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Chapter 3- The Shining Beacon

Fifteen year old Ruby Rose walked off of the airship alongside her sister, seventeen year old Yang Xiao Long, and stared in awe at the majesty that is Beacon Academy. Ruby was wearing a long sleeve black blouse and a black skirt with red trimmings. Her belt held several bullets, pouches, and a silver rose charm on it. Her feet were clad in dark black combat boots, and a red cloak hung around her neck. A large gun-like contraption hung horizontally from her belt behind her. She had black hair that was red at the ends and had silver eyes.

"The view from Vale's got nothing on this," Yang commented as she crossed her arms. She wore a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow, low-cut top with a symbol of a burning heart on it, clinging tightly to her large breasts. The vest had puffy cap sleeves with black cuffs with two small golden buttons on each of them. She wore black, short, very short shorts with a belt that resembles a platted skirt in the back. Under the belt she wore an asymmetrical white skirt. She also wore knee high platform boots and orange socks of varying length. She wore fingerless gloves and had some metal bracelets on her arms. She had loose, wild flowing blonde hair and lilac colored eyes. An orange scarf was around her neck.

Ruby looked around and saw another student pass by her. Her eyes widened as she gasped. "Oh! Oh, Sis! Sis! That guy has a collapsible staff!" she squealed fan-girlishly, much to her sister's annoyance. Another student passed, and Ruby gasped again. "Oh! And that girl has a fire sword!"

Ruby tried to follow the girl, but Yang pulled her back. "Easy there, little sister," Yang said. "There just weapons."

"'Just weapons?!'" Ruby cried. "They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us!" she exclaimed wildly.

Yang raised an eyebrow. "But why aren't you swooning over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with it?" she asked.

Ruby grabbed the large gun thing from her belt, and it extended to a large seven foot scythe. She held it close and began-petting it? "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose!" she said affectionately. She let her arms fall to her sides, holding her gun-scythe casually. "I just…really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people. But better." With that she collapsed Crescent Rose to its compact form and hooked it back to her belt.

Yang sighed good-naturedly and pulled Ruby's hood over her head. "Ruby, you really need to meet new people."

"But," Ruby countered as she pulled the hood up enough to see her sister. "Why would I do that when I have you here?"

"Weeelllll…" Yang dragged out as several people surrounded her. "Actuallymyfriendsarewithmenowgottagobye!" she said in a rush as her and her friends ran past Ruby, effectively disorienting the girl.

"Hey, wait! Aren't we supposed to go to our dorms?! Do we have dorms?! Oh, I don't know what I'm doing," she stated as she fell to the ground…only to fall into a luggage carrier, sending cases to the air.

"What are you doing?!" a voice snapped.

Ruby groaned as she looked up and said, "I'm so sorry!" She looked up to see a girl, who was about the same age as her sister. She had white hair tied in a ponytail on the side of her head and blue eyes with an asymmetrical scar over her left eye and was wearing a white thigh-length dress with a black lace neckline under a white bolero jacket. Her feet were covered with white mid-calf high heeled wedge boots. A rapier was hanging from her waist.

"'You're sorry?'" the girl mocked. "Do you realize the danger you could've caused?" she asked.

"Uhhhh…" Ruby mouthed and grabbed a case.

"Give me that!" she shouted. She snatched the case from Ruby's grip and opened it. "This is Dust. Mined and purified from the Schnee quarry."

"Uhhhh…" Ruby mouthed again, but was once again interrupted.

"What are you? Brain dead? Dust!" She grabbed a bottle and slammed the case shut, causing multi-colored Dust clouds to form around her and Ruby. "Fire! Water! Lightning! Energy! Are you getting any of this? Is any of this sinking in?" she demanded as she shook the bottle of red Dust.

Ruby, having finally gotten up, sneezed and somehow ignited the Dust, causing a loud explosion. The bottle in the white haired girl's hand went flying. The bottle rolled to a stop at the feet of a girl with a light olive complexion. She had black wavy hair and amber colored eyes. She was wearing a white shirt and shorts under a black butted vest with coat tails, a black bow in her hair, black low-heeled boots and stockings, and a black scarf around her neck. An intricate sword-like weapon was strapped to her back and she had ribbons tied around her arms and a detached black sleeve and silver band on her left arm.

