I stood by the cliffside over the Emerald forest. Looking down I saw the forest floor for about forty to fifty feet until it disappeared into the trees.

“That’s… a long way down.” I said, taking a few steps back. Professor Ozpin stood beside me with warm cup of coffee in his hand, beside him was the blonde woman, Glynda Goodwitch. I looked at the two of them. “So… just go out there and find this artifact and get back. That’s it?” Ozpin nodded. I looked back at the forest and back at him. “That’s… not really that hard if you think about it.”

“It may sound simple but it can prove to be difficult.” He said as of matter of factly. I slowly nodded at him.

“Okay, anything else I should need to know before it starts?” I asked. Ozpin hummed in thought before snapping his fingers, suddenly remembering.

“Parker will be awaiting your arrival on ruins, he will guide you back to Beacon from within the forest.” He said before glancing at Glynda then back at me. “I will be seeing soon.” As soon as he said that, I was sent flying off the cliff without much as simple warning.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” I screamed as I soon came screaming towards the trees. TUCK AND ROLL!

The Good news, I was okay. The bad news, I went through a number of trees and branches and rolled across some mud puddles. I blinked a few times as I looked up at the sky.

“Some warning would have been nice!” I yelled. Seeing no one was going to answer me I grumbled as I got up to check myself. “Hands, arms, legs are fine. Head is also fine.” I pulled my tail around and saw that there was a number of twigs, leaves, and mud in it. This upsets me greatly at the idea that I have to clean my tail later. With a sad sigh I began to look around at my surroundings. “Now, if I was a set of ruins in the forest, where would I be?”

I looked around before looking back from where I came from. I wished I took in the land better, but in my defence I was screaming as I was flung into the air. I also have a feeling my aunt is laughing at me. I sighed and started to head in a random direction. I believe there were tall trees that I could climb up to take a lay of the land.

I wandered around the forest for about a few minutes until I heard a twig get stepped on. I froze as I looked in the direction of where it was coming from. I then did the most bravest thing I could think of, it was so brave that they will write stories about it: I jumped into a bush.

I peeked out of the bush to see what’s made that sound. I saw a group of Beowolves stalking around in a pack. They sniffed the ground and growled before moving on past me while I was in the bush.

“So that what Ozpin meant by difficult.” I whispered to myself. “Grimm must be living in these woods, making the challenged more difficult to do. Guessing this challenged tests on one's ability to find the object, fighting skill and survival.”

I then heard the sound of growling from behind me. I turned to see a Beowolf right there growling. I stared at it and smiled at it.

“Nice doggy.” I said before it roared and came up to slash at me. I jumped out of the way and got some distance from it. I watched it lumber out of the bush I was in and growled at me. At the same time I saw the others came back. I grumbled at how careless I was at the time as pulled Molten Coil out. “Right, let's deal with them quickly girl.”

Molten hummed at this as the chamber spun as flames came out. I smiled at this as I got ready. “I like that plan.”

The Beowolves roared at me, maybe out of being impatient or whatever but they came at me. I ducked under one of them and slashed at it. I only got its arm but I saw a flame came off it. I looked to another and spun my body so I could use the momentum to hit it’s leg with some force. I got a hit in as I knocked it to the ground, another flame started to burn on it as I moved on to the last three. Two of them came at me at both sides while the third tried to pounce at me. I twisted myself around to cleave the three at once, I nailed them all but as a payoff I got swiped at on my back. I bit back the pain as I rolled out of the way. I looked up to see all of them were around each other, getting ready to attack me again. I saw flames on them, one on each one which made me smirk as I pointed my blade at them. The chamber spun as small flames started to burst out of it.

“Detonate.” I said as the chamber came to abrupt stop. As that happened the flames on the Grimm flared up and ignited, making small explosions on them and taking chunks out of them. I watched as they burned up into ashes as I put Moten away, wincing at the pain.

“I hope this test doesn’t involve the less number of hits I take is better, if so I’m starting off bad.” I muttered as I made my way into the forest. “And I got to get my outfit repaired… man.”

As I made my way through the forest I was positive that I will find these ruins. It be a piece of cake!

