Author's Note: And here is the last chapter of the story. A week late, but Tax Season has been really eliminating my free time.

OC's abound. You know, they are first years after all. Ruby still has the main PoV though for most of it. You've been warned.

Hope you all have fun!

Well, triple crap.

She really had stepped into it real deep this time. Ruby tried to gather her thoughts as the air rushed past her.

Land first, then figure out what to do.

The cloaked girl observe the forest below her. Without her trademark scythe she was going to have to use a different landing strategy than what she used two years ago. She had become too reliant on a weapon that could slow her fall for her. The solution ended up being easier to come up with than she originally thought; she was just going to have to get really fancy with her semblance.

Once she got below the treeline and out of sight of any possible observers she activated her semblance, wrapping her cloak around her and spinning through the air. The slight upward angle she gave herself stopped her descent but didn't slow her total speed. Reorienting herself so she was facing the trunk of a thick tree she activated her semblance again, changing her direction in midair. After her boots made contact with it became a simple of jumping between a few more trees before landing on the ground in a low crouch with her cloak fluttering behind her.

That would have looked cool if someone was watching. I totally should have asked Yang to let me borrow her sunglasses.

That thought elicited a small groan, maybe she let Yang have too much of an influence on her. At least she didn't do something lame, like utter a one-liner.

Now that Ruby was safely on the ground she could have a moment to contemplate her next actions. The first thing that was obvious was the fact that she was going to have to avoid contact with other students, less she accidentally screw over one of the real initiates. If she could make it to the end of the initiation trials without finding a partner her problems would become a lot simpler. As for what she could do about having to choose a relic, she didn't know. She would have to cross that bridge when she got there. Judging by the rustling in the bush beside her, she was probably fairly close to failing her first goal.

A black mass leapt at her from the undergrowth causing her to breath a sigh of relief for two reasons. The first reason was that it wasn't another person, that meant that she wasn't going to be unwittingly ruin her or another student's time at the school. The second reason was that the pouncing grimm was a very young beowolf. Not even bothering to activate the blades on her gauntlets, the reaper stepped towards her aggressor and struck it in the center of its mask with her fist. A sharp crack was heard as its mask shattered to pieces followed by the went crunch of its skull caving in.

Ruby pulled her hand out the beowolf's head and watched the ichor slowly evaporate off of her skin. One of the 'benefits' of grimm physiology. The fact that they started to disperse after being killed meant that there was considerably less laundry and weapon maintenance that needed to be done than if they were real animals. As an added bonus, you always knew when a grimm was actually dead versus only being maimed or wounded.

Attempting to be more vigilant, the cloaked girl started to carefully make her way in the direction of the temple that held her objective. Her heavy footfalls made her lament the fact that she hadn't paid attention to the times that Blake had tried to teach to move more stealthily. Ruby started pausing at intervals to observe her surroundings. When she paused after fifteen minutes of trekking through the woods she made an extended stop to ensure that she was headed in the right direction. Something seemed out of place. She noticed an absence of birds chirping or small vermin dashing around. Normally that was the sign that a predatory animal was stalking in the immediate vicinity. Before she could recognize what was going on, something plowed into her from behind, sending her sprawling to the forest floor. Ruby attempting to roll out of the impact on the forest floor but her unknown attacker held her in a vice grip, refusing to be shaken off.

Noticing the lack of teeth or claws trying to penetrate her aura, Ruby quickly switched from trying to retaliate to attempting to free herself from whatever had a hold of her. Grasping at the appendages that encircled her she noticed one very important thing, they were very human. This did not bode well.

Ferrum took care to pay attention to the landscape below him as he flew away from the quickly diminishing cliffs. Keeping his eyes peeled for any glimpse of red and white he could find. Putting off his desire to find Crimson until he landed, he started to employ what her thought would be a sufficient landing strategy; the only problem is it would use up quite a bit of his wind and ice dust. Gathering his aura he used his wind dust to cast a small cushion of air beneath him to slow himself. Before he reached the ground he cast his ice dust out to create a small ramp of ice allowing him to slide to the forest floor. The boy forgot to take into account the fact that the ice wouldn't slow him down, only change the direction he was going, launching him off the slide and tumbling through the underbrush.

Groaning while he stood up, he quickly brushed off his rust colored robes.

May as well head for the temple while I keep an eye out for Crimson.

Ferrum took off at a jog in the direction he remembered seeing the dilapidated stone structure while he was still in the air.

