Ruby stood on the Bullhead heading toward Beacon with several other students. Many of them were staring at her. Ruby almost forgot how bad the racism was anywhere she went. This is why I hate being a stupid Faunus! Ruby bit her tongue so as not to start growling at the eyes on her form. Her ears were already slicked back as if she was in combat. Ruby had already deemed that none of them were threats however. Just racist asshats.

It didn't help that Qrow bought her what was basically a dress. Hell, they called what she was wearing a combat skirt. How the hell was she going to fight in a skirt! At least it was styled for some deal of stealth… black and crimson wasn't the worst combination she could have gotten. The black cape wasn't so bad either...

Ruby felt the Bullhead shift in speed. Beacon Academy was very just across the horizon glowing in the morning sun. "Welcome, students of Beacon…" Ruby looked at the hologram for barely a second. I'm a year younger than most the people here. She was just the odd one out at this point. A Faunus, a criminal, and a year younger than the rest of these human meat bags. Wow. Where did that come from? "Please make sure to keep away from the exits. When the doors open, please calmly walk out of the vehicle in a single file line. Thank you!" Ruby rolled her eyes at the automated message and looked back towards the horizon as the holoscreens turned back to the original program.

"Breaking news! Another dust store was robbed in the dead of night by a man in white." Ruby glanced at the screen in disinterest. "We believe this man to be one Roman Torchwick and his acomplances. This will be the 9th dust robbery in the past month. What are the police doing about this man? What are the huntsmen doing? Where will he strike next?""Thank you Iris. Next on our report is…" Ruby barely listened to what was next. Roman Torchwick… Roman Torchwick… Roman Torchwick… Ruby felt like she should've known who that was.

"Please make sure to keep away from the exits. When the doors open, please calmly walk out of the vehicle in a single file line. Thank you!" Ruby looked back at the hologram.

"I bid you Adieu."

He was there. He was there when they killed her mother. Ruby felt her blood boil. She promised herself that she would kill the two; Torchwick and that stupid Neo girl. And Adam too. Oh when I get my hands on them!

"Attention! We are now landing at Beacon Academy! Please make a single file line!" Ruby felt as the Bullhead jerked before landing. Ruby got in line and watched as the doors opened up. Ruby watched as students walked out of the flying metal bird and onto the front entrance of the academy.

And there were a lot of students. Ruby unconsciously grabbed the hilt of Kälteklinge in both anger and anxiety. Ruby walked out of the Bullhead as one of the last people to get off and slowly tried to calm herself down from the anger before and the anxiety now. Just like uncle said; breathe in and breathe-

"Wooah?!" Ruby felt her foot hit something and her body going forward. "You!" Aaaaaand now she was in trouble. Ruby quickly got her self up and began to apologize. "Look, I'm really sor-"

"DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ANY OF THIS COSTS!" Ruby quickly grabbed her ears in pain. "THIS IS HIGH QUALITY DUST. SCHNEE DUST!" Ruby blinked twice. Ruby's shoulders slumped as she found herself remembering all the things Eis and her did when she was younger. That was until the white haired banshee waved a broken bottle of dust, fire dust no less, in her face. "Are you even listening!" It was too late as Ruby inhaled the dust, drying out her nose and what felt like burning her lungs. And then she sneezed… "AAAACHOOO!"

A fireball flew out of her mouth as her respiratory system expunged the dust. However, this covered both herself and the white hair girl in a thin layer of black ash. "Ugh! Do you have any idea how much this costs?!" Ruby barely cared anymore. "Okay! That's it! Who the hell do you think you are! I was trying to apologize for knocking over your shit but if you really want to lecture me about how much a bit of dust costs and a dress, take it to someone who actually gives a fuck you twat!"

The white hair girl looked to the black clad in disgust. "You. Dare?! I am Weiss Schnee of the Schnee dust corporation and I demand your respect!" Ruby's eyes widened and her ears flicked back in disbelief. "Oh my Oum! And your a filthy Faunus child as well?! I thought I was going to Beacon Academy! Was the Bullhead headed to the wrong place?"

Ruby's boiling blood finally reached its zenith. "You are the reason faunus hate humans, you evil witch!" Ruby's muscles were screaming to just take out her sword and cut the girl in two. However, although her past crimes were pardoned, that didn't mean future crimes would be. So she opted for something else entirely. "This is why your mother left you, princess." Ruby had no idea what this 'Weiss' girl's personal relationship with Eis was before she was expelled out of the Schnee name. What Ruby saw made her smile. Weiss seemed to shut up entirely and backup in fear. But it went deeper than that, almost like the girl believed her.

"It's heiress really. As next in line of the Schnee family name at least. And what's so great about the Schnee dust? It just comes from the slave labor that the Faunus put in." The heiress looked at the two in shock before tearing up and walking away, leaving the broken dust and luggage behind. Ruby turned at the New girl to join the drama. Dressed in a black and white ensemble with a bow. She had black hair and amber eyes.