“Where… are… these… ruins!” I yelled as I was in the middle of nowhere. I fought a number of Grimm, making the state of my outfit torn and I had a number of cuts and bruises all over. It didn’t really matter as I was really really annoyed. Back home I could go in the woods and know my way around, though I grew up in those woods so that helped. I went up many trees but so far I only saw trees, trees, and more trees. I groaned as I tried to think of a map of where I was. As I did this I heard another growl from my right. I turned and saw an Ursa there growling at me. Just seeing one made me mad. “I’ve been in the woods for I don’t how long and do you know what?” as I finished the Grimm charged at me. I pulled my weapon out and slashed at it’s legs, making it flip forward as I spinned around. “YOU’RE NOT HELPING!!” With that I hit the Ursa so hard that it went flying into a group of trees. I panted a bit out of annoyance as I pointed Motin Coil in it’s direction. “Goodbye asshat, hope you have a nice fa- huh?”

I looked through the smashed up trees and saw that there was, in fact, a group of ruins there. I blinked a few times and thought up that mental map. My eye twitched a bit at what I thought of; “I WAS GOING IN CIRCLES THIS WHOLE TIME!!”

I grumbled as I moved towards the ruins in front of me. I saw the Ursa was gone, ash floated up into the air as I started to look through the ruins. It was a round shrin like construct with a numbers of pedestals in circular pattern. A few rocks laid about as I got closer to it and looked at the pedestals. Leaning behind one of the pedestals was a napping Indigo. My eye twitched a bit as I made my way over to the napping teacher and stood over him, giving him a slight nudge to wake him up.

“Oi, nappy. Wake up.” I said to him. He groaned, swatting my hand away as he opened his eyes.

“Finally finished sightseeing?” He asked with a chuckle.

“Yeah… almost saw the inside of a snake grim. It was lovely.” I said in a sarcastic tone. Looking at the pedestal that he was sleeping beside of was… a chess piece? I looked at it and saw it was a golden coloured rook. Looking at it I picked it up and showed it to Indigo. “Is this what I was trying to get?” He shrugged, not wanting to give verbal answer. Looking around I didn’t see any other items on any pedestal and saw that there was only rocks around. Just to be sure I went around to see if there was anything else in there’s ruins. I found nothing before walking over and sitting down in front of Indigo. “Well I got the thing, I was told you’ll be leading me back or is that a lie and I have to find my way back on my own?” He pushed himself off the wall and stretched his arms, gaining a few audible pops.

“Come on, Ozpin will be waiting for you.” He said, walking passed me and taking the lead. I nodded and followed him through the woods. As we walked a thought came to mind.

“Say, does everyone gets launched from the cliffside like that or is that just me?” I asked Indigo. He chuckled a bit at my question.

“That's how everyone starts their initiation, by improvising a landing strategy.” He said as we passed by a few downed trees. “Everyone's landings are always unique in their own way.” He added with a shrug.

“Right…” I sighed to myself as my landing was bad. We continued on until we came to a clearing. I saw the cliffside where I was launched from… wait I was about a few hours walk from here then why did it took… ugh, the idea of the thought was giving me an headache. As we walked I thought back to the fight with Cardin and his lackeys. Something didn’t really click with how everything went.

“Hey, back with that fight with Cardin, how did you take all three of them down so easily?” I asked him. He glanced back at me with a raised brow.

“What's got you so curious?” He asked back. I looked at him and fluttered my eyes.

“I’m a curious girl, is that so wrong?” I asked sweetly. He laughed at this but quickly composed himself afterwards. “So?”

