Hello everyone. Welcome to the new chapter! This one is going to be covering the first day of Beacon where we meet the rest of the main cast and someone else. Let's dive into it.
And this chapter has a Beta that looked over it! Say hi Void!
Void:
Heyo Folks, I'm here now to grant my assistance to my friend here. (I shall make sure there are no mistakes for I am a perfect entity of the Void) I jest, but yeah, essentially I'm here to help out.
"Hello. Hello!" Kurt greeted. "I'm glad that you have returned. We'll be picking up right where we left off last time with Frankie and Norma. This should be an interesting development, so let's go."
"Should we tell the others about Ash and Nyx running into Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan?" Frankie asked as she and Norma rode up in the elevator to Norma's office.
"They will find out when they turn into the news sometime soon," Norma responded.
"So that means we'll be keeping Brook out of the loop about this?" Frankie questioned as the elevator doors dinged open to reveal a blonde woman standing in Norma's office. She had a diminutive stature at only 5 foot 4 with a petite build. However her emerald eyes seemed to pierce the soul. She wore a swallowtail coat that had several bullet holes and tears in it. Strapped across her chest was a collection of flintlock pistols of varying colors.
"Oh, you were going to keep me out of the loop like usual, huh?" the woman, presumably Brook, asked. "I may not be a huntsmen like the rest of the crew, but I still should be informed about matters! The only one who ever fucking informs me about shit is Kaleb. And a desert like Vacuo isn't a good place for me to go sailing to."
"Calm down Brook," Frankie responded. "It's just that two upcoming first years got into a fight with Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan."
"My son better not have been one of them Frankie, or so help me-"
She was cut off by Norma raising her hand. "He was not. The two students were Ash Obsidian and Nyx Yozora. Now how did you even get up here?"
"Oh. Marty let me in. Told him I had important news to deliver to you two."
"Which is?" Frankie asked.
"Sit down as this'll be a long one."
Meanwhile outside at Beacon's docks, the airships arrived with the new first years spilling out. The first one off of the airships was a girl from Mistral, Amaterasu Hikari. On the ride to Beacon, the girl had caught the attention of many of the other students due to her somewhat outlandish appearance. Her scarlet hair and blue eyes matched her Caucasian skintone naturally, however at a first glance you would think that she had a terrible sunburn due to red markings covering her face. Her blue eyes were framed by a pair of red lines and down her forehead was a third line that ended in a circle right above her nose. Another major point that drew people's attention was the armor she wore. It was the type of armor worn by Mistralian soldiers during the Great War. Emblazoned on the back was a Chrysanthemum with a sun rising behind it. She got a little self-conscious from hearing the whispers of everyone around her and was beginning to second guess her parent's recommendation of not bringing her normal clothes with her to Beacon.
She was startled from her thoughts as another first-year pushed past her to take a good look at Beacon. He was a young man with an athletic build that would probably have made a few girls swoon. Amaterasu however was not swooning and was a bit peeved that he had shoved her out of the way. "Hey!" she yelled at him. He turned around, his visible baby blue eye locking with her blue eyes. "Watch where you're going next time."
"Not really my fault when you were standing in the middle of the walkway with that clunky armor and move at a snail's pace."
This got her eye to twitch a bit as she looked at him. She didn't want to start a fight on her first day, however if he was going to insult something that had been in her family for a while, she was prepared to. However before she could, her view was obstructed by a pair of giant raven wings. "It feels so good to finally get out of that stuffy airship and stretch my wings," Nyx remarked before realizing that she had practically given both Amaterasu and the unknown boy and mouthful of her feathers. "I am so sorry," she quickly apologized. "I didn't notice you two."
"It's alright. At least you can apologize for your mistakes," Amaterasu replied, sending a small glare at the unknown boy. She turned back to Nyx with a smile. "I'm Amaterasu Hikari, it is an honor to meet you."
"Nyx Yozora," Nyx greeted, offering her a handshake, which Amaterasu gladly took. "Amaterasu is somewhat of a mouthful however, can I just call you Amy?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Hey, you were on the news while we were loading up into the airship," the unknown boy remarked to Nyx. "How did it feel having your ass handed to you by two notorious criminals?"
"It is none of your business," Nyx responded, her feathers bristling.
"Okay. Okay. Anyway, I am Rubrum Ramirez. Remember that name ladies as it might be one that you put in your scroll with the term boyfriend," he added before walking away.
The two girls looked at each other and rolled their eyes. "He's definitely full of himself, I'm going to feel bad for his teammates," Amy remarked.
"Perhaps he can biologically keep up in a fight," a cold voice remarked as another young man pushed past the two of them.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Nyx asked, expecting some sort of sexist response. The one she got however was just as bad.
"He's human, his biology is locked and widely known so that his teammates can know the limits of what he can do. Unlike Faunus, his genetics and biology are known because of past studies of humans. Faunus are different between each other with no way to extrapolate correlation between two Faunus of the same species." With that he walked away, leaving the two girls stunned.
As the second airship unloaded a duo were deep in conversation with each other like they were old friends. They were; however, they hadn't talked in a long while. "You went to Signal? I thought that you had joined the White Fang like your parents," Steve Conifers remarked to the girl on his left, Selene Neoma. Steve's green eyes showed relief as he ran a hand through his spiky black hair. His hair and eye colors actually summed up most of his outfit. Greens and blacks with browns mixed in.