Beside her was a man with brown hair with dyed red streaks in it. He wore a white mask over his eyes with red fire like symbols on it. He wore a red shirt under a long sleeve black trench coat with slit sleeves with red and white symbols on the left side. The trench coat had flame-like designs on the bottom of it. He wore black pants and shoes and had black fingerless gloves on his hands. He was holding a sword, a chokuto, to be precise.

The girl picked up the bottle and examined it. She turned to look where it came from when she heard, "Look at what you did! THIS is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" She turned and saw a white haired girl stamp her foot.

Ruby, meanwhile, was pushing her index fingers together self-consciously. She tried to apologize again when a new voice laughed and said, "Now, now, Weiss, calm down there. I'm sure it was an accident. But I gotta admit, that was hilarious!"

Ruby turned towards the voice and felt her face heat up. The speaker was a guy with dark black hair that sat everywhere on his head. He was a Faunus from what Ruby could see, as he had two black wolf-like ears sticking out of his head and a black tail casually swaying behind him. He wore a dark green shirt under a leather jacket with a lightning bolt symbol on the right sleeve. He wore dark pants and boots. A sword was strapped to his back.

But the most notable feature he had in Ruby's mind were his eyes. They were a mesmerizing green. So mesmerizing that Ruby's mind shut down for a moment. She also absently noticed a faded lightning bolt scar on his forehead.

Later, she would realize that he was her first crush.

The green eyed Faunus walked up to her and gave her a lop-sided smile while the white haired girl glared at him. "Hello there. I'm Harry Potter. Snow White over there is Weiss Schnee. What's your name?" he asked kindly.

It took Ruby a moment to realize he was talking to her. "Huh? Oh! Uh…I'm Ruby. Ruby Rose," she said quickly, trying to rein in her blush.

"Well, Ruby, it's nice to meet you!" Harry said brightly, causing her blush to intensify. "Though I'm wondering, why's a beautiful little girl like you doing in a place to train monster killers? You don't seem old enough to be accepted into Beacon."

Ruby shifted uncomfortably. "Um, w-well…I fought some guy named Torchwick, a-and Professor Ozpin saw and was impressed with my skills and invited me to join Beacon."

Harry's eyebrow raised. "You fought Roman Torchwick?" he asked. He snorted. "Well, that's certainly a way to get attention if I've ever heard of one."

"How's she's still alive after meeting him is another mystery," Weiss said as she came to a stop by Harry. She turned to Ruby and said begrudgingly, "Listen, I…I'm sorry for earlier. But in my defense, you fell into several cases filled with so much Dust that it could've knocked us off the cliff."

"I'm really, really sorry about that," Ruby rambled. "It's just that my sister ran off with her friends, and I kinda got dizzy when they ran by me."

Weiss felt a small pang of sympathy. "Yeah. Big sisters are annoying like that," she mumbled.

"I know! Yang does this to me all the time!"

Harry chuckled. "As amusing as it is to listen to you two babble about your sister problems, we've gotta get to the opening ceremony."

Ruby snapped to attention at that. "Eep! That's right! We're gonna be late!"

"Not really. We've still got about twenty minutes before the ceremony starts."

The three turned to see the guy with the mask and another girl walk up and stop in front of them. Harry blinked.

"And who might you guys be?" he asked politely.

Blake stiffened, but Adam just smirked. "Adam Taurus," he said as he pointed a finger to Blake. "And this is Blake Belladonna."

"Hello," she said neutrally, still holding the bottle of Dust.

Harry twitched, causing Blake to flinch away. Harry shook his head and said, "Well, is a pleasure to meet you guys anyway."

Adam's smirk widened. "Likewise. I'm truly honored to meet the Faunus responsible for the Schnee Dust Company's turnaround on its beliefs of the Faunus community in general."

Weiss snorted while Harry looked sheepish. "Well, sometimes you just gotta recognize the awesomeness."

Ruby snickered. That was a good comeback, she thought. Adam and Blake seemed to think so. Adam laughed as Blake cracked a small smile. Weiss just glared Harry.

"Ha, ha. Very funny," Weiss said in a monotone.

Blake was going to say something when Harry spoke up again. "Now Weiss, you know very well that that was funny. Don't deny it." His voice was different though. It was slightly deeper, and he seemed to have put more emphasis on his words without actually trying (An: I don't know how to describe a British accent very well). Whatever it was, it made the cat Faunus blush. Ruby blushed too, for about the same reason.