“CRDL lacked coordination. They preferred going all at once instead of devising any form of plan.” Indi said while he unhooked his flash from his belt. “Each movement of theirs were sluggish whether it was attacking or simply dodging. They've left themselves exposed for attacks more times than I could count.” He said, popping the lid of the flask open and taking a few gulps of whatever was inside before groaning. He soon lowered and closed his flask before hooking it back up to his belt. “CRDL has potential, I know they do but Cardin attitude and behaviour are holding them back from improving.” He said just before a growl was heard coming from within the trees. Soon enough the source revealed itself to be a small Beowolf. It looked at me and growled. Indigo whistled, deafening me for a bit. “Oni be nice.” Indi said.. I saw the ears go up and the small Beowolf seemed to calm down and sit down on its hind quarters. Wait…

“That Grimm… listened to you..” I said slowly. The Beowolf looked at and tilted its head before pawing at its head, scratching it before lowering the paw back down and looking at me. It then looked at Indi and barked happily before running at him at breakneck speed before stopping just in front of him, panting excitedly. I simply stared at the Beowolf as Indi petted its head. Was it really a Grimm, or a Staubgrimm? I pushed the thought back as I looked at Indigo. “You have a Beowolf as a pet.”

“Onyx isn't a pet, he's my companion.” Indigo said with a bit of an angered tone. I put my hands up in surrender.

“Sorry, didn't mean to be rude.” I said, my ears flattened on top of my head. He straightened up with a sigh.

“Sorry, I just don't like people thinking of him like some animal on a leash.” He said, shaking his head a bit. “Come on, we're almost there.” He soon said. We resumed the walk in silence with me still wondering how that Beowolf acts that way. The more I thought about it the more a certain question keeps popping up.

“Hey, is Oni… different from other Grimm? Other than being friendly.” I asked Indi. Oni looked up and gave a confused whine. Indigo was quick to act and scratched behind his ears.

“Well for one, he has a semblance of his own.” Indigo answered with a smirk. I raised my eyebrows at this.

“Really, a semblance of his own…” I soon looked forward and thought about it. “Maybe I should ask auntie if she seen something like that…” I muttered to myself. The rest of the trek back was spent in silence but I occasionally got to pet Oni. This made me smile as, I think, he seems to enjoy it.

Before long we ended back up the cliff with Ozpin still waiting though lacking the cup of coffee he held when I was sent flying off the cliff. Glynda was nowhere to be found, she must've been busy with something. As I got up there I showed him the chess piece.

“Here it is, a golden rook.” I said as I looked at the chess piece, it was as big as my hand. “This must be a pretty big chess set.”

I handed the relic over to Ozpin. He took it in his hand looked at it before pulling out his scroll and typing something into it. He then chucked the golden rook towards Indigo. The latter caught it and put it in his pocket, leaving me confused.

“Welcome to Beacon, Miss Mal kun.” Ozpin said, handing me list of classes I'm supposed to take. I smiled at this.

“Thank you, sir.” I said happily. I looked back at Indigo with a smile.

“And despite your… complicated sense of direction, you're qualified to attend my class.” Indigo said with a chuckle once he mentioned my sense of direction. Oni barked defensively and this made Indigo roll his eyes. “It's optional, so you don't really need to attend it.” He said. I put on a forced smile as looked at Indigo.

“Thanks for the info.” I said. I looked back at Ozpin. “So, are we going to head back now?” He gestured towards the academy before walking towards it with Indigo and Oni following behind. I looked at them and quickly followed them back, now a full student of Beacon.

“I should’ve gave you more lessons on survival training.” my aunt said through my scroll. I was in the library in a secure section to call both her and mom. I rubbed the back of my head and laughed nervously.

“What can I say, everything in that forest looked the same and there was Grimm.” I told her. I watched her shake her head and sighed.

“Still, if it wasn’t for that Ursa coming out you’ve be walking in circles for hours.” she said. I pouted at her and looked at mother as she listened in.

“Mom, your sister being mean to me.” I said to her. Auntie rolled her eyes at this and looked away. Mother couldn't help but laugh at this. I frowned at this. “Why are you laughing?”

“It's nothing, dear.” She answered with her usual smile. I frowned even more at this before my aunt spoke.

“Other than your… need of training of direction I will say congrats for passing and getting into Beacon.” she said with a smile. I couldn’t help but smile back at her.

“Thanks.” I said to her.

“I cannot express how proud I am. Entering Beacon is no easy feat.” Mother said, happy to hear of my acceptance into Beacon Academy. I blushed at this but smiled happily at her.

“Yeah that’s great, but don’t think things will get easier,” my aunt said with a smirk. “Now that you’re in, be sure that getting training from us will get harder.” Mother nodded in agreement to Aunty’s words.