"Crimson!" He called while running, trying to give himself the best chance as possible to find the cloaked girl.

Who else wouldn't I mind be partnered with? That Rain chick I met last night seemed pretty capable and outgoing, but she didn't want anything to do with me. There was also that small ferret girl, she was kind of cute too. Though she seems like she would be too small to be useful in a fight. I guess worse comes to worse I could partner with one of my combat school friends, but what fun would that be?

A deep growl snapped him out of his thoughts. It seemed odd, it wasn't animal enough to be a grimm. Before he could figure it would, an ursa went flying past him, smashing into a tree. Looking in the direction the creature had come from, he saw the tall boy who had helped Crimson the night prior. The other boy looked to be almost seven feet tall and was covered in plate armor. Hefting a giant tower shield in his left hand and holding a large sword in his right, he gave a slight bow to Ferrum.

"My name is Thyme Wojtek, it's a pleasure to meet my partner for the next four years."

Why couldn't I have run into a girl first?

The woods are normally quiet and peaceful. Except for once a year when that green maniac who lived in the tower up on the cliffs decided to launch a horde of children deep into the heart of the forest to seek some small trinket. Several blurs went flying overhead but none of them were the desired entity. Finally, after a few minutes, a lone student flew over head covered in black, red, and white garb, a red and white cloak billowing out behind her. Noting the direction the girl went flying in, the watcher took off after her.

The forest was easy to navigate. While the underbrush concealed sight lines, it did not do too much to muffle sounds. The target's footsteps were relatively noiseless to most people but, to those with enhanced hearing, they were as audible as a gun's report. The tracker slipped past a young beowolf laying on the ground, evaporating into the cool morning air. It's prey was closing on the final destination so action needed to be taken immediately. Moving too quickly, the predator disrupted the wildlife around it. Sensing the danger, all the wildlife silenced itself as to not draw attention. The white and red girl paused just as the hunter got within a few feet, but before the girl could turn around it pounced.

Ruby finally managed to twist around in her captor's arms. A surprise awaited the cloaked girl. Staring back at her was a familiar visage of freckles, green eyes, and orange hair topped off with a lopsided pink bow.

"Ruby, my friend!" The android blurted out with her normal measure of enthusiasm.

"Penny!" Ruby managed to squeak back through the crushing hug that she was receiving from her friend.

To her chagrin the perky redhead started to rock back and forth while still hugging her. Desperately she tapped the shorter girl's arms. "Need… air…"

After the chipper newcomer release her and she was able to get in a few deep breaths of air Ruby addressed her friend again.

"What are you doing here, Penny?"

"I wanted to study at Beacon, so Professor Ozpin said I had to come here for initiation." Penny smiled at her friend. "I'm so happy I found you first!"

"But…" Ruby tried to look for an avenue of escape.

It was probably too late though. As she found out during her own initiation, there are cameras dotted throughout the forest, providing ample video coverage to keep track of all the students. Other students also claimed there were huntsmen and huntresses hidden throughout the forest just in case something bad happened. Ruby doubted this, as her team, combined with JNPR, had to fight off a deathstalker and a giant nevermore during their initiation. Would Ozpin actually allow initiates to die in the forest on their first day at school?

"Weren't you here last year?" Ruby continued.

"Yes!" Penny responded eagerly. "But I was with Jaune's team until Pyrrha recovered. Ozpin said I get to be part of a new team if I do the initiation!"

"Fine…" The reaper muttered dismally. There would be no getting out of this. "Let's go get our relic."

"This is sensational!"

The pair started to trudge in the direction of the temple. It didn't take them very long to get there as Ruby knew where it was now, and she wasn't having to try to cooperate with a difficult teammate. As they neared the temple they heard a commotion in front of them, it sounded like some fellow students were engaging some grimm. With a simple glance exchanged between the two of them, they quickened their pace. Bursting through the last layer of underbrush, Ruby surveyed the scene in front of her.

Standing in the middle of the small clearing was Rain, leaning casually on the haft of a large axe. The rainbow-haired girl was surrounded by half a dozen evaporating beowolves that looked like they had been cleaved entirely in half. Following the other girl's gaze, Ruby saw that on the far side of the clearing there was one beowolf, the alpha, left standing. It was being confronted by the small black and white haired ferret faunus she had seen the night before. Remembering that she had been called Sange by the really tall boy who had helped her get her bag last night, she watched in earnest. The small faunus appeared to be using some sort of whiplike weapon against the beowolf and, while the girl looked skilled with the weapon, it seemed to be having little effect against the alpha.