Weiss, however, jumped and turned to Harry, startled. "W-what was that?!" she demanded shrilly.

Harry tilted his head to the side, making Ruby and Blake want to scream out, "Cute!" "What was what, Weiss?" he asked innocently.

"Y-You know what!" she shouted. "The accent! How do you still have that damn accent?!"

Adam made a mental note to ask how to replicate that accent. If the way the women around him were acting was any indication, that accent was the one to beat. And if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Harry's eyes widened dramatically and he placed his right fist into his left palm. "Oh! The accent! Well, your dad said he'd rip my tongue out if I didn't rid myself of my accent. So, I used what little magic I could and placed a charm on my tongue to give him the illusion that it was gone! Pretty impressive, right?"

Ruby, Adam, and Blake were a bit confused about the magic part of the conversation, but simply shrugged it off. Weiss stood in shock. "So you never got rid of it?!"

Harry smiled his lop-sided smile again, causing Ruby and Blake to blush again. "Nope! Why would I? Your mum and sister said if I got rid of it, they'd feed me to a horde of Grimm! And let me tell you, I'm more afraid of your mum and sister than I am of your father."

Weiss sighed. He did have good reason to fear her mother and sister. They were evil when they wanted to be. For some reason, they loved Harry's accent.

Although, even if she wouldn't admit it to herself, she secretly like it too. She just said she didn't because it made her heart flutter uncontrollably.

That, and she wouldn't give Harry the satisfaction of knowing he could make her feel that way.

"Uh, hi there!" a guy with blonde hair and blue eyes said awkwardly. He was wearing mismatched armor over a red long sleeve shirt under a black hoodie, and was wearing blue jeans and shoes. A sword was strapped to his belt. "I'm Jaune."

"Hey," the group said in unison. Ruby cracked up. "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" she asked and everyone began laughing.

"Wow, just got off the ship, and already dismissed by a lovely lady!" Harry chortled. "That's gotta be a new record or something!" Adam and Harry laughed while Ruby blushed a brilliant red. Blake rolled her eyes and Weiss huffed in amusement.

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The now group of six were walking towards the auditorium. Ruby still couldn't believe she had actually made friends right off the ship! Was it really that easy, she wondered? Ah, who cared! She'd have to thank Yang for ditching her…right after she slapped the blonde hard across the face FOR ditching her!

But back to topic, the blonde, Jaune Arc, was complaining to Ruby about her comment about him barfing on the ship. "All I'm saying is motion sickness is a lot more common than people let on," he explained.

"Sorry, sorry. Vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind," Ruby told him.

"Oh yeah? Well, what if I was to call you Crater Face?" he countered.

"I'd hit you in the head with a shovel," Harry said.

Jaune looked at him startled. "Are you serious?" he asked fearfully.

"No, my godfather was Sirius," Harry said seriously (pun intended).

Ruby and Adam snickered at that. Weiss rolled her eyes while Blake just stared at Harry blankly. "That was a horrible pun," Blake said dully.

"Maybe, but my godfather's name really was Sirius, and he used the pun all the time," Harry explained in a sad tone.

Ruby picked up on it. "Your godfather…he's dead, isn't he?" she asked, then cursing herself for the blunt question.

Harry nodded grimly. "Yeah. He died trying to save his idiot godson who got himself into a bad situation, and here I am now."

Weiss slapped Harry upside the head. "Harry Potter! Don't you dare start thinking that or I'll sic my sister on you!" she reprimanded, causing the green eyed Faunus to pale.

Everyone snickered at him while Weiss explained, "Sorry about that. But, Harry's got in his head that when people die around him, it's his fault. He was tricked by some terrorist into thinking his godfather was in trouble, and when he got there, it was a trap. When his godfather did get there, he didn't make it out."

The group winced in sympathy. "But…what about your parents?" Juan dared to ask.

"Dead," Harry said simply. Everyone winced again. "Don't fret over it. I never knew them. They died when I was barely a year old."

"Ouch," Adam mouthed.

The situation became awkward. Nobody knew what to say. So, Jaune took it upon himself to try and lighten the mood. "Well, the name's Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. The ladies love it," he said, trying to be smooth. Weiss and Blake deadpanned.