I laughed nervously again. “That’s nice to hear… I think?”

“We only want you to become stronger to overcome any obstacles you may encounter throughout your travels.” Mother said, adding to Aunty’s reason. I smiled at her.

“I can get behind that.” I said to them. “Well both Professor Ozpin and Indigo said I have until after lunch of free time to do
whatever.”

“Have anything in mind you wish to do?” Mother asked curiously. I thought about it and nothing really came in mind.

“Not really… Oh! How's the research on the StaubGrimm?” I asked.

“Well, so far all I could tell from my time is what we already know; their Grimm with souls and powers base on dust.” My aunt informed me. “Don't know if my sister has anything new to add but that's it.”

“What about them having semblances?” I asked before telling them about Oni from before. Mother heard this and was immediately intrigued, hearing of a Grimm with a semblance is unusual.

“Perhaps I may go and meet this Oni myself.” Mother suggested, a brow raised while she awaited an answer. I shrugged at her.

“Don't know how that'll go but it be something.” I said. My aunt raised an eyebrow at me but didn’t say anything about it.

“I’ll keep this info in mind, for now just keep up with your school work when you get it.” she said with a smirk.

“I will.” I answered her. She smiled before saying that she has something to do. She didn’t say what but I was sure I heard some cawing in the background. With that I was left with Mother.

“Remember if you ever need me, I won't be far.” She said, gesturing towards the gem before she left. I smiled at the screen before stretching. I pushed myself up to go look for my classrooms. As I was leaving I saw the other three of Cardin’s group. They saw me and started to make their way towards me.

“Oh look, your boss is too much of a wuss to come at me himself?” I said to them. They all looked at each other before the guy with blueish gray hair spoke.

“Err well in truth we came to say sorry.” he said. I blinked at them as the mohawk guy spoke up.

“Yeah, we all didn’t want to gang up on ya in the duel but… we can’t really say no to Cardin.” he explained.

“Why not?” I asked. They all looked away awkwardly.

“It’s… kinda hard to say no to a guy with a giant mace.” the brown hair guy said.

“Besides, we’re all a team, even though we don’t-”

“Work like one?” I said, interrupting the blueish gray hair how. He seemed to jump at this almost I surprised me. “Why not go talked to one of the teachers or Professor Ozpin about this?”

“Well, me and Dove grew up with him and was part of his group before coming here and Sky…” the other two looked that the blueish haired one. “Why did you stick around?”

“I saw Dove first, I was his partner!” he proclaimed. I looked at the three of them as they started to bicker.

“Right, so why not talk about it, talk to Cardin about not being his body shields.” I told them, Dove winced at the word ‘body shields’.

“We would… but it’s hard to get something through to him.” Sky said.

“Anyway, we came to say sorry and… watch your back. Cardin holds a mean grudge.” the mohawk guy said. I nodded as I watched them go, they weren’t all that back, just a bad leader. I shook my head and headed off to my class that I’m going to take after lunch. It seems that my next teacher is Dr. Oobleck. I wonder what I’m going to get with him?

I walked out of that class more confused than ever. Dr. Oobleck, a young male with messy green hair and looked like he slept in his clothes and classes, talks way to fast. And move so fast too! He talks a mile a minute and always drinking coffee. I don’t know if he’s always hyper or it’s the coffee he drinks. I know that taking history notes from him is going to be hard.

I sighed as I looked at my final class of the day. I saw that it was with Indigo and it starts in a few minutes. I made my way to one of the training halls and saw team RWBY there. Ruby saw me and smiled and zoomed her way to me. I don’t know who’s faster, Ruby or the green haired coffee drinker.

“Hey! You’re here, that means you passed!” she said excitedly. I grinned at her.

“Yup, I’m now one of Beacons students. And hey! I have clothes that fit!”

“I say, from the looks of it you were about to rip something.” Yang teased before Blake hit her shoulder softly.

“Don’t tease.” she said simply. Ruby simply smiled happily.

“Yay a new friend is a student!” she proclaimed.

“Who says I was a friend?” I asked. Ruby’s face fell at that.