"Would you like help, dear?" Rain inquired to the shorter girl.

"No." Sange growled back.

The whip then retracted, forming a coil attached to its owner's wrist. The faunus took a moment to aim before firing a dust slug at the beowolf. The slug only seemed to stun the beowolf on contact, knocking it backwards at the same time. Capitalizing on her opening, Sange pulled a knife off of her belt and charged the temporarily incapacitated creature. The unfortunate faunus only got a few feet before her boots caught on a tree root and she fell flat on her face.

"Oh, little one." Rain started sympathetically, making a move forward to help up her fallen partner, before noticing that the beowolf had recovered from the previous attack.

"Stay down, dear." The axe-wielder chuckled a bit as she spun her axe around as it unfolded into a large caliber cannon, before resting it on her shoulder and calling back to the observing duo. "And please mind the back."

Ruby had just enough time to notice a port open on the back of the weapon and managed to pull Penny out of the way as Rain fired her weapon. A large dust flare shot out of the front of the axe and tore the alpha beowolf to shreds. The weapon seemed to have very little recoil, and after a moment Ruby understood why. Out of the back end of the weapon a cone of pressure was released. It seemed very similar to the way archaic dust launchers used to work. It allowed a powerful shot to be fired without recoil, from a standing position, but the exhaust that came out from the back end made it dangerous to anything, or anyone, that was behind it.

After holstering her axe on her back, Rain stepped forward and helped her partner up off the ground. Once she had checked the small faunus over she turned to face the newcomers.

"Hey, Ru-Red!" She smiled warmly. "Who's your friend?"

"This is Penny!" Ruby said as she gestured to the redhead next to her.

"Salutations!" Penny stated joyously. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Likewise." Rain responded with just as much energy. "And this little darling here is Lily Sange. Duelist extraordinaire from Atlas, but this is the first time she has fought a grimm."

"You weren't supposed to tell anyone!" The smaller girl pouted."I forgot I even told you."

"Already?" Rain sighed before continuing coyly, throwing a wink at Sange. "So, I take it I also am not supposed to tell them I had to rescue you from a tree too?"

Sange head drooped as she muttered a response. "I'm such a dunce. I couldn't even land correctly." Rain pulled the girl into a side hug and it seemed to help her recover.

"We should try to get on the same team together!" The faunus quipped to bring the conversation away from her.

"Oh, we should!" Penny exclaimed before hiccuping. Her eyes grew wide and she covered her mouth with her hands.

With that, the four of them set off toward the temple again. No more grimm stood in their way and they were able to trek the last half a mile to their destination in peace. When they arrived at the temple they saw two figures walk out of the ruins. A middle sized boy holding a staff and dressed in rust colored robes and a tall boy in plate armor and holding a tower shield.

"Hey Rusty, Little Guy." Rain yelled toward the pair walking towards them.

The pair glanced at them and closed the distance. When they were a short distance away Ruby recognized the shorter boy.

"Ferrum!" She exclaimed happily.

"Crimson!" Ferrum greeted her back, stepping forward for a hug.

"Rain!" The rainbow-haired girl joined in. Stepping in between them and slinging an arm over each of their shoulders.

It was at this moment that Ruby realized the height difference between her and Rain. Ruby and Ferrum were both about the same height at five foot, eight inches; Rain was easily a few inches taller than them and a lot more developed than Ruby herself.

"Oh, Rusty, have you met Skunk yet?" Rain addressed the dust caster, pointing her thumb at her teammate and the black and white streaked hair the girl possessed.

Continuing after he shook his head in confusion. "You guys should say hello to each other while I go grab a relic."

Penny likewise turned a headed towards the temple and followed Rain.

Ruby groaned inwardly, what was she going to do now?

"Penny." She hissed quietly to the android, knowing the girl would be able to hear her with the enhanced hearing that the young robot possessed. "Try to get the same relic as Rain."

If she was going to have to be screwed over, she may as well pick someone friendly to be teamed up with.

"Affirmative!" Penny exclaimed straightening up into a salute. Ruby tensed up and pounced for her friend; she knew what was coming next and slapped her hand over Penny's mouth. To her surprise the android didn't follow with the customary 'Ruby, my friend' but merely hiccuped gently into the palm of her hand.

The redheads actions left Ruby a little confused, but she brushed it off as Penny meandered into the temple as Rain was leaving it.

