The Faunus and Her Winchester

Chapter 1

Hello people! I know most of you really hate Cardin but I happen to like this ship. Shout out to Gear001 and his story "The Cardinal and the Hare" for inspiring me to write this. No it is not a rip off of his story. Check it out it is actually pretty good. Disclaimer!

Disclaimer: LoveForeverNow does not own RWBY or its characters, they belong to Monty Oum.

Velvet breathed out slowly. The room was so quiet that the simple action might as well have been thunder going off next to their heads. Teams CFVY and CRDL sat across from each other aboard an airship bound for Beacon academy. How did they end up in this situation? Apparently someone thought it was a good idea to randomize what first year teams would work together with the third year teams and then keep said teams together for the rest of their time at Beacon. Of all the teams they could have been paired up with it had to be the one that bullied her. Talk about bad luck. The rabbit Faunus was just glad this was her third year; she couldn't imagine what it would be like to work with Cardin for the full four years at Beacon. The very thought of it made her shudder. She glanced over at the blue eyed boy sitting across from her.

This may have been their first mission working together but it went well oddly enough. The members of team CRDL weren't nearly as skilled as they were but they certainly weren't pushovers. They even followed orders for the most part, though Velvet knows that's because Coco was leading them. No one disobeys Coco. When Cardin tried to test boundaries by questioning an order, the resulting kick to his nether regions made even Yatsuhashi cringe. Needless to say he was all too willing to follow her lead after that. Cardin's scowl brought her out of her musings. She blushed and looked away only now realizing she was staring. She glanced over at the other passengers. Fox sat quietly and stared off at nothing. It was hard to tell if he was focusing on anything in particular due to his blindness. Yatsuhashi had his eyes closed, breathing steadily as he meditated. Coco was currently filing her nails. Nothing new there. She turned her gaze to team CRDL. Sky and Dove played a number game with their fingers to pass the time and Russel seemed to be asleep. Cardin was staring at the wall above her but when he looked down at her she quickly avoided his gaze.

"You got something to say?" he asked, not bothering to hide the venom in his voice. The sudden break in silence made everyone jump in surprise, Russel waking up with a groggy 'I'm awake.' Velvet once again blushed as she shook her head.

"That's what I thought." With that, silence fell upon the group once again.

Can't this thing go any faster? She asked herself. The tension in the ship was so thick you didn't even need a knife to cut through it. The group jumped again when a small tapping was heard. It was small and quiet but easily heard. It almost sounded like someone was tapping metal on the hull of the ship. The sound continued for another minute before it stopped as quickly as it started. Russel was the first to speak.

"What the hell was that-"

He was interrupted by the entire back end of the ship exploding. They all managed to catch themselves before they fell out of the ship but they were still thrown from their seats. Velvet glanced out the fiery hole only to see something fly across her vision making her eyes widen.

Was that a dragon?!

They were all thrown around again as another blast hit the ship. Velvet's head hit the metal ground as she landed instantly making her vision hazy and all both sets of her ears ring.

"Cardin!" she heard someone yell. She couldn't tell who, her ears where still ringing. Before her vision cleared completely another blast hit the ship and she was thrown yet again. She braced herself to hit the hard floor, not wanting to go through that haze again. It never came. She opened her eyes and all remnants of pain in her head disappeared. The red trees of the forest below them rushed up to her at alarming speeds. So now she was free falling. She just can't get a break can she? As the ground rushed to meet her, Velvet did the only thing she could think of at the moment.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"

Sorry it's so short but it couldn't be helped. Review and tell me what you think.