The initiation is already beginning with multiple students flying through the air. Each and everyone of them has a unique landing strategy, well...mostly. With many of them already back on the ground, only Jaune is flailing around like a scared kid. Pyrrah is the one to spot him out of the air and readies her weapon in its spear form, throwing it to the exact location of Jaune's impact. 

Jaune(from afar):" Thank you."

Pyrrah:" I'm sorry."

It was alright for this moment, but they have to fulfill their objective. Obtaining a relic and making it back to the top of the cliff alive. Of course it's easier said than done, but huntsmen and huntresses are known to never quit. Or that is what the world makes young people believe. In history, there have been some cases where huntsmen and huntresses strayed from their path and turned against each other. It has never been a pretty sight to see, but that is none of their concerns right now. Especially since Y/N is picking off every Grimm he comes across. The young man is slightly smiling as he walks through the forrest. His katana has tasted a lot of Grimm and yet he still has it. Right now, his E/C orbs fly over the blade itself.

Y/N:" This is a great katana. I never thought I'd be able to craft such a nice weapon for myself. Maybe I'm able to go on missions soon..."

His train of thought is broken though when a loud snarl is echoing around him. A lone beowolf makes itself known, spotting the young huntsman. The beast is stepping closer, its claws digging into the dirt while it tries to observe its prey. But Y/N isn't showing any kind of fear or nervousness. No, he gets up and turns towards the dark creature, focussing on every little movement.

Y/N:" You won't be the last to be cut down. I wish there was an easier way to erase this pest."

Then, within the blink of an eye, Y/N is right in front of the Beowolf. He brings his katana up and is about to strike at its head, when its claw hits his stomach and pushes the H/C hared boy away. The attack isn't as forcefull as expected, but there still was some strength behind it. Chuckling, Y/N swats his hair out of his face and walks back into position. The Beowolf itself is ready to pounce at him and makes itself ready to do so when suddenly a shot rings through the forrest, killing the beast and confusing the man. Then, a second later, Yang steps out from the bushes and looks around, only to spot her instructor.

Yang:" Oh, hey there. I didn't expect to find you here."

Y/N:" That was my kill, Xiao-Long."

Yang:" Don't be like that. I bet you've got more than enough Grimm on your count...Anyway, do you know how to get to the relics? I think I moved in the wrong direction."

Y/N:" Ozpin clearly said north of the forrest. We're slightly north-east by now.....Ugh, I can't believe I'm offering this, but I could accompany you to the ruins."

Yang:" Wouldn't that give me and my partner an unfair advantage?"

Y/N:" Depends on who your partner is."

Yang:" Oh, Blake is my partner. That shouldn't be too bad."

Y/N:" Okay then...Follow me. If you fall behind, don't expect me to wait."

Blake:" You really aren't showing any excitement for this."

Y/N:" Ten.......Nine......Eight....."

Yang:" He's counting down. Come on, let's follow him."

With that, Yang and Blake run after Y/N who just wants some peace for himself. He never expected to meet so many different people. Many of them are literally obnoxious. Others are way too excited for their own good. This sin't something Y/N wanted from the oncoming years. Yet there he is, being in the company of two girls who couldn't be any more different from each other. Yang seems very open and ready to kick ass as soon as she sees an enemy while Blake is more self-centered and quiet.

Y/N:" This is gonna be a very strange amount of time we're spending here."

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Meanwhile Ruby is in a different part of the forrest, trying to find a partner while evaluating her choices. She currently runs through the forrest on her own while her mind runs wild.

Ruby:" There's always Jaune...he's nice. He's funny...I don't think he's very good in a fight, though.................Oh, what about Blake? So mysterious, so calm. plus she likes books! Well, then again, I doubt I would be able to hold a conversation with her......Then there still is Y/N. He seems...alright, I guess. He may seem like he doesn't like to socialize, but maybe he just never had the right friends around...But, he isn't participating in the initiation. He has his own dorm, I think...and I don't know much about how he fights.....Ugh, this is bad. Okay, who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, Y/N and..."

The first person Ruby lays eyes on when she exits the bushes is Weiss. Excitement has a different kind of expression on it, so it's to be expected that the white haired girl just scoffs and walks away. Their troubles from the day before make it hard for them to already get along.

Ruby:" What's the hurry?"

Weiss:" I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow. I swear, if I get a bad grade because of your- What the?"

Ruby just appears a moment later right in front of Weiss, although she was the one lacking behind. The black and red dressed girl is still way too excited, yet she only tries to make friends as good as she can.

Ruby:" I'm not slow, you see? You don't have to worry about me!"

Weiss:" When did-?"

Ruby:" Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters. You're about to see a whole different side of me today, Weiss. And after all that is over, you'll be like: 'Wow, that Ruby girl s really really cool...and I wanna be her firend."

And with that, Ruby is gone again, using her semblance to move around while leaving Weiss alone. In the depths of the forrest. With Grimm lurking around the whole area.

Weiss:" You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time. Ruby?...Ruby?"

