"
"Do you really want to start making things up to me?" Weiss asked.
"Absolutely." Ruby pleaded.
"Then, read this and never speak to me again." Weiss stated.
Yang decided to intervene before things got ugly. "Look, uh, it sounds like you guys just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?"
"Yeah, great idea sis." Ruby cleared her throat. "Hello Weiss, I'm Ruby." She extended her hand. "Want to hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies."
"Yeah, and we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys like tall, blonde, and scraggily over there." Weiss sarcastically declared while pointing her thumb at Jaune, who noticed as such.
"Wow, really?" Ruby asked hopefully.
"No." Weiss denied.
With Link & Jaune: Same Time…
"Oh, hey!" Upon Link joining him, Jaune nodded. "It slipped my mind to ask as we were walking here, but how did you end up in Beacon?"
"Ozpin invited me." Link replied simply.
"Wait, Ozpin personally invited you to attend Beacon?" Jaune was stunned, not out of disbelief but just what that statement entailed. "Holy cow…What did you do to earn that?"
"He happened to be coming to a village that was set ablaze and with Grimm running about." Link stated. "I was there first and cleared out the Grimm while his deputy headmistress managed the fire."
Part of it was due to the spirit he held, but Link hadn't exactly shared that fact with anyone. Ozpin had just known. Anyways, he'd had yet to tell anyone himself about this, so there was no way he'd tell someone he'd just met about it.
"Wow! Really." Jaune was genuinely impressed before muttering. "I couldn't do anything like that."
Before Link could ask him what he just said, the confrontation between Weiss and Ruby caught their attention.
"Even if it takes two for there to be a problem, she's just instigating at this point." Link noted to himself.
"What's going on?" Jaune questioned. "Are they talking about me? Tall, blond, and…" The headmaster walked out onto the stage. "Oh, Ozpin is starting his speech."
Amphitheater
"I'll keep this brief." Ozpin adjusted his glasses. "You traveled here today in search of knowledge to hone your craft, and when you've finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. To save them from the threat of the Grimm, and the disaster they leave in their wake.
Despite that, all I see amongst you is wasted energy in need of purpose. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
"Not the most encouraging speech I've ever heard, but certainly a realistic one." Link noted to himself, as other students whispered about it.
As Ozpin walked off, Professor Goodwitch took his place, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."
Roof: Evening…
All prospective students eventually ended up moving into the ballroom; however, Link decided not to fight over a spot. He instead took off for the roof, content with taking his place wherever was left and using this time to decompress.
While he had plenty of time alone, Jaune ended up coming out to the same roof and seeing him there. "Oh, you're here to?" Link turned as his fellow blond joined him. "I just came out here for some fresh air, but it looks like you beat me to it."
Link gave an amused smile. "Similar looks, similar weapons, similar mind set…I suppose."
Jaune flashed his own smile. "Yeah, I suppose so to." The pair end up giving a slight chuckle. "Since you are here, thanks for helping me earlier. I probably would have missed the ceremony, had it not been for you and Ruby. Speaking of Ruby…what's with you and her?"
Link raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"From what I gathered, you two met only recently yet seem like good buds." Jaune stated. "I guess I'm asking…y'know…Do you like her?"
"Can't say I've been actively looking for anyone like that." Link shrugged. "If anything, I'd say we're just friends currently."
"That means my chances are slightly bigger." Jaune voiced. "Though, to be honest, I'm more into Weiss." He shook his head. "Disregarding that, I think you and I should hang out sometime. The two of us could have some fun."
"You know what, sure." Link replied.
"Heh, heh." Jaune smiled. "Cool."
"Anyways, we should probably head on in." Link stated.
"Good idea." Jaune nodded. "Last thing we want to do is break curfew."
Vale: Night…
Roman came stomping through the door of a rundown apartment safehouse, frustrated with the outcome of that robbery on From Dust Till Dawn. "Junior's goons were utterly useless, and I had to shake countless tails just to get back here."
He soon walked into a more lavish room of the apartment where there was a bedridden girl with pink, brown, and white hair. She blinked at the thief with eyes which swapped between the three colors of her hair, seemingly at random.
Roman sighed as he sat bedside. "Are you feeling any better?" The girl nodded appreciatively, so he gave a warm smile in return. "I missed you on this last job. Now, there's a bigger one coming, and I'll need your help." He gently rubbed her head. "So, you better hurry and recover."
Beacon: Ballroom
The prospective students gathered in the ballroom as instructed, each changed into various pajamas and nightwear as they were to utilize sleeping bags. Ruby was lying on hers, writing a letter. Her nightwear consisted of a black tank top and white long pants.
Yang, wearing an orange tank top and black shorts, plopped down next to her. "This is just like a big slumber party."
"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys though." Ruby retorted.
"I know I do." Yang return before purring as she checked out some of the male students who had their shirts off.
Just a moment later, Link and Jaune started walking by. The former wore a green tank top with white pants while the latter was in blue full-body pajama outfit with blue bunny slippers and a white bunny face on its chest. Jaune looked her way, smiling while Yang cringed in disgust.
Link noticed this exchange between the two and shrugged. People were entitled to their own opinions. To him, what Jaune wore just didn't matter. Regardless, he went about getting Jaune to keep moving to their sleeping bags.
