RWBY: Rise of the King (Volume I-III)

Chapter 2: Arrival at Beacon and The Alpha Predator

No One's Pov

Several ships carrying students and docking at the entrance of the school. As soon as one lands, Jaune Arc emerges and goes over to the nearest trash can, hunching over it as he loses his lunch.

Ruby and Yang, alongside several other students, walk out of the ship and head down the paved path to the front of the school.

"Wow..." Both Ruby and Yang said as they take in the entirety of Beacon Academy.

"The view from Vale's got nothing on this!" Yang said.

Ruby was getting so excited that she became a 2-D, starry-eyed, floating chibi. "Ohmygosh, sis! That kid's got a collapsible staff! And she's got a fire sword!" she tries getting closer, but Yang pulls her sister by the hood back into realistic proportions. "Ow! Ooww!"

"Easy there, little sister. They're just weapons!" Yang said.

'Just weapons'? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us! Oh, they're so cool!" Ruby replied.

"Well, why can't you swoon over your own weapon? Aren't you happy with it?" Yang asked.

Ruby then transforms her weapon into its scythe form. "Of course, I'm happy with Crescent Rose! I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people, but better..."

Yang playfully pushes her sister's hood down over her face. "Ruby, come on, why don't you go try and make some friends of your own?"

Ruby is taking off her hood. "But... why would I need friends if I have you?"

"Well..."  Yang started to say, but in a flash, a group of other students surround Yang, and they all dash down the road. "Actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up. 'Kay, see ya, bye!"

Ruby was spinning and dizzy-eyed from Yang's sudden leaving. "Wait, where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms? Ruby asked, stopping for a moment, still reeling. "I don't know what I'm doing..."

Ruby falls backward into a luggage cart, sending cases flying. Someone is standing over her.

"What are you doing?!" A voice called out

Ruby was getting up on her hands. "Uh, sorry!"

"Sorry?! Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?" Weiss asked.

Ruby was holding a case. "Uuhhh..."

"Give me that!" Weiss said as she snatched the luggage from Ruby and opened it to reveal its
twinkling-sounding contents. "This is Dust - mined and purified from the Schnee quarry!"

"Uuuhhhh..." Ruby replied.

What are you, brain-dead? Weiss asked, holding out a vial of red dust and shutting the case. "Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!"

"I... I know... Ruby starts to say, but she was coughing from the Dust pouring into her face.

"Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?!" Weiss asked.

Ruby, who had been receiving more and more Dust to her face, finally sneezes, which erupts into a full-blown explosion of flame, snowflakes, and electricity right onto Weiss. The bottle she had been holding flies over the courtyard and at the feet of Blake Belladonna, who picks it up and notices the Schnee Dust Company logo on the side as she reads from a book and looks over at the scene.

Weiss is now covered in soot, though it quickly disappears. "Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!"

Ruby was apologetic and embarrassed. "I'm really, really sorry!"