"Not any of these ladies it would seem," a new voice said, causing everyone to turn to see the speaker. The speaker was a girl with startling red hair and piercing green eyes. She wore a light blue shirt under a grey hunting jacket with fur around the collar, dark grey pants, and hunting boots. A large hunting knife was strapped to her leg and a quiver was strapped to her back.

Harry was immediately taken aback by how much more she looked like his mother than Pyrrha Nikos did! God! What is it with women in this world looking like his mom, damn-it! What's next?! A replica of Ginny?!

The girl grinned. "What up y'all! I'm Lily! Lily Nightingale!" she introduced herself cheerfully.

Ruby took initiative. "Hello Lily! I'm Ruby!" She pointed to everyone in turn and said, "This is Juan, Weiss, Harry, Adam, and Blake!"

"Yo!" Lily greeted.

Everyone greeted her their own way. Harry was still examining Lily. Lily blinked and waved a hand in front of him. "Um…Hello?" she asked.

Harry snapped in attention. He smiled apologetically. "Sorry 'bout that. You look a lot like my mother. Her name was Lily as well."

Lily smiled at that. "Wow. Good to know. For a second there, I thought you thought I was ugly."

"Never. Just in shock."

"Wow. Second girl to look like your mom, Harry. That's gotta be a new record," Weiss chuckled.

"There's another?" Adam said, mirth in his voice.

"Her name is Pyrrha Nikos," Weiss told the Bull Faunus. "It's the reason he lost the Mystal Regional Tournament. He couldn't stand hurting someone who looked like his mother."

"Well…I can't blame him," Ruby mumbled. "I mean, if I had to fight someone who looked like my mother, I'd probably break down."

Everyone looked at her in sympathy, immediately catching the tone in her voice. Blake walked over and patted her shoulder. "It's okay, Ruby. It's natural to feel that way," Blake said smiling softly at the young girl.

Ruby nodded. Everyone was quiet as they continued walking. Ruby said, "Well, uh, check this out." She grabbed Crescent Rose and quickly shifted it to its scythe form. The crescent blade sunk into the sidewalk.

"Whoa! Is...that a scythe?" Jaune asked.

"It's also a customizable, high-impact sniper rifle," Ruby said proudly.

"A what?" Jaune asked. Everyone snickered at him.

Ruby pulled the bolt of her sniper scythe back. "It's also a gun."

"Oh."

"So, what do you guys got?" Ruby asked. She was very eager to see their weapons!

Lily smirked as she grabbed her knife. "Meet Grimm! My pride and joy! Not as flashy as you scythe-gun, but it can do this." She twisted the handle and the knife transformed into a bow.

"Whoa! It transforms into a bow?!" Ruby asked enthusiastically. "I assume the bowstring is made from your Aura?!"

"Yep! Took forever to find an effective way to fit this thing with a bowstring. Most bowstrings fell short on quality. So, I simply use my Aura! It's quicker, more efficient, and no chance of the bowstring breaking!"

"Well, if we're showing off weapons…" Adam smirked as he held up his preferred weapon. "This is Wilt…" He unsheathed the red blade and held it up, "…and Blush." He then held up the rifle.

"Ooooooohhhhhhh..." Ruby gasped as she admired the weapons. "Older gun-sword model, but the quality definitely makes up for the age!" Adam smirked at her.

"You really like weapons, don't ya?"

Ruby blushed. "Y-yeah. I-I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. So much that I kinda went overboard in designing Crescent Rose."

"You MADE that?!" Jaune exclaimed pointing at the scythe.

"Of course. All students at Signal Academy forge their own weapons."

"Impressive," Weiss commented.

"Not many are skilled enough to make such a complex weapon like that," Blake agreed.

Ruby blushed under the praise, but smiled nonetheless. "Thanks. What kind of weapon do you have, Blake."

In answer, Blake took Gambol Shroud from her back. "Gambol Shroud," she said simply. "The sheath doubles as a blade, and the handle of the real blade has a pistol for a handle." She demonstrated her points.

Ruby was giddy. "Ooooh, awesome!" She turned to Harry and Weiss. "What about you two?"