"Which did you grab, Rain?" Ruby asked.

"You didn't pay attention to Ozpin, did you?" Rain asked in response. Ruby quizzical look must have given the taller girl the answer she was looking for as she continued to speak. "Sorry, hun. Ozpin told us we weren't supposed to reveal our relics to anyone."

"Oh. W-" Ruby next words were cut off by the excitable brunet who apparently lost interest in talking to the ferret faunus and started call out glee.

"I recognize you now!"

Ruby felt a small rock form in her stomach. She tried to think of a way to explain herself to her new friend.

"You're Penny Polendina!" The boy pointed past Ruby and to the temple where Ruby's partner was returning from, his eyes shining with uncontained excitement.

"Indeed I am." She stated back.

The Ferrum skipped over to where Penny was and walked next to her very closely. The proximity didn't seem to bother the young android at all.

"Why are you here?" He inquired eagerly.

"I am here to learn how to save the world." She announced with even more energy than she displayed earlier.

"Aren't you a little old to be going through initiation?"

"I am younger than I look!" The android beamed back, seemingly satisfied with herself. "I technically won't be old enough to go to school here until next year. But they made an exception for me like my friend Ruby."

That response seemed to put a gleam in the boy's eye.

"Do you think you could introduce us sometime?" He asked expectantly.

"Affirmative." Penny replied simply before hiccuping again.

How does a robot get the hiccups?

The six of them gathered up and headed back towards the cliffs where they were launched from. The lack of other initiates was surprising. Since all the students were coming from roughly the same location and had the same destination, Ruby figured they would have run into more people.

Idle chit-chat filled the air as they strode confidently through the forest. The first sign that something was up was when Sange and Thyme stiffened up and started to glance around worriedly.

"What's up?" Ruby inquired to the tall armored boy standing next to her.

"Grimm."

Ruby looked to Penny to see if she had detected something. The redhead was starting at a spot in a thick group of bushes. Ruby followed her gaze in time to see a creature of grimm burst through the underbrush. It looked like a giant predatory cat, with the typical grimm armor covering its face and body. The length of the spikes jutting out of its body told them that it was a younger grimm, but it was still a type they were unfamiliar with. Caution was necessary.

Ruby heard the transformation mechanisms of a weapon engage and saw Ferrum take a step forward, his staff held in a defensive posture. He attempted to take another step but Rain snagged the scruff of his robes with her hand.

"Hold up, Hero. Why don't we let the girl with experience handle this one." The tall girl nodded her head towards Penny. "You can show off your staff later." She ended with a giggle.

"She's got a point." Ruby added. "We'll learn more by watching its movements than charging in blind."

Ferrum seemed to get the message and back off reluctantly.

"Hold this!" Penny stated.

Ruby realized that the redhead was talking to her as she felt something be pressed into her hands; it was the relic that Penny had been holding. The small statuette was shaped like a King taijitu with one head low to the ground and the second held high as though it were poised to strike. The whole piece was covered in a reflective gold material. Slipping the relic into on of her pockets she watched as Penny stepped forward to attract the attention of the grimm, simultaneously ejecting half a dozen swords from her backpack.

While the grimm itself looked didn't look as dangerous as some of the beowolves they have fought before, but it was still a species they had never combatted in person. Since Cinder's attack on Beacon, new species of grimm have been found, and many species that hadn't lived in the woods before that event, moved in afterwards. The creature started to prowl in a circle, looking for point of attack. Seemingly sensing the weak link of the group, it focused in on the monochrome faunus and pounced. The girl stepped back into a combat stance and readied her knife to counter the attack, but the beast only met the unyielding shield of Thyme. Ruby had barely seen the boy move; one moment he was standing beside Ferrum and Rain and the next he was suddenly standing over the girl. He tried to rotate to continue tracking the beast, moving very slowly while the creature recovered. It seemed as though he was trying to move through an incredibly viscous fluid.

The boy's sudden lethargy made Ruby worried for his safety until a bright green flash of light erupted from the redhead standing next to her. When her eyes cleared, all the was left of the grimm was a scorch mark on the forest floor.

"That! Was! Awesome!" Ferrum squeed.

The rest of the trip back was uneventful, except for the lone beowolf they had run into. Ferrum, most likely trying to impress Penny, took it down with a flashy attack using fire dust. They weren't the first group of students back, but they had arrived before most of them.