"Anyways, what you writing?" Yang asked.
"A letter to the gang back at Signal." Ruby replied. "I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going."
"Aw, that's so cute~!" Yang fawned.
"Shut up!" Ruby threw her pillow at her sister. "I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anyone here."
"What about Link and Jaune?" Yang questioned. "I mean, the former seems cool while the latter is…nice. Anyways, you got plus two friends right there, a two hundred percent increase."
"I met Link outside of Beacon, not sure he counts in this context." Ruby rolled over onto her back. "With Weiss, I'm certain she counts as a negative friend. Pretty much back to zero."
"There's no such thing as negative friends." Yang retorted. "You just made one friend and one enemy since setting foot on Beacon." Ruby threw another pillow at her. "Look, it's only been one day. Trust me, you got friends who you just haven't met them yet."
Ruby sat up and ended up spotting Black off in a corner, a candle lit which she read by. "That girl."
"You know her?" Yang asked.
"Not really." Ruby admitted. "She saw what happened this morning but left before I could say anything."
"Well, now's your chance." Yang declared, standing and pulling her sister.
"Whoa, wait!" Ruby exclaimed. "What are you doing!?"
Yang pulled her over to Blake. "Hello~~!" She finally released her sister. "I believe you two may know each other."
"Aren't you that girl who exploded?" Blake asked, remembering what happened in the courtyard earlier that day.
"Uh, yeah. My name's Ruby." Ruby introduced herself while extending her hand to the girl, who ignored it and continued to read her book. "But, you can just call me crater…actually, you can just call me Ruby."
"…Okay." The girl replied, not really interested.
Yang leaned over to Ruby. "What are you doing?"
"I don't know." Ruby whispered back. "Help me!"
Both sisters look back to the girl wearing the bow with smiles on their faces.
"So, what's your name?" Yang asked.
"Blake." The girl introduced while keeping her eyes on her book.
"Well Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister." Yang stated. "I like your bow."
"Thanks." Blake returned, starting to get slightly annoyed.
"It goes great with your…pajamas." Yang tried.
"Right…" Blake slowly replied.
The sisters started to get nervous.
"Nice night, don't you think?" Yang tried.
"Yes, it's lovely. Almost as lovely as this book…"Blake voiced, the sisters staring at her. "…That I will continue to read…" They still don't get the message "…As soon as you leave."
"Yeah, this girl's a lost cause." Yang declared, admitting defeat.
"What's it about?" Ruby asked.
"Huh?" Blake inquired.
"Your book." Ruby clarified. "Does it have a name?"
"Well, it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body." Blake explained.
"Oh yeah, that's…real lovely." Yang returned, trying to be nice.
"I love books." Ruby stated. "Yang used to read to me every night before bed. Stories of heroes and monsters. They're one of the reasons why I want to be a Huntress."
"Why is that?" Blake asked. "Hoping you'll live happily ever?"
"I'm hoping we all will." Ruby replied. "As a girl, I wanted to be just like the heroes in those books. Someone who fought for what was right and protected people who couldn't protect themselves."
"That's ambitious for a child." Blake noted. "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairytale."
"Well, that's why we're here." Ruby returned. "To make it better."
"Oh, I'm so proud of my baby sister!" Yang declared, wrapping her arms around Ruby and picking her up in a bear hug.
"Cut it out!" Ruby shrieked, punching her.
The two then got into a fight.
"What in the world is going on over here!?" Weiss shouted, having been disturbed by the noise.
This saw the fighting stop with Ruby holding Yang's left ankle in a lock while said blond stood on her right leg, flailing her arms.
"Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep!?" Weiss continued.
Aside from the angry scowl, her hair was down. She currently wore a faded bluish sleeping gown with short sleeves. Weiss also now recognized who exactly was causing all the ruckus.
"Oh, not you again!" Weiss/Yang yelled at one another.
"Sshh! Guys, She's right people are trying to sleep." Ruby voiced, attempting to diffuse the situation.
"Oh, now you're on my side!" Weiss exclaimed.
"I was always on your side!" Ruby defended.
"Yeah, what is your problem with my sister?" Yang asked. "She is only trying to be nice!"
"She's a hazard to my health!" Weiss yelled, clearly not interested in being friends with Ruby.
"That's enough from all three of you." Link stated firmly, having marched his way over. "I suggest you all go your separate ways and get some sleep."
The girls stopped bickering and quieted. Weiss was about to say something, but Link wasn't interested in hearing from any of them right now. He just marched off. With the bickering diffused, it saw the three girls doing as he said by putting an end to the night.
I know I haven't introduced any original character or a Zelda to be on Link's team; however, I have a specific role in mind for this Remnant Link to fulfill. Many of you may assume it's to make him the fifth member of Team RWBY; however, the role I have in mind for him is something so much more than that. I don't want to spoil it but trust me when I say I have plan.
Ivan Barbosa: Thank you.
Monster King: Thank you.
HunterPrimeAW5M3: I have a different role in mind for Link, but that's not to say Legend of Zelda characters won't make an appearance. Some of them will be the version they are meant to be while others will be Remnant versions of them. For instance, I am toying around with the idea of a team comprised of Remnant versions of the other four champions. Obviously, they'd be human in this, but it'd be like they got reincarnated. I'm still toying with the idea, among other prominent people I could see as warriors.