Both smirked as they brought out their respective weapons. Harry's claymore-esque blade crashed to the ground as Weiss held her rapier loosely in her left hand. "Myrtenaster," Weiss explained, "is customized with a revolving cartridge filled with Dust, so I can charged the blade. I got the idea from Harry's semblance. He can charge himself or his weapon with Dust by drawing it from the air around him."

Lily whistled. "Awesome." She turned to Harry and asked, "So what's yours do?"

Harry's smirked widened. "This is Hunter's Moon," he said. "It doubles up as a high-caliber sniper rifle. Plus…" He twisted the handle and the blade split into two. "…It can do this."

Ruby was admiring his blade when she noticed a symbol above the handles. "That symbol…That's the Black Hammer's symbol! You're weapon is made by the Black Hammer?!" she exclaimed.

"Ulthane? Yeah, it is. Weiss's too," Harry pointed out.

Ruby whirled around so fast, Weiss was afraid the girl broke her head. "Yours too?!"

Weiss held her rapier up enough to show a black hammer engraved on the hilt. Ruby went catatonic for a moment. Blake walked up and asked, "Uh…Ru-"

She was interrupted when Ruby let out the loudest fan-girl squeal any of them had ever heard. Everyone winced at the volume. "That is SO COOOOOLLLLLL!" she squealed and she proceeded to jump up and down excitedly.

"Well, that was…interesting," Adam grumbled as he rubbed his sore ears. Girl had a pair of lungs on her.

He have to remember to tell her to tone it down in the future, for the sake of the Faunus in the group.

Harry looked over to Juan and asked, "What about you, blondie?"

"Ha, ha," Jaune laughed as he unsheathed his sword. "I got this sword," he said as he showed off the sword. "And this shield," he explained as the sheath turned into a shield.

Ruby finally stopped fan-girling and turned to Jaune. "What does it do?" she asked. She touched the shield and it collapsed back into a sheath.

Jaune struggled to grab it. "T-the shield collapses when I…get tired of carrying it."

"But, wouldn't it still weigh the same?" Blake asked.

"Yeah it does," Jaune sighed, hanging his head.

"You didn't make it?" Ruby asked, curious.

"It's a hand-me-down. My grandfather used it to fight in the war," Jaune explained somberly.

"Sounds like a family heirloom to me," Ruby said. This caused Jaune to feel worse. "But I like it!" Ruby said quickly. "Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."

"The classics," Lily said cynically. "Right."

Beacon Academy; Auditorium

After they finally finished conversing about their choices in weaponry, the group walked into the auditorium. It was filled almost to capacity when the group walked in.

"Hey, Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!" Ruby heard Yang's voice. She looked around until she saw Yang waving her over. Ruby smiled slightly.

"There's my sister!" Ruby exclaimed. She looked back at the group and looked sheepish. "W-would you like to meet her?" she asked apprehensively.

"Don't see why not," Harry said shrugging.

"Sure," Blake agreed.

The others mouthed their agreements. Ruby smiled and motioned them to follow her. Unbeknownst to the group, a girl with red hair and green eyes was staring at Harry. She wore gold armor with red trimmings. A gold colored shield and a red and yellow colored sword were strapped to her back. She had a very evil grin on her face.

"Finally. I hope you're ready, Potter. After the ceremony, we will have our rematch," she cackled.

"H-h-hey, Pyrrha. Please calm down there," a girl, again with red hair and green eyes, said shakily. She wore a simple black shirt with conformed to her curves, a red skirt, and sandals. She had several pistols hanging from belts and knives around her waist.

She was currently trying to keep Pyrrha from waltzing over to Harry and demanding a rematch.

Another girl, with reddish-blonde hair, blue eyes, and reddish-blonde fox ears on top of her head, simply ignored the interaction between her two friends. She wore a blue blouse and jeans with a whip strapped to her belt. She was staring at the girl in front.

"That girl," Isabella said quietly. Her voice broke Pyrrha and Jenna from their current predicament. "She had…silver eyes."

Pyrrha and Jenna blinked. They continued to stare at her for a minute until they started back with what they were doing before. "Pyrrrrhhaaaaaaaaa…" Jenna whined. "Quit!"

"I WILL have my rematch!"

Isabella sighed. Those two would never quit.