“We’re not?” she asked me.

“Well I didn’t say I wasn’t so-” I was them hugged by her. I simply laughed at this.

“Hey, sorry to jump topics here but I have a question about your semblance; what is it?” Weiss asked.

“Fire and heat manipulation.” I answered as I got Ruby to let go. “It goes well with Molten well.”

“Oh oh! Can I see your weapon?” Ruby asked. I looked at her and saw stars in her eyes.

“Uhh, I don’t have her right now, sorry.” I told her.

“Awww.” Ruby pouted. I simply patted her head.

“I’ll show you later, but for now here’s a cookie.” I said, pulling one that I had left from lunch. Ruby seemed to instantly perk up and started to eat the cookie… well devour was more of a good way to put it. The rest of them seem to think this is normal as I stared. She looked at me cutely and blinked. “What?”

“Ah, uh nothing.” I said quickly. From down the hall, I could see Indigo looking down at his scroll as he walked, though whatever he saw on his scroll had caused him to frown as he walked closer and closer. “He doesn’t look happy.”

“Yeah, what’s biting him today?” Weiss asked.

“Maybe Oni?” Yang said. The rest of us looked at her and frowned. “What? I’m just saying.”

“I don’t think Oni would ever bite him.” Blake said, looking over at Indigo. I watched him get closer at us until he was about a few feet away.

“Hey, you okay?” I asked him. He stopped and looked at me a bit in surprise before quickly composing himself.

“Sorry, must've not seen where I was going.” He said, putting away his scroll before I had any chance to read what it had displayed. Though I did catch a glimpse of an image depicting a crazed looking man with numerous carving and tattoos that littered his face. Instead of a maniacal grin, he bore no expression. I didn’t say anything as looked up at him.

“Be careful about that, it’s bad not knowing where you’re going.” I told him. He nodded at me and glanced at Blake, flashing her a brief smile as he did before walking off, not seeing that Blake had returned the smile.

“I wonder what’s all that about?” Ruby asked. I simply shrugged.

“Don’t know, maybe nothing important.” I said. The others looked at each other before seeing Indigo going into the training hall. “Come on, let’s see what he has in store for us.” Walking over to the training hall, we were all greeted with numerous training equipment scattered around the spacious room with the center being clear of anything. I saw Ruby and her team, along with the others that showed up, head off to the changing rooms. I followed to get changed as well. When that was done, we all came back out only to find two Indigos in the heat of battle. No one knew what was going on and as this happened but once one of the Indigos was sent up into the air by the other’s uppercut, Ruby cheered somewhat grasping the situation.

The downed Indigo groaned before jumping back onto his feet and delivering a well-timed sucker punch. He then delivered another and another and another, cornering the other Indigo. He looked just about ready to fall while the other Indigo smirked, clearly knowing he had the upper hand but before he could deliver the final blow, the cornered Indigo caught the incoming fist before twisting it, earning an audible snap and a pained yell. The latter tried again with his other fist only to receive the same result. He glared at the Indigo that broke both his hands before attempting a headbutt but alas that was stopped by the other having grabbed either side of his head. The formerly cornered Indigo stared directly at his broken copycat before twisting his head, a crack was heard as a result. He scoffed, letting the body fall onto the floor.

I stared at the body on the ground and felt my stomach turn a little. I covered my mouth a bit and started to take deep breath. I felt a hand on my arm which made me jump.

“Hey, you okay?” Ruby asked me. I took some breaths and slowly nodded.

“Just… personal.” I told her. The body of the dead Indigo soon faded and was replaced by an odd looking robot. The robot soon got back up before standing at the center of what I assumed was the fighting ring.

“Mirror matches. Best way to improve in my opinion is to kick your own ass in a good ol’ fashioned one on one with yourself.” Indigo said, panting a little as he did. He moved his arm in front of the weird robot, only for it to do the same. “This is a mimic bot, state of the art Atlas Tech. It's able to withstand any blow, no matter how fatal.” He explained. I stared at the bot, I should still be somewhat off-put by what I saw but…

“How does it work?” I asked, feeling a little giddy at the robot.

