Welcome back everyone. I think that it is time for something that you have all been waiting for. Initation! Wooo! But first we have to get through morning stuff.

Returning to the fireplace that had become a custom to finding out more about the Total Reset Timeline of Remnant, Panto is there once more. "Hello there everyone. I am glad that you all returned. This is going to be a fun chapter, I just know it."

Nyx woke up next morning with many of the other students around her making preparations for their initiations. She rubbed her eyes and yawned before looking over to where Amy had been laying the night before. The red haired girl was out of the kimono she had worn last night and back into her armor.

"What time is it?" Nyx asked with a yawn as she stretched out both of her wings.

"7:30. We're supposed to head to Beacon's cliffs at 8:45 to reach the initiation in time," Amy explained as she handed Nyx a breakfast bar.

"Thanks," Nyx remarked as she began to eat it. "So what were you having nightmares about last night?" she asked, curious about it.

"Oh, you know, Grimm Bugs. It was a term I had never heard before for so mind turned to creating them," she replied, lying through her teeth.

"Fair enough. How about we begin getting prepared for the day?" Nyx asked, Amy nodding in agreement, the two of them setting off to begin preparations.

Ruhe was sitting in his corner watching the two girls. "She's lying of course," he remarked. "Probably doesn't trust her enough to tell her the truth. Though it is understandable since she is an Avian Faunus. The truth could probably be wrestled from her with shiny stuff."

"Dude, that's racist, insensitive, and creepy," Bay remarked, the son of a pirate making sure that Undertow was ready for use at 9.

"It is merely a well-known fact that Avian Faunus have a fondness for shiny objects like their animal counterparts."

"Yeah. And sharks are attracted to blood, however I don't share secrets for a cup of blood," he responded, flashing a mouthful of teeth. He swung Undertow over his shoulder and walked away from Ruhe.

"Still, you are an exception to the rule," Ruhe responded, not really caring if Bay had walked away. "Most Faunus tend to have well known mental quirks associated with their respective species."

Bay returned to where Selene and Steve were preparing their respective weapons. "I really hope that we end up on the same team, but then our 4th member would probably feel a bit awkward," Bay remarked as he sat down.

"Not necessarily if what Steve thinks is true actually is."

"Which is?"

Steve gestured to Ash over on the other side of the room. "That that's a friend of ours from Menagerie."

Bay followed Steve's gesture and looked at Ash. "I don't think so. You and your parents were the only humans on Menagerie. He looks completely human to me."

"I know, but it's this gut feeling I've got Bay."

"I mean..." Selene began before cutting herself off. "Nevermind, dumb idea."

"Come on. Selene Neoma has never had a dumb idea in her life," Bay remarked.

"I don't want to make the wrong assumption, okay?" she responded.

"And you know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me," Rubrum remarked as he sat down uninvited into the group. "But I've been called an ass so many times that it would just be making an ass out of you." He smiled at the group like he belonged there.

"Um. Hello," Selene greeted nervously, edging away from Rubrum. She was comfortable around Bay and Steve due to knowing them for a long time. She had no idea who Rubrum was and his boisterous attitude seemed to a little too boisterous for her. "I'm Selene Neoma."

"Rubrum Ramirez," he nodded towards Bay and Steve. "And you two are?"

"Bay Cooks."

"Steve Conifers. Now would you kindly leave us alone."

Amy and Nyx were walking by the group when Steve asked Rubrum to leave. Amy straightened up for some reason, causing Nyx to give her a confused look. "Is something wrong?" she asked her friend.

"Nothing, let's just go get some breakfast. We'll probably need it."

Nyx looked concerned, however just decided to shrug it off.

An hour and a half later, the second initation group was at the Cliffs of Beacon overlooking the Emerald Forest. Ms. Walker and Ms. Rogers stood in front of them.

"Yesterday we gave you the basic overview of what initiation is like every year. However, there are a few more details that must be smoothed out before your initiation can begin," Ms. Rogers began. "A Huntsman or Huntress must be able to rely on their partner and know them well. However, most of you don't know each other, to rectify this, we have decided that the first person you make eye contact with shall be your partner.

"Once you've been partnered up with someone, you will make your way into the center of Emerald Forest where Team LTAN awaits. Upon arrival, you and your partner will have to fight one of them 2-on-1. If you beat them, you will be able to choose your relic, however if you lose, the member you fought will choose the relic for you."

"You will also be unable to be your team's leader," Ms. Walker added. "Are there any questions?"

Several students raised their hands, however Ms. Rogers didn't seem to notice as she simply activated something to launch all 60 students at once.

Nyx instinctively spread her wings when she was launched. She began to look around for Amy. When she spotted the girl's fiery red hair, she flew towards her and caught her by the armpits, causing the girl to yelp in shock.

"Nyx! What are you doing?" she asked, looking up and making eye contact.

"Making sure that you have a landing strategy partner," the raven Faunus remarked with a smile.

Amy smiled back before looking ahead just in time to see a small bird right in front of them. "Look out!" she yelled, but it was too late, Nyx hit the bird and dropped Amy into the canopy of the trees.

On the other side of the group, Ruhe was using his weapon, Railway Express to blast himself through the trees. He decided that getting closer to the task and waiting for someone to show up would be a logical thing to do. If someone could make it through the forest by themselves, they would probably do well as his partner.

The only person ahead of Ruhe was Ash, he was using his semblance for his landing strategy. He kept reaching into his shadow, and pulling out his inverse before flinging himself forward. He then dissolved his inverse before repeating the process.

Bay was using a much more direct approach for his landing strategy. Using the chain attached to Undertow he pulled himself onto a tree branch that bent all the way to the ground. He stepped off and watched as the brach snapped back into the air.

The speed of the branch flying back didn't allow someone close behind Bay, Rubrum, to get out of the way in time, so instead he hit the branch and began plummeting through the foliage.

Selene saw what Bay had done out of the corner of her eye and decided that it was something that she could easily replicate. She took out her bow, Artemis, and shifted it into a boomerang and a whip. She put the boomerang at her side and waited for the perfect moment. Said moment arrived when she was right under the top of the trees. She used her knowledge of momentum and wrapped her whip around a branch, carrying herself onto another branch.

Steve went for probably the simplest approach. When he was close enough, he used his Battle Claws to grab ahold of a tree and slide down it.

Back up on the cliffs, Ms. Rogers and Ms. Walker looked on. "Do we count the eye contact made between Ms. Hikari and Ms. Yozora as the eye contact that makes them partners even though they were in the air?" Ms. Walker asked.

"Of course Frankie," Ms. Rogers responded, looking at the students' progress on her scroll before a message popped up, causing her to frown.

"What is it?" Ms. Walker asked.

"Nothing important," she responded.

"Now isn't that wonderful," Panto remarked. "Amy and Nyx ended up being partners. I wonder who the other partners will be. We'll just have to find out next time."

Hey guys, sorry about the shorter chapter. I wanted to get this on out, especially after the whole fiasco I had last week with losing power so I couldn't even work on it. Well, that's all. See you next time.