Meanwhile, Yang was waiting patiently for her sister to come over. She felt kinda bad that she ditched her, but she knew Ruby would be alright. Plus, Ruby needed to meet some new people. She had few friends as it was and was very shy. Hopefully, Ruby had managed to meet some new people…that is if she didn't scare them off by fan-girling over their weapons.

When Ruby walked in with a large group of people behind her, Yang was amazed. She knew Ruby had it in her! She called out to her, and Ruby turned to her and smiled. She turned to the group and said something, and all seemed to nod their heads and follow her.

Yang watched as Ruby and the group came closer to her. She couldn't wait to meet the people Ruby befriended-

Yang's train of thought died as she saw Harry. 'Hubba, hubba,' Yang thought as looked the green eyed Faunus up and down hungrily.

Shaking her head, she turned to Ruby. "So! I take it you found some friends?!" she asked with a teasing grin.

Ruby matched it for a second, but quickly scowled at her. "Yeah, it's all thanks to you since you ditched me and I exploded!" she hissed.

"Whoa. Blow up already?" Yang inquired. What had happened to her sweet innocent little sister to make her blow her top?

"No. I almost literally exploded a hole in the side of the school! There was some fire…and I think some ice…"

"Are you being sarcastic?" Yang teased in a high voice.

"I wish! Weiss probably would've yelled at me more if Harry hadn't shown up and stopped her!" Ruby complained.

"Weiss tends to fly off the handle when something goes amiss," Harry commented lightly, causing said girl huff and glare at the black haired youth.

Yang was momentarily taken back by the accent. 'Mamma liken this guy more and more by the minute!'

"Ahem," Professor Ozpin's voice resounded through the hall. He had silver colored hair and amber colored eyes. He wore a dark green long sleeve vest and dark green pants. He was holding an intricate cane in one hand. A green scarf was around his neck. "I'll keep this brief. You've all traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you are finished, you plan to utilize those skills in protection of the people. But when I look amongst you, all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume that knowledge will free you of this. But your time at this school will prove that knowledge will only get you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

He stepped back and Glynda stepped forward. Glynda had blonde hair and blue eyes and was wearing a white blouse and black skirt. She also wore a purple cloak that was shaped like arrows at the end. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins, and we will see if you are worthy to be in this school. You are dismissed," she said formally.

"He seemed…off," Yang said.

"Probably 'cuz he has to say that every year," Lily guessed. She turned to the blonde and said, "I'm Lily."

"Yang. Nice to meet ya," Yang greeted.

"Meh, not the worse opening speech I've heard," Harry mumbled to himself.

"What was the worse?" Blake asked, having heard his mumbling.

"My first year at a boarding school my parents had sighed me up for before I was born. I was eleven. The headmaster had told us that the third floor corridor on the right hand side was out of bounds for anyone 'who does not wish to die a most painful death.'" Harry told her.

That got everyone's immediate attention. "Your headmaster said that?" Jaune asked weakly.

"Yep. Funny thing too. Giant three headed dog was there guarding the corridor."

Adam's eyebrows shot up. "A Grimm?"

"No, but still not something you wanna meet in the dead of night."

"So, why did you?" Ruby asked.

"Harry's an idiot who goes looking for trouble," Weiss said mildly.

"Oi! I take offense at that!" Harry shouted, causing everyone to laugh or chuckle at him.

Beacon Academy, ballroom; nighttime

The ballroom was a large and beautiful room. Large Romanesque columns framed the room and large circular stairs spiraled down from the second floor. Large tapestries hung from the second floor balcony that stretched around the room.

Teens ran around or were getting ready for bed. Ruby was lying down writing when Yang landed on the sleeping bag next to her. "It's like a BIG slumber party!" she stated happily.

"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys, though," Ruby said, not looking up from her writing.

"Oh, I know I do," Yang said, sounding satisfied with herself. She grimaced as Jaune stepped in front of her line of vision of some shirtless teens rough housing. The worse part was he was dressed in blue one piece pajamas. She looked over to Ruby and asked, "So, what 'cha writing?"

"A letter to the gang back at Signal," Ruby told her. "I promised I'd tell them all about Beacon."

"Awwww, that's so CUUUUTTTEEEE!" Yang gushed girlishly. She was rewarded with a pillow to the face.

"Shut up!" Ruby hissed through gritted teeth. "I didn't get to bring my friends with me to school!"