So what is going to happen now? Would they let Penny join team RWBY? But what about the other people with the gold taijitu pieces?

Lost in her thoughts, she hadn't noticed the room filling up with students in various phases of exhaustion. Some of the were even sporting minor injuries. Ruby watched as Sange walked up to Thyme and tugged at his arm. The tall boy reached down to pick her up and place her on his shoulder so she could see over other tall students that had decided to stand right in front of her.

I guess that Penny could join the other two, but that would leave a first year team with three people. They wouldn't allow that. Though it isn't unheard of for upper class teams to only have three people due to injury or bad academics.

Her string of thought started to make her more anxious and she pulled her relic out of her pocket and began to fidget with it. What had started as a fun prank now left her feeling trapped. She looked up to the stage and say that Ozpin had already started announcing team assignments. One particular line caught her attention.

"...and the four having returned with gold king taijitu pieces…" Ozpin voice rang out through the speaker system

Well, this is where I find out who I am stuck with.

"...Ferrum Rovell…"

Crap.

"...Rain Loks…"

What?

"...Lily Sange, and Thyme Wojtek. From this day forward you will be be working together as team FRST. Led by, Ferrum Rovell."

Ruby clapped politely as her new friends made their way up to the stage and listened to the rest of the teams be called out. Looking at the golden King Taijitu relic in her hand she was slightly confused, but decided that this outcome was preferable. Just a few things didn't make sense.

"Hey, Penny." Ruby leaned over to her. "Didn't you say that Ozpin would give you a first year team if you went through initiation?"

"Negatory!" She responded joyously. "Ozpin told me that if I participated in the initiation I would get to be part of a team instead of taking my studies independently for the next term."

"So you knew which Relic to grab?"

"No, Ru-v m frmm" Penny tried to finish with her normal phrasing, but Ruby and had managed to get her hand clamped over the other girl's mouth again. After a few moments she removed her hand cautiously to ensure the redhead didn't try to repeat herself.

"I had the relic with me the whole time!"

"Ohh… so this whole thing was a…" Ruby continued until a male voice interrupted.

"Set up?" Ozpin inquired from behind her, finishing her sentence.

Ruby jumped at hearing his voice in person and in such close proximity. While Ozpin still spoke in normal measured tone, Ruby hadn't realized he was done with the initiation speeches.

"Professor?" She turned to the elder man to address him properly despite her growing exasperation. "You helped plan this?"

"No." He chuckled slightly. "I did help facilitate it though, much to the dismay of Professor Goodwitch."

"What?" Ruby questioned, looking thoroughly discombobulated.

"Miss Rose, you were thrown into this school two years ahead of schedule." Ozpin elaborated in a calm tone. "You only have a short period of time to play the role of a child. I also am repaying a favor to one of your teammates."

"You owe Yang a favor?" Ruby asked suspiciously

Ozpin merely smiled slightly. Before motioning the hand holding his cane towards the relic in Ruby's hand.

"The thing about the King Taijitu, is that the head you see isn't always the one calling the shots." With that the man turned to address Penny. "Miss Polendina, if you would come with me to get your team assignment. As I mentioned previously, one of our fourth year teams had a member take a leave of absence for a term, you will be assisting them."

Ruby and Penny exchanged brief goodbyes before the cloaked girl watched the others stride off towards the waiting form of Ozpin's impatient assistant. As she sat pondering about how Glynda handled that man's mischievous ways, she felt another pair of figures approach her.

"Crimson." Ferrum's voice identified her friend before she could turn to face him. "What happened? Did you not get a team?"

As the girl finished turning around she saw Ferrum and Rain approach her.

"Hey, guys." She greeted them with a smile. "Where are your teammates?"

"Our poor little Skunk was all tuckered out by today's events." Rain offered with her normal gentle smile. "So the Little Guy went to the room with her. He said he had something he wanted to talk to her about, alone." Rain ended her sentence with a suggestive giggle that made the other two roll their eyes.

"Uh, yeah. Ferrum, I have something I need to tell you too." Ruby shifted uncomfortably in place. Her brief friendship with the boy had been built on deception, something she never enjoyed.

"Are you a man?!" Rain gasped with feigned surprised.

Ruby glared back at the other girl. Though the fact that Rain actually seemed to shrink back was probably due to the ice blue color her contacts gave her eyes rather than the scolding look on her still childish face. Looking to Ferrum she noticed the boy looked somewhat frazzled as well.