"Oh no. I didn't share their opinions about how to view humans, so why would I support an organization that shared the views?" Selene asked as the silver bat ears atop her head twitched. Said ears blended into her silver hair. As she talked she pushed up her silver rimmed glasses which framed her dark moss green colored eyes.
"That's a fair point. Did you hear what happened to Maurice?"
"Yeah. It really is a shame. While most of the White Fang seemed to despise humans, he really seemed to want to bring peace."
"While you were out in the world, did you hear anything about Rebecca?" Steve asked, trying to keep anxiety out of his voice.
"No," Selene responded. She knew how close the two of them had been back on Menagerie.
"Maybe if I'm lucky someone here would have left the White Fang and decided to come to Beacon while also knowing her," he joked. "But of course with news of Rudyard putting trackers in their Faunus traits it would be impossible to tell. If they cut them off at least."
Suddenly Ash, who had been behind the two this whole time, pushed past them. Steve only caught a quick glimpse at his face, but could have sworn that he had seen him somewhere before. Before he could even act on this feeling of familiarity however, Selene grabbed his arm and turned his attention to someone else.
It was a young man standing at 5 foot 10" with an outlandish hairstyle. It was a black pompadour with a quarter of the length being dyed the same ocean blue as his eyes. However what was most eye catching about him was actually his teeth. Instead of normal human teeth, he had rows of shark teeth. He also wore a shark tooth necklace, which actually looked like the teeth inside his mouth. That specific fashion choice brought back a certain memory in Steve of a shark faunus on Menagerie who did the exact same thing.
"Bay!" he called out, hoping he was right. It would be pretty awkward if he wasn't.
However, luck seemed to be on his side as the Faunus turned towards him. "Steve? Selene?" Bay asked, remembering two of his old friends from Menagerie. The three teens walked to each and began to catch up.
"So your mother is a pirate?!" Selene asked, a bit shocked.
"Yup. Captain Cook the crew called her. When I first met her after Dad disappeared, I knew that it would probably be a great idea to maybe try and find him. It has definitely improved my fighting skills."
"How long have you been in Vale?" Steve asked.
"A couple of years. Mom gave me a chestful of Lien that I have been living off of. What about you two?"
"I've been on Patch for a couple of years, I've actually been going to Signal," Selene remarked.
"Bat-Girl over here actually got into Beacon based on a recommendation from all of Signal's teachers."
"Congrats Selene, I should have known that your brains would help you go far," Bay remarked, flashing her a very toothy grin.
"Thanks," she murmured, a bit embarrassed.
"So we're supposed to head to the Amphitheater, right?" Bay asked.
"Yeah. Headmistress Rogers would be introducing us to some of the staff of Beacon as well as explaining how teams are going to be formed during the initiation tomorrow."
"Well then, let's go!"
Up in Headmistress Rogers's office, Brook was looking out the window at the arriving first-years. Her son was down there, but she couldn't see him.
"Are you absolutely sure about this information?" Norma asked her.
"Yes I am. Staub is up to something with the lack of Dust he's been sending out."
"Perhaps with both you and the White Fang stealing from him, he's decided to slow down Dust transports," Frankie suggested.
"Hey! You know that I only blew up ships when doing so would kill potentially dangerous Grimm!" Brook protested. "You two, Lance, and Frieda always act like I am a criminal."
"Well you are wanted in a couple of places," Frankie remarked.
"That's besides the point. We all know that those records would be stricken if everyone knew why I do what I do. Plus I am the only one who can do it in this group as you all decided to stay inside the law."
"Fine, fine," Frankie responded.
"But your suggestion that Jack Staub is working under the Grimm's master is somewhat unbelievable," Norma remarked.
"The fact that the Grimm even have a master is unbelievable Norma!" Brook snapped. "Yet I believed it when I was first told. So keep the possibility in mind that the largest producer of Dust in all of Remnant could be an enemy. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to head out." Brook made her way to the elevator.
"Don't let anyone see you!" Frankie responded. "You're just as wanted as Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan. You can't cross through the school."
"Fran," Brook responded, using a nickname the Great Dane disliked, "I have been coming here multiple times a year without trouble. Do you really think that I don't know to use the secret exit?"
"Right, right. Sorry."
"Well, I'll be back in a couple of months with another report. I hope to hear how well my son has been doing when I get back," Brook added as the elevator doors closed behind her.
"And Brook's departure brings us to the end of the latest chapter of the story. Join me next time as I regale you with the rest of the time up until orientation."
Originally I had planned to go throughout the entire time up until the initiation the following day in the story, however it just didn't feel right. It felt right to end the chapter how it started, with Brook, Frankie, and Norma. Well, see you all next time.
Also I'd like to thank CrossKnight105 for submitting Rubrum Ramirez, Remnant7 for submitting Amaterasu Hikari, E Hamel for submitting the person with skewed Faunus views who shall be named next chapter, Simple Magi for submitting Bay Cooks, ChillyIce for submitting Selene Neoma, and StanTheManWithTheBigRedPlan for submitting Steve Conifers.