"So what brings a Faunus to this school." The girl asked. Ruby looked at her. "I was auditioned by Ozpin himself. I am just as much of a student as you. It would do you well not to fuck with me because of my race or age." The girls face didn't move a slightest bit. The girl just stared at her eyes and ears for a while. Ruby shifted her tail so that the girl wouldn't be able to see it from behind her leg.

"Blake Belladonna." Ruby raised an eyebrow. "Ruby Rose." Blake seemed to accept that and walked away fading into the crowd of people. Ruby again tried to calm herself using the breathing technique before walking to school's entrance.

As Ruby walked towards the entrance, it felt like the world slowed down. Ruby eyed down this girl… she looked back. She didn't stop walking to talk but whoever she was, she was strong. And she looked eerily familiar with her long blonde hair. She had that aura coming off of her that just yelled 'Danger!'

Ruby stopped to watch the girl continue walking before making her way to the main hall. She had an announcement to hear anyway.

Ruby walked into the large empty room with a sigh. The announcement had stuff that she already knew but the way that Ozpin went about this was all too weird. Having the partner you'll have for 4 years be determined by a glance? It made her wonder if she could go through the whole trail blindfolded. The second thing was the sleeping quarters. Until they were broken into teams, they sleep in this empty room. Qrow promised that she wouldn't to worry about clothes because he would put them in the room she got but that meant that she only had what she was wearing.

"To think that I was excited for this school. Half the People here look weak and the other half look pathetic." Blonde hair. "Except for her. I should meet with her later." Ruby scouted the areas not inhabited with people and loud conversation. Even if the people here were weak, Ruby didn't trust them. Ruby found a corner and walked to it. It was the darkest place in the room and only when she was halfway, see saw that it was already half occupied. The girl with the blonde hair sat with her back to the wall, one leg bent so that her knee was the same height as her head with her arm casually resting on her knee.

They both looked at each other again. Ruby broke the contact first to unsheath her sword and stab it into the floor in the corner. Ruby allowed herself to fall, resting her back on what would be the fuller of the blade. Ruby notice the blonde girl still staring at her. Ruby began to growl at the thought of this girl being a racist. That was until another girl appeared. This one she knew.

"Blake." The girl in question turned her head in Ruby direction and walked toward her. "Ruby." Blake sat down to the left of Ruby with a book in her hands. "Uhhh… that's a… a very nice sword you have Ruby." Ruby looked at the amber eyed girl with a raised brow. "Yes. It's quite nice." Clearly expecting more from the Silver eyed girl, Blake went back to her book to think of more to say. Ruby went to study the blonde haired girl more.

"Sooooo, are you a wolf Faunus?" And like that, Ruby's blood boiled. "Yes. Is that going to be a problem? I'm I not go enough because I'm not human?" Blake blinked in surprise. "No no no! It's just that… I like the Faunus. I don't get to see them very often. I didn't think I would see one in the school." Ruby blinked and her blood cooled. "I… I see. Sorry for getting upset. The Faunus are discriminated so much just because of who they are. I thought that you would be the same as the heiress."

Blake blinked and smiled. "I think we're going to get along well." Ruby looked back at the blonde. "Hey." The girl looked over at Ruby. "Can you at least give me your name?" When ruby then heard her voice, it was like the feeling of Deja vu and nostalgia put together. "Only of you give yours first." Ruby shook herself out of it and gave the girl an answer. "My name is Ruby. Ruby Rose."

The look that she got for that was one of pure hatred. The blonde girl seemed to blink out of existence before grabbing Ruby's shoulders and slamming them into the wall just behind her. "Who the fuck are you?!" Ruby met her stare without fear. "I'm who I said I was." The girl ground her teeth. "Don't give me that shit! No one just gets into Beacon a year early without something! Tell. Me. I only know of one Ruby Rose and she's dead!" Ruby glared back the girl.

"Just who is Ruby to you? My name has been Ruby for as long as I remember! So don't give me some shitty talk about who I am!" Ruby felt herself getting angry again. This time, she didn't even bother to stop it. "She was my sister! She's been dead for what feels like half my life! I have the right to know!" Ruby still couldn't feel the ground with her feet but she tried to think, if all the freshmen, including this angry blonde, were 16 then this sister of hers would have been dead for 8 years. Ruby was… 15? She'd been gone from her past family for almost 6 years now. It had felt so much longer. Ruby didn't remember a thing about her old family. "I have no idea who you are, but I am Ruby Rose! I don't remember who my father was and I barely remember my mother. Would you like to talk to Professor Ozpin about my entrance or can you let me go!" The girl let go and Ruby's feet hit the floor. "What's your name? I deserve that much after the shit you just pulled."

"Yang Xiao Long." Ruby just stared at her. "Thank you." She said eventually before walking walk back to the sword still stuck in the ground. Yang Xiao Long… Yang Xiao Long… why does that sound so familiar. "Hey. Are you okay?" Ruby turned back to Blake. "Why do you ask?" When Blake pointed at the spiderweb cracks in the wall as well as the large amount of eyes looking at both her and Yang. "Oh. I'm fine." Red eyes…. Ruby could've sworn that they were purple.