"But now you have made some new friends, right?"

Ruby fell silent. "Y-yeah. I mean…if it wasn't for Harry, Weiss would have probably continued yelling at me," Ruby said meekly. She didn't like it when people yelled at her. "Plus, people seem to, uh, gravitate to Harry. He's just so nice." Ruby blushed.

"Awwwwwwww! Ruby's got her first crush! SOOOOOOOO CUUUUUUTTEEEE!" Yang gushed again. Again, she was hit in the face with a pillow.

Meanwhile, just outside the ballroom, Weiss was pacing. It had been nearly three hours since Harry had been chased out of the ballroom by a hoard of fan-girls. Normally, she would simply laugh at Harry's misfortune, but it irked her that most of the girls had finally given up the search and went to bed, but Harry was still AWOL.

She began growling as something nudged her leg. She looked down to see a large, black dog looking up at her, panting happily. She scowled.

"Get up. You can't fool me, Harry," she deadpanned.

The dog tilted its head to the side. It pushed itself up on its hind legs, and began changing into a certain green eyed Faunus. Harry stood there grinning tiredly at Weiss. His shirt was torn beyond repair, and his jeans were just barely covering his legs.

Weiss raised an eyebrow at his state of undress. "Wow. They did a real number on you, didn't they?" she asked curiously.

Harry groaned. "It was mostly that orange haired girl. Nora, I think her name was," Harry complained. "She's a persistent one. I'll give 'er that."

Weiss shook her head. "Well, go wash up. You stink," she told him, holding her nose waving her hand in front of her face to accent the point.

"Ha, ha."

Back inside the ballroom, Nora flopped down on her sleeping bag, disappointed. Lie Ren looked at her. "Everything okay, Nora?" he asked.

"I couldn't catch the cute wolf Faunus," she pouted childishly.

Ren sighed. "Don't fret over it, Nora. I'm sure you'll catch him in the morning," he said smiling.

Nora perked up. "OF COURSE! I'll wake up extra early, then nab him when he leaves the ballroom! Or, or I'll sneak around the ballroom tonight and grab him then! Or maybe…"

Ren sighed again as Nora continued babbling. He truly felt for the green eyed Faunus, whoever he was. When Nora sets her sights on something, she gets it. No exceptions.

A little ways away from the pair, Jenna, Pyrrha, and Isabella were settling down for the night. Pyrrha sighed.

"If only those damn fan-girls had waited just a few seconds, I could've confronted Potter," she said mournfully.

"Pyrrha, let it go, girl. You'll see 'em in the morning," Jenna said, trying to reason with her fellow redhead.

Pyrrha sighed again. "I suppose." She turned her gaze to Isabella. "Izzy, are you sure you're okay?"

Isabella looked at Pyrrha, annoyed. "For the twentieth time, yes. I'm fine," she said irritably. "It's just a shock to see those silver eyes again."

Farther off, Adam and Blake were preparing to hit the hay. "Why are you so adamant about hiding your ears, Blake?" Adam asked.

"I told you. I want to fit in," Blake mumbled, turning a page in her book. "And…I'm not like you, Adam. I…can't stand being rejected. Especially if my new team member or members hate Faunus."

Adam sighed in frustration. "Well, I can see your point. And you've always had a bleeding heart." He chuckled as Blake glared at him. He held his hands up in surrender. "I didn't mean anything by it. I'm just saying you're a nice person." Her glare lightened up. "But Blake, I don't think you should be hung up by what others think. It's your opinion that matters, not theirs."

Blake was silent. She sighed. "Perhaps…"

Suddenly, a loud squeal was heard. "It's him! The Faunus with the green eyes!" a girl shouted.

"Quick! We must apprehend him!" an orange haired girl exclaimed.

"Aw, son of a bitch!" Harry shouted as he ran back out the ballroom.

Most of the girls gave chase. Blake sweat dropped. Adam chuckled.

Ruby was shaking her head. "Some girls have no shame," Ruby whispered. Then she noticed the sleeping bag beside her was empty. "Huh? Yang?"

Outside

"He's MINE!" Nora growled at the blonde haired wench that dared try and steal her wolf Faunus.

"NO! HE'S MINE! I SAW HIM FIRST!" Yang growled back.

"WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME?!" Harry whined to the heavens.