Hey everyone! Welcome to"Happily (Maybe) After Beacon", my fanfiction based on the popular web series from Roosterteeth, RWBY! This fanfiction is part of my Junior/Senior Project for my high school. I have never been a strong writer, but I want to be. I would love some constructive criticism in my reviews. Please no foul language. I have loved RWBY since the first episode, but it is not my piece of work. I would like to give all the credit to Monty Oum for the beautiful setting that is Remnant, and the characters of the RWBY universe.
Edit: It was suggested to me by my mentor to give a brief background on RWBY to people who are new to RWBY. RWBY follows the lives of Ruby Rose, a fifteen year old girl who aspires to be a huntress, and her sister and friends. A hunter or huntress is a person who protects humanity by fighting off the threat of the creatures of Grimm. In the creation of man from dust, there were evil creatures who sought to destroy humanity. Humanity found a way to fight off Grimm with a substance appropriately called Dust. Man fought back and hunters and huntresses were created. After showing exceptional skills at fighting, Ruby is accepted two years early to Beacon, the most prestigious hunter and huntress academy in the kingdom of Vale, where she enters alongside her older sister Yang, a secretive faunus girl (a faunus is a hybrid species of humans with animal characteristics) named Blake who has cat ears, and Weiss, the heiress to the Schnee Dust company. These four girls try to get along and work together on the hardest of conflicts to the most trivial of matters. I hope that is enough background information. Cheers!
Chapter 1: Start of a New Journey
"Alright, guys! We have done it! It was a lot of hard work, but we graduated from one of the most elite hunter and huntress academies, Beacon! I say we go celebrate with some cookies! Come on, Zwei!" Ruby proclaims to Team Ruby as she tries to run to the nearest bakery, Zwei barking at her heels.
Yang had a smirk on her face, laughing at the naivety of her sister. Blake and Weiss both had smiles that say "You are an idiot, but you are my idiot."
Yang catches Ruby and holds her up. Before Yang picked her up, Ruby picked up Zwei, her and her sister's corgi. Yang, ever the pun opportunist, goes "Hold your corgis, dear Ruby. We need to wait for Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora. We are, as we said in our second year, all going on a mission together once we graduate. It needs to be a big Grimm hunt, that way we can improve what we did back in the Emerald Forest before we found our teams."
Weiss pops up and gets serious all of a sudden, "Yeah. Here you are, an official huntress, and you are about to run off to a bakery like you are eight or something. It is time we become adults and start being serious."
"Okay, okay, I understand. Yang, can you please put me down now? I promise I won't run off," Ruby utters, sounding very defeated.
"Okay, sis. And Weiss is right, we do need to get serious," Yang calmly replied as she put Ruby down. "But…," Yang sinisterly starts, "We do have to relax a little bit!" she finishes her sentence as she initiates a tickle attack on Blake. Blake jumps just like a cat, due to her faunus nature. Ruby and Weiss burst out laughing, tears streaming from their eyes, while Blake got super red in the face and started to growl at Yang.
Blake shouts "You know I hate that Yang!", then she turns to the almost dying of laughter duo that is the combo of White Rose. "Shut up, it's not that funny!" she snaps at them, making them laugh even harder.
"It is!" Ruby screams with joy. "It is freaking hilarious when we bring out your cat-like reflexes. Like, because, you are a cat faunus!" she keeps bantering.
"Ruby, please leave the punny one-liners to me. But that one was good, dear sister," Yang pipes up as Weiss and Ruby are almost done laughing. Blake moans at the pun.
"I love you guys, but that isn't funny," Blake sighs. "You all know that I am trying to keep my Faunus identity secret until the White Fang is completely gone."
"Sorry about that, Blake," Ruby apologizes. "We all are sorry."
"Yeah," Weiss joins in.
"Yup!" Yang hooks Blake's arm. "I will never let our Bumblebee combo be broken!" Yang comforts the sullen cat Faunus. Blake starts to smile as the warmth of Yang's aura heightens her mood.
"Thanks for that. Hey, where are Jaune and the others?" Blake questions the group.
"I don't know," the other three girls say in total unison.
End of Chapter 1