Chapter One: A Fresh Start!

A/N: Yo what's up my fellow RWBY fans? Deviljho's Hatred bringing you guys a new series I'm working on the side with Life of a Grimmborn (dat shameless plug) called Escape from Fame. I'll admit that this idea came to me in a dream and when I woke up, I decided to give it some thought. And after seeing RWBY Season 3 being confirmed by RT made me even more pumped to write this! I hope you all will enjoy this fun and lighthearted Arkos roller coaster ride with me! And just as a heads up, this story takes place post season 2.

Disclaimer: RWBY is property of Rooster Teeth and was created by Monty Oum, I do not own the series in any way.

Chapter One: A Fresh Start

Pyrrha knocked on the door to Team RWBY's dorm room with slight apprehension. Normally the Mistral Champion would be filled with casual confidence towards her fellow female friends but today she didn't come for a friendly visit. Rather she came with a request, a rather selfish one in her eyes. As she stood with her fist a hairs length away from the door, with a flourish the oaken door swung open as she was suddenly tackled by a red blur. The champion landed on the floor with a thud, hitting the back of her head in the process. Not the most painful experience as given her history of battles, she's been hit with much harder but it was still a mild annoyance as she let out a small groan and looked at what almost trampled over her. She saw the young leader Ruby Rose get up frantically and started shooting out apology after apology for knocking her over. Pyrrha allowed herself a smile of amusement as she waved off the girl's frantic apologies and got up from the floor.

"Again I'm so sorry Pyrrha!" The reaper said as she pressed her two index fingers together in nervousness. "I didn't expect you to be in front of the door. If I did I wouldn't have rushed so fast and I-"

"Ruby it's okay really." The champion said to ease the younger girl's worries. "Apology accepted."

Ruby sighed with relief as she pointed with her thumb down the hall in the other direction. "Well Pyrrha I'd love to stay here and chat but the cafeteria is serving cookies right now and they are calling my name!"

Before the cloaked girl could make a mad dash for the cafeteria, Pyrrha grabbed her by her hood right before she activated her speed semblance. "Wait! I…. I have a favor to ask you and your teammates!"

"Someone call for us?" Yang asked as she poked her head out of the door with the W and B of RWBY standing behind her.

Pyrrha nodded her head as Ruby turned around, her attention fully trained on the tournament winner. "What is it Pyrrha?"

"Can we… discuss this in your room?"

The leader nodded her head as she ushered her team and their plus one into their dorm.

"So what do you want from us champ?" Yang asked as she laid down on her bed.

Pyrrha fidgeted for a bit before strengthening her resolve towards her fellow huntresses in training. "I need you all to help me look like a normal girl!" she half said half shouted at the team.

This announcement took the girls of RWBY by surprise. This certainly was an odd request from the Mistral Champ. They all gave each over a collective glance before turning back to the red head

"May I ask why?" Blake asked breaking the sudden silence.

Pyrrha sighed as her eyes became downcast to the floor. "It's just… I want to go out in public and not be looked at as though I'm some sort of exotic animal at a zoo. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of all my achievements as a fighter and huntress in training but I just wish that I could, even for just one day, go outside and not be asked for an autograph or ogled at. That isn't too much to ask is it?"

Weiss shook her head and stood up. "No it isn't and I'm gonna help you out personally!"

"Weiss, you're gonna help her?" Ruby asked with surprise.

The heiress nodded her head to her partner. "I know what its like to walk around as a social pariah. Being an heiress means you have to have numerous bodyguards guard you from all manners of things be they little or small. Because of that I hardly had any friends outside of my home in Atlas. So being that I know how Pyrrha feels, I'm gonna help her as best I can."

"Thank you very much Weiss." Pyrrha thanked as she shook the white haired girl's hand up and down. "You have no idea how much this means to me!"

"It's no problem Pyrrha, anything for a friend." Weiss smiled as she started to usher her teammates out of the dorm room. "Now shoo all of you!"

"Wha-?"

"Hey!"

"My book!"

The RWB of RWBY suddenly found themselves staring at their locked dorm room door that was slammed in their face. "The artist needs concentration to work!" Weiss said dramatically from the other side.

Blake grumbled as she started walking to the library, hoping the newest copy of Blood Gulch Blues wasn't checked out yet. Yang followed her partner to the library, having nothing better to do and no one to tease. Ruby however smiled as she ran towards the cafeteria to get her cookies. She was glad Weiss was starting to become more friendly this past year.

Meanwhile back with the heiress and the champion, they were going through an assortment of clothes and hats that Weiss had brought with her from her shopping trips at Vale. Normally the heiress's only choice in clothes would be colored white, but given her teammates giving her a rather supportive confidence boost by telling her she looked great in other colors too, she had taken upon herself to expand her wardrobe.

"Now the first thing we have to do is to change your hairstyle." Weiss started as she picked out a stylish dark green beret from her collection of hats.

Pyrrha gave a questioning look and ran her left hand through her ponytail. "What's wrong with my hairstyle?"

"It's instantly recognizable." Weiss said simply as she brought out a pair of blue jeans and glanced at Pyrrha before shaking her head. Blue didn't seem to be the champions color. "If you have that ponytail on you'll be spotted almost immediately. We need to try something new, may I suggest a braid?"

"If you think it will help." the champion said she she picked a shirt with a long V-Neck. Obviously a shirt of Yang's tastes, she placed the clothing down with a frown. The two browsed through the closet for the better part of half an hour before Weiss suddenly shouted.