"It's nothing like that, I promise!" She yelped out, but the boy still seemed wary of whatever surprise Ruby had in store. "It would be easier if you came closer so I could show you."

Rain giggled again, eliciting a small growl from the shorter girl.

"Just, make eye contact with me." She instructed Ferrum. Once he was looking at her properly, she reached up and removed one of her contacts, revealing the silver coloration hidden beneath it.

"Wait.. but… that.. you're…" The boy sputtered incoherently.

"I think you broke him, Red." Rain quipped. "Yes, Rusty. The girl you've been creeping on the last two days is none other than Ruby Rose, your favorite huntress-in-training. Don't think I haven't seen the wallpaper on your scroll."

That snapped the boy out of it, for about half a second.

"Joking, she's obviously joking." Ferrum's face had turned a bright red color. "Uh, Cr-Ruby. Do you mind?"

"No?" Ruby said, not understanding what the boy was asking.

The boy jumped forward and latched Ruby into a tight hug. As he approached Ruby could have sworn she saw a tear glistening in one of his eyes, but when he pulled back they were dry.

"Can I have your autograph?"

Rain stepped over and grabbed the boy by the back of his collar and started to drag him towards the exit.

"Come on, Fan Boy. We need to get unpacked, you can get it later." Rain paused to briefly wave over her shoulder back to Ruby. "See you around, Red."

"Don't worry, Ferrum." Ruby called to the receding forms. "All team leaders have a mandatory leadership class they take together. I'll see you next week."

With a deep sigh and a smile on her face, she could now return to her room and her teammates. There was just one little matter left to settle with Yang. Ruby manage to make the trip across campus in a matter of a few minutes and used her scroll to open up the door, ready to yell at her sister. What she saw made her voice catch. Despite it being the late afternoon, Weiss was asleep on her bed, using Ruby's usual cloak as a blanket.

"Isn't that adorable, sis?" Yang's hushed voice met her ears. "She was so stressed that you didn't come back last night she couldn't sleep. She finally passed out like that a few hours ago."

Ruby felt her face heat up and scrambled to respond.

"Speaking of which." Yang continued. "Why did you stay the night, I thought you were going to get kicked out?"

"You're joking, right?!" Ruby tried to show her frustration with her sister without waking Weiss up. "I tried your suggestions, but Glynda caught me before I could start a food fight or do anything with that soccer ball!"

"Food fight, again?" Yang deadpanned. "That is rather uncreative."

Ruby finally turned to see Yang laying on her bed, propped up by her arm. Blake was reading while leaning against her headboard like normal.

"Hey, you're the one who suggested it." Ruby argued. "And I do not like that boy!"

"What gave you that idea?" Yang chided her sister. "I think you're projecting."

"What? I'm not projecting." Ruby protested "You left me that stupid note in that bag."

"Uh, what bag?"

"The one you left me in the great hall. The one you texted me the location of."

"Rubes, I don't know how to break this to you, but I lost my scroll yesterday when we were out spying on you. I haven't sent you any messages. I went down to the hall to check on you but Ozpin assured me you were doing ok and everything was fine."

"But Ozpin said…" Ruby's voice trailed off while she looked at the Taijitu relic in her hand again. "Blake."

Ruby turned her gaze to her faunus teammate who was was still staring at her book. The sound of someone speaking her name didn't elicit any sort of reaction from her. Ruby walked up to where Blake was sitting as Yang poked her head over the edge of her bunk bed. The younger girl prodded her teammate in the shoulder just to watch as Blake dissipated into a cloud of dust.

"Ruby, I think Blake owes you those cookies, not me."

Blake! How could you!?

Anyways, the shenanigans continue in How to Cheer up a Thunderstorm. The kinda of sequel that was written first.

Thanks to XenonRaumzeit for editing this.

Any critiques people want to send me via review or PM would make me happy.

You reviewers who get shoutouts.

Guest: Sal - Thanks!

Curious Viewer - The intention was to bring more first year OCs into this, hope it met your needs. Ferrum was originally supposed to be the only first year of note. But, I had to bring others in, because reasons.

RedNephilim - Oh, she isn't on a new team. :( Who would you rather have her stuck with Rain or Ferrum?

ODST110 - Even if you know how the story ends, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch. ~ Cinder Fall
I conceived and wrote the idea for Thunderstorm/Cookie Heist before this story. We all like "Origin" stories even though we know the outcome, right? I hope you still enjoyed the delayed prequel.

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