“It’s so cool~!” Ruby said, more giddy then I. Truth be told we were both giddy. I heard someone say something on the lines of ‘there’s two of them now’. I don’t really get what they meant by that, or is it about the mimic bot?

“You'll each be going against the mimic in turns. Your first match will allow it scan your fighting patterns and eventually, use it against you.” Indigo said before picking up a small bucket labeled The Bucket of Truth. He shook it a bit before walking up to us. “Reach into the bucket and pick out a piece of paper, each one contains a number and the highest goes first.” He said as he Team JNPR were the first to pick out a number from the bucket. Indigo then moved onto RWBY and allowed them to pick their numbers out before finally stopping in front of me. I reached in and pulled a number of my own and looked at it, seeing the number ten written on it.

“Six!” Yelled the ginger, haired girl. Beside her was the boy with raven black hair with single pink stripe held out his before saying.

“Three.” He announced, chuckling at the ginger’s antics. The Blonde boy next to him revealed a nine, looking worried that he might go first. The tall redhead simply revealed hers to be a two.

“Ruby number one!” Ruby exclaimed in the third person with a large smile. I chuckled at this before hearing Yang’s four. Weiss revealed hers to be an eight and finally Blake’s five. Neat, I get to go first. I looked up at Indi as he looked at me.

“Ten.” I called out. He nodded before I handed him a scrap of paper, to which he put back into the bucket. He the stepped aside and gestured for me to walk towards the fighting area. I walked over into the ring and stood in front of the mimic bot, hand on my weapon. The robot turned its faceless gaze towards me.

“Combatants ready!” Indigo yelled. I watched as the mimic bot quickly reacted by copying my stance, its hand hovering over a nonexistent weapon. “Fight!” Indigo yelled after what seemed like an eternity. I pulled Molten Coil out, holding it in both hands in front of me, wanting to see what the bot does. The Bot did the same but held nothing and simply waited. I moved Molten Coil to the side to see the bot follow me.

“First round is just for a scan huh… well let's see if it can keep up.” I muttered as I sprinted towards it. As I got close I slashed upwards to see if it will block or not. The bot sprinter as well and swung upwards but what surprised was the sudden clang one hears when two swords collide. I opened my eyes and was shocked to see an exact copy of Molten Coil. “Ohh you’re cool.”

With a smile I started to attack it. Over and over I hit it and it blocked my attacks. Sure it was blocking my attacks, but it feels more one-sided. With each strike, I delivered it had managed to block every single one. After a few more hits I put some more force into the last one to push it back.

With it now stumbling back I let out some flames and shot a firebolt towards it, thinking it will do one of three things; copy me, try to slash at it, or dodge it. To my surprise, it batted the flames away from itself before launching the very same bolt of fire back at me. I dodged it by ducking as I kept my eyes on the bot. I shot two more bolts before running at it again. It did the same before breaking into a full sprint towards me. We both swung our Molten Coils and clashed with one another as our fire bolts collided with one another, covering the area in smoke as I attempted to push the bot back to gain the upper hand but knowing it was getting me nowhere, I jumped away from the bot and I could only assume it did the same. I waited for the smoke to clear out and as it did, it revealed a shocking sight. Waiting at the other end was an exact carbon copy of myself and it looked so real. I stared at… myself for a good minute.

“Huh, I really look like that…” I looked up and brushed some hair out of the way, seeing it do the same. “I need a haircut.” With that being said I got back into a fighting stance, now fighting… myself. I charged forward at me and swung at… me. This is getting confusing. She dodged before batting me to the side with her own Molten Coil. She gave me no time recover as she swung downwards, sending a wave of fire my way. I rolled out of the way and stopped up to my knees, panting a bit. “So… you done scanning me?”

As I asked this I overheard the others talking. “Indigo, how does the bot work?” Ruby asked him as I battered a flame bolt out of the way and fired at the bot/me.

“The mimic bot has two stages; one is the analyzed mode, and the second is the attack mode. There pretty straightforward, the first one watches the opponent until it gets a baseline on the combat style of the opponent, then it runs that baseline a bunch of times through a short times span and able to figure out what it can do. Then when the Mimic bot is finish it takes on the form of the opponent and uses that data to, in short, beat the crap out of the opponent.” Indigo explained to her as I was batten around and was now panting.