'I got it!"

"Got what?" Pyrrha questioned.

"The perfect outfit!" Hiding the clothes behind her back, she ushered the taller girl out of the closet and placed her on a chair while undoing her ponytail. "Now before I let you get dressed in the outfit I picked out, let me just braid your hair."

"O-okay." Pyrrha said, slightly overwhelmed by the heiress's sudden energy.

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-An Hour Later-

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"Come on out Pyrrha!" Weiss encouraged towards the bathroom door. The rest of Team RWBY had returned around ten minutes ago once the heiress had finished Pyrrha's braid and was getting annoyed at Blake's angry knocks about her book. They were all sitting down on chairs, as though it was some sort of fashion show with RWBY being the judges.

"A-Alright, here I come…" Pyrrha opened the door for her fellow females to gaze at her new outfit

The champion emerged from the bathroom and presented herself to the girls. Like Weiss had suggested, the girl's hair was in a braid that was slung over her left shoulder with a dark green beret on her head along with a small pair of fake glasses that sat upon her face. She wore a light brown turtleneck with a black long sleeved shirt underneath along with a darker brown skirt with black leggings and a pair of light brown boots to tie the whole outfit all together.

Ruby squealed with delight as she held up a sign that said 10 on it. Weiss did the same as did Blake. However Yang broken the mold by holding a sign that had a 7.8 and under it were the words 'Not enough cleavage showing'. The others glared at the yellow haired brawler as she laughed and pulled up a 10 as well. "Relax it was just a joke."

"Your outfit looks great!" Ruby gushed from her seat. "Weiss did a great job."

Pyrrha gave a small chuckle at the reaper's words. "That she did. And I am forever grateful to her for this opportunity she helped me obtain."

"Don't mention it." Weiss waved off. "Now go enjoy yourself."

"I'll do just that, thanks again!" With a wave goodbye, the newly disguised huntress left her fellow team's dorm excited at the prospect of being treated like a normal girl.

"Man Weiss, you did an awesome job dressing up Miss Cereal Box!" Yang said with a smile.

Weiss flipped her hair in an haughty manner. "Why of course, no one can match me in the fashion world when it comes to disguises!"

"How do you know so much about that?" Blake inquired from her seat.

Weiss waved off the cat faunus's question. "I used to go out to downtown Atlas disguised when I was younger, no big deal."

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Pyrrha walked down the streets of Vale with a slight bounce to her step as the people passed by her, not even giving her a second glance. It was such a rush of excitement and relief not to be the center of attention every time she came to Vale. Her disguise was a complete success as she walked downtown with no one stopping her for autographs or picture or asking her to backhand them. That last one was always a weird request she got sometimes after a tournament, maybe it was exciting to some people to be struck by a famous person. While Pyrrha didn't judge anyone based on their personal ticks, she did find it strange that a person would willingly ask to be struck across the face.

'I wonder what I should do first?' she thought as she passed by a few shops. As if to answer her question, her stomach growled audibly to signal her she was running low on the food fuel her body needed. Looking around, her eyes fell on a newly opened coffee shop on the strip of the shopping district. "I suppose now is a good a time as any to eat."

Entering the new establishment, Pyrrha took a seat on one of the open stools and tapped her fingers against the table top as she waited for someone to serve her. A few minutes of waiting paid off as a brown haired woman wearing a neat outfit consisting of a white long sleeved blouse, a black skirt that came to her knees with black high heels walked up to the Mistral prodigy from behind the counter. "Hello miss and welcome to Cafe Aroma Mocha." she said politely. "My name is Hazel and I will be serving you today. How may I help you today?"

"Hello Hazel." Pyrrha responded. "What would you reccomend for a first time patron?"

Hazel smiled as she brought out a small menu and pointed to a few items. "Well most food critics seem to have fallen in love with our buttermilk scones and our coco latte is our most popular hot drink on the menu."

"I'll take three scones and a coco latte please."

"Excellent, I will have them to you shortly." Hazel walked to the kitchen to prepare Pyrrha's order.

The red head once again drummed her fingers on the fine mahogany wood countertop in boredom. 'It would be nice to have someone to chat to right about now.' she thought with a small sigh.

"Hey there good lookin, what's a pretty girl like you doing here all by yourself?" a voice to her right asked her in a suave-ish manner.

Pyrrha felt her whole body lock up in apprehension at the sound of the voice. 'It… It can't be!' Slowly turning around to appraise the voice who hit on her, her eyes widened in shock to see the same head of blonde hair and blue eyes that she had grown accustomed to seeing every morning. The same tall yet lanky figure that she sparred and trained with every night since the field trip to Forever Fall. Staring at the boy's winning yet 'flirty' smile, she only uttered one name in response to his bold, rather forward statement, her face red like her hair.

"Jaune!?"

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-Chapter One: A Fresh Start- End

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A/N: And that is it for the first chapter of this (hopefully) interesting story! I know the ending cliffhanger was a cliche but I don't care, i have a plan for this story's romantic plot and I'm sticking to it, cliches and all. Be sure to smash that review button if you liked this starting chapter and tell me what you think! Both positive and constructive criticism are welcome, blantant haters and flames are not. As always I hope you all have a wonderful day and I hope to see you all again for the next chapter of Escape from Fame! Adios amigos!

~Deviljho's Hatred