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Back with Y/N, Blake and Yang, the blond girl is looking around for anyone else. It has been a few minutes since they left the other part of the forrest, trying to get closer to the ruins. A few bushes are rustling around them and Blake doesn't pay them any attention when Y/N stops in his tracks.

Yang:" Y/N, what's the matter?"

Y/N:" Grimm. Two Ursa. You wanna show everyone how good you are? Then get rid of these things on your own."

The big man then leaps towards a low hanging tree branch and sits down on it, observing the two teammates. They are confused for a second before changing into their respective battle stances. The grimm don't take long to charge forward as Yang sidesteps her opponent while Blake creates a shadow clone of herself, making her way out of the attack. This is only the start, they know. But what is coming later on will force them to fight together. Y/N just watches on with a sceptical look on his face, knowing that the two will overcome a lot of harder battles. He knows the White Fang is still in town, Roman Torchwick is running around freely and many more crimes have been commited. It holds him up from time to time, but right now, this test is more important.

Y/N:" Good singles work, both of you. But i want you to act as teammates. You need to coordinate each others attacks."

They nod and then keep fighting, wearing down their enemies while trying to retain most of their aura. Soon the first Ursa gets blasted through a row of trees and dissolves at the end of it while the second is roaring at Yang. Its paw is already in the air, ready to strike, but it also falls to the ground with the blade of Blake's weapon in its neck.

Yang:" I could've taken him."

Y/N:" Alright, good performance. The two of you still have a long way to go, but you're moving in the right direction...Let's go get some relics."

Yang:" We can't catch a break, can we?"

Y/N:" You don't know who or what is coming your way in the next few seconds. Taking a break is only considerable when there is no danger present in the area you're in."

Blake:" How do you know that?"

Y/N:" I survived a few years in the wild on my own. I was killing Grimm and bandits. everything they had on them, belonged to me and when I was near a small town, I sold that stuff to get myself some food and other necessaties...When you run from home, you don't have many options."

Yang:" Ran from h-"

Y/N:" Get moving again, girls. I will not be responsible for any injuries that may occur."

It's hard to follow the man, but they do what they're told and walk after him, keeping their eyes on their surroundings. Y/N is harsh for a moment, but then there is this gentle undertone in his voice. Yet most of the time, he scares people with it. Yang and Blake have felt this way last night, when he ordered everyone back to their sleeping bags. Their thoughts are still locked on what he meant with the last part they heard, but interruptions on their mission are not in order for now. When they make it through another few miles of land, they find the ruins they were supposed to gather at. Y/N just casually walks towards the structure while Yang and Blake admire it for a moment, before following him again.

Y/N:" So he chose chess pieces for this year. His demands get weirder and weirder every time."

Blake:" Should we take one?"

Yang:" That's why we're here. Let's choose one...Hmm, how about a cute little pony?"

Blake:" Sure."

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Meanwhile Ruby and Weiss are fighting of a pack of beowolves as best as they can. It's supposed to be easy enough to pass, but also hard enough to keep it challenging for everyone. Right now Weiss aims her rapier at a Grimm and is about to blast some fire dust its way when suddenly Ruby appears and cuts it down, making the dust be shot at a random tree and setting it aflame. Panic creeps its way onto the Grimm, making them howl while the girls run from the fire that spreads. Ruby isn't particularly thrilled because of this.

Ruby:" What was that?! That should've been easy!"

Weiss:" Well, perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placement of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forrest on fire!"

Ruby:" What's that supposed to mean?"

Weiss:" I'm just surprised that someone who talks so much communicates so little during an encounter."

Ruby:" Well, I'm sorry that you need my help to win a fight. I'm just fine on my own."

Weiss:" Well, congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak their way into Beacon. Bravo."

The tarade goes on while they walk through the woods, trying to make their way to where they're supposed to be. Glynda and Ozpin on the other hand are monitoring their students and review the already formed pairs.

Glynda:" Our last pair has benn formed, sir. Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy. I can't possibly see those two getting along. Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos. I don't care what his transcripts say, that Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat....I guess we'll find out soon enough...Which makes me wonder about young Y/N. He acts way too mature for his own age and yet, he is more comfortable with using his voice already. You mentioned a few things about him already, but what is the truth about him?.........Professor Ozpin?"

Ozpin:" Please be a little more patient, Glynda. The time will come soon when i will tell you everything about him."

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( I Will skip the fight against the Nevermore and the Deathstalker. I may seem lazy, but it would just drag the chapter into a length I don't have planned for it for now.)

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After the students came back, they all assembled back in the auditorium and awaited their teams to be annonced. Almost all of them are through already, except for three more teams. Right  now, there are four guys on stage, posing like they would care about what Ozpin says about them.

Ozpin:" Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark. The four of you retreived the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as...Team CRDL (Cardinal), led be Cardin Winchester."

After that is the group of a blond boy, a blakc haired boy, a ginger girl and of course, the scarlet haired warrior, Pyrrah Nikos herself.

Ozpin:" Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrah Nikos, Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retreived the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as...Team JNPR(Juniper), led by Jaune Arc."

Jaune:" Huh? Led by...?"

Ozpin:" Congrats, young man."

This makes Pyrrah very proud of her partner, so she hits his arm maybe a