I cursed myself as the mirror me stared at me, it will predict my attacks before I could land a hit. I wiped away some sweat as I tried to figure out a way to beat it.

“You can do it!” I heard Ruby cheer for me. I looked over and stared at her in a ‘are you kidding me?’ look as she continue to cheer. I let out a sigh, a happy go lucky girl cheering me on, how nice. She also pretty quick as well, maybe I should ask her about it. Quick, hmmm.

I pushed myself up to my feet with a grin, “Alright, you know how to beat me as is, time to change it up.” With that said Molten Coil hummed as the form became less bulky and more slender as I turned it around so I could hold it behind me. I crouched down low and looked at the mirror image, tilting its head at me. Soon the humming stops and the sound of a small jet flame was coming off the chamber. “Now, hope you can keep up!”

With a pull, the flame went off in a small explosion and I charged at the bot. It had time to block it but was pushed back a bit. I didn’t give an inch as I continued, slashing at it without rest. Some of my hit went through though, tearing into her until I jumped back a few feet. Another few trigger pulls and the flame burned brightly until I bolted forward. I slashed into her and the flames burst out of Molten Coil. The mimic bot was sent flying away and hitting the ground, not moving. I panted a bit before putting my hands up.

“Victory!” I yelled before falling down. “I can’t feel my legs!”

Team RWBY and JNPR came over and helped me up and carried me over to the benches. I saw the bot turned back to normal and walked back to the ring, waiting for the next one. I looked up at Indi and gave him a thumbs up.

“Did I do good?” I asked him. He chuckled at this and nodded.

“Yeah, you did good.” He said, still chuckling before looking at Jaune, seeing him holding out a scrap of paper with the number nine. “Alright Jaune, you're up.” He said. We all turned to look at Jaune, the blonde with the second highest number. He let out a nervous laugh before sighing in defeat.

After some time pass and Ruby finishing up, we were all done with Indi’s class. Some of them were groaning while others are better off, Noah more so as she wants to go again. Yang rolled her arms a bit as she groans.

“Man I never thought I would have a hard time fighting myself,” she said, which everyone agreed with. “But hey, at least I had a ‘yangtastic’ time!”

Everyone groans even more at that. I simply facepalmed. Indigo chuckled at our annoyance, having already cringed at the buxom blond’s pun. He patted Jaune’s back while the latter groaned with his face buried in his hands.

“Even the mimic bot impersonating me is better than me.” He whined a bit. Indigo shook his head and looked at the Jaune sized dent in the wall.

“You just need to improve your fighting style.” Indigo said in a comforting manner, my guess it was out of pity. The redhead girl went over to comfort him as Ruby stumbled over.

“Too… tired...ugh.” she said before flopping forward.

“You and everyone else.” I told her.

“Didn't you go first? How are you still sore?” Weiss asked me. I looked over at her with a look.

“It been close to two hours, not enough for the soreness to leave.” I told her. Weiss frowned at me and was going to say something but Indigo got everyone's attention.

“Alright everyone, class dismissed. I'll see you all tomorrow.” Indigo said, having just hooked his tonfas onto his belt. Everyone soon started to head out of the training room, groaning a bit. I moved my legs a bit to see if I could walk before standing up.

“See ya Indigo.” I said to him. He nodded, pulling out his scroll once before typing in some numbers. Before the doors fully closed, I caught a glimpse of the same image from before, of the heavily scarred and tattooed man.

“Listen, we need to talk.” Was all I could hear before the doors closed. Frowning I started to walk back to my dorm room. As I say dorm room I mean an apartment room that the academy owns that I use. I got this room after being told that I wouldn’t be apart of any team since I got in so late. I didn’t mind it as after a few minutes of walking I finally got there. I opened the door and turned on the light. Putting down my scroll and Molten Coil I went in the bathroom to start a much needed bath with bubbles.

Author's Notes:

For those who asked if Viri would be coming back to Beacon and I been very cryptic about it, here’s your answer: she has to come back or she’ll be written up as a dropout xD