Red eyes and blonde hair… Yang Xiao Long… lost sister. Ruby eyed the girl again but this time in disbelief. "I have to ask Qrow about that." Ruby thought she whispered it. "Who's Qrow?" Ruby groaned at the curious girl. "My uncle. He's the one who helped me get into Beacon." The girl seemed to back off at Ruby's tone. "We should go to sleep. We have to find out what the professors have instore for us tomorrow. We get partners tomorrow in some kind of initiation." The girl slowly went back to reading her book. Ruby on the other hand didn't feel comfortable sleeping with all these people still awake. Yang just sat there and reflected on what had just transpired. Needless to say, none of the three fell asleep that night.

"GOOD MORNING FIRST YEARS!" Yelled Professor Ozpin. Most of the students were now awake and the one that weren't got a nice little jump scare. Ruby simply got up and sheathed her sword before walking to the showers. "AND WELCOME TO BEACON ACADEMY! FIRST ON THE MENU IS BREAKFAST. BE THERE SOON. THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL START IN 15 MINUTES!" As Ozpin finished, multiple students got ready for whatever Ozpin could throw at them. Ruby simply took a shower, dried off, and used her semblance to make it to the kitchen. One thing that Ozpin failed to mention was where the kitchen was and something told Ruby that it was on purpose. After finding the kitchen, noticing she was not the first one there, she quickly grabbed as many high calorie items as she could find. Ruby took her plate of desserts and goodies to a secluded table. Ruby picked up a cookie and bit into it.

Heaven. Ruby had never had something like this before. But you have. Right… when she was at home, Summer made her cookies when she was little. Ruby began to shovel the cookies into her mouth. These were delicious!

"ATTENTION STUDENTS! THOSE WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THE KITCHEN BY NOW ARE DISQUALIFIED!" Ruby blinked. Disqualified? Ruby looked around for the three girls she had met before. Blake… Yang… and Weiss…. There was still a large amount of people left. Maybe he was just trying to get the best out of the bunch? "STUDENTS ARE TO MEET ON THE CLIFFSIDE IN 30 MINUTES. THAT IS ALL."

Ruby quickly grabbed as many cookies as possible and ran to the cliffside. This time, she was the first one there. "Ahh… Ms. Rose! How has the experience been so far?" Ruby sighed and closed her eyes. "So far, I have more questions than answers. I feel uncomfortable with so many people. I keep forgetting how racist humans are." Ozpin smiled. "You are going to have to get used to it. As I said in the announcement earlier, you are going to get your partner today and it will be the first person to make eye contact with your body. Trust me Ms. Rose, if I didn't make this rule for you, you would run the entire event though will your eyes closed." Ruby sighed again. "Fair enough. As long as I don't get that Weiss girl." Ozpin smirked mischievously. "Strange seeing on how you are technically sisters in a way. That must be fun." Ruby froze up in thought before taking out her sword, stabbing it into the ground and leaned on it as she waited for the others to arrive.

30 minutes came and passed and with it, many students appeared. Ruby glanced around the crowd of people. The most notable being the girls ruby had met earlier along with a couple others. A redhead named Pyrah. That name had popped up here and there. A boy who clearly didn't belong with blonde hair. A girl with a large hammer using some boy who looked like he was trying to meditate as an apparatus. And Ozpin himself.

Ruby glared his way. The smirk he had from earlier still hadn't left his face like he know everything that was going to happen. "Will the first group assemble on the platform?" Ruby, who had found that this was going to be alphabetical, was in the 4th group. Same group as Blonde.

The first group got on the platform. "As a reminder, first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next 4 years. There are 3 exemptions from this rule however." Ruby narrowed her eyes at the claim. "Pyrrha Nikkos, Ruby Rose, and Yang Xiao Long. If you manage to catch a glimpse of these 3 girls, you will be their partners for the next 4 years." Ruby looked over at Pyrrha and Yang. The first one was smiling calmly but the other was clearly upset.

"Your objective is to get the artifact and return here. I would decide a set landing strategy before you launch." The blonde kid from before nervously confronted Ozpin. He talked in a soft tone thus Ruby didn't hear what he said but the look on his face said it all. He clearly didn't belong here.

"I will count down from three and after one, you will be randomly flung into the forest. Ready yourselves." The first group readied themselves. "3… 2… 1… LAUNCH!" Ozpin watched with a smile as the first group was fired into the air. Once they were out of sight, Ozpin turned back to the rest of them. "May the 2nd group now come up." The process repeated twice until Group four was called up.

Ruby walked up to the platform. The rules were simple. The goal was to be unseen by anyone to bypass Professor Ozpin's stupid rule. Or maybe that Blake girl…?

"Get ready." Ruby shook her head. This was no time for heavy thinking. She just had to concentrate on getting to the end and back without being seen.

"3… 2… 1… LAUNCH!"