A/N: Hey everyone, Parade here with another story! Now I've always loved Adam as a character but almost never see any fanfics about him (which is normal since he's barely in the show...for now) so I decided to write my own! I literally thought of writing this about 15 mins ago in a burst of inspiration so please excuse the shortness of the Chapter. Also, this does not mean I will not be updating The Son of Sorrow. SoS will be updated regularly and if you want, this one too. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: To Absolve from Sin

Adam sat in his seat as the hovership made it's ascension. He watched as the ground grew farther and farther away from him untill all that was beneath him was a sea of clouds in a world of light. The aircraft lurched forward and made it's way to Vale, away from his home, away from Vaccuo. And away from the White Fang.

As he looked out to the sea of clouds his mind drifted to a few weeks ago. He and Blake had been sent on a mission to capture and destroy a shipment of Schnee Company dust. He and her fought as they always had, a single unit of deadly speed and cunning. They weaved through the crowds of guards, bringing them down one by one as Adam sheathed and unsheathed his Katana with blinding quickness and accuracy, while Blake's whip sailed to and fro, shooting every target she aimed for, all of them falling dead with a hole in their head. It was Beastly and it was Beautiful.

It was then that something went wrong, something they had not anticipated. A giant mechanized behemoth came before them, shooting them with pulsating red lasers. He remembered the excitment he felt, the rush of battle coursing through him, charging his katana as Blake bought him time. He remembered the surge of energy blasting out of his sheathe as the technological terror released it's own, the two powers struggling against each other for dominance until Adam won out, the giant destroying before him.

And he remembered the look on his partners face as she apologized to him, a look of confusion on his face. He watched as she cut the lins that connected their two carts, hers rushing away from him. He saw himself leap toward her, refusing to leave her side, begging her to stay. He saw her pained look as she told him why she could never do that. He shook as head as he chose the next best thing. If you won't stay with me he said. Then I will go with you.

"Hey, are you okay?" came a voice to his right.

He turned his head toward the voice. "Yea i'm fine" he said. "Just thinking as all".

Blake sat beside him and placed a steaming cup in his hand. Adam looked down to see she had brought him coffee. "About what?" she asked,

He took a sipped from his cup. It had the perfect amount of cream and sugar, with just a hint of hazlenut in it. Just the way he liked it. "Nothing important. Just the past as all."

Blake nodded and sipped from hers . "You're thinking about that day, huh? About whether or not it was the right decision?".

Adam sat silently for a while, staring out of the window. Finally he took another swig of his coffee and answered. "No, I know what we did was right. I'm just wondering whether or not our desertion is enough to absolve us of our sins"

Blake paled and look away. "I don't know Adam. I mean...we did some bad things in our past"

"Yea" said Adam. "I know"

The two sat in silence for the rest of the way, occasionaly drinking from their cups as they watched the other passengers, taking in their surrondings. They had opted for the very back of the hovercraft where they would be given the least amount of looks. From what Adam could see, most students were roughly sixteen to eigtheen year olds, though there was a fairly short girl with a red hood that looked to be younger then all of them. With her was a much taller busty blonde girl who was currently squeezing the red one to death.

From beneath his mask he rolled his eyes. If I get stuck with one of those two I am going to lose my mind he thought.

By looking around he noticed there were more Fauni admitting to Beacon then he originally thought. In the corner to the fareast was a monkey Faunus eating a banana with his tail. He wore a loose unbottoned shirt, revealing his sharp abbed chest. He could tell, however, that he did not do this as a way of showing off, for his eyes seemed excited and his hands fidgety like a child. He made note to keep an eye on him.

There was also a shy looking bunny Faunus who sat opposite to the monkey looking nervous and slightly scared, her ears drooped slightly forward. She looked around nervously, as if she were hiding from someone, but from who he could not tell.

There were also many cat and bear Fauni, all of them standing in different little groups scattered across the airship. He also took note that all, if not most, were speaking with humans, reminding him they weren't as bad as the Fang and lead him to believe. He scowled into his cup.

Blake saw this and rolled her eyes, smiling at her friends annoyance as he attempted to adjust to respectiing humans.

After a while the hovercraft finaly made it's decent and he heard the distant sound of wet regurgitating from the end of the bus. He turned to see another blonde boy in white armor puke rinto one of the garabge bins. Adam turned his face from it and waited for the hatch to open. When it finally did he stood with Blake and walked over to the exit, getting off of the plane after hours of sitting.

The sight they saw stunded them. The gazed upon the immense castle that stood before them, surronded by gardens and fountains and statues of warriors. He rested his hand on the hilt of his weapon, anticipating that this was too good to be true. When nothing happened he dropped his hand, and turned to look a Blake who had the same expression of awe on her face.

"What IS the place?" she said stunned.

"This" said Adam, "Is our new home. This where I our new lives begin. This," he said as he paused to take another awe-inspiring look at that castle, "This is Beacon Academy".

A/N: Well I hope you guys like the first chapter of the Wilting Rose! Feedback is really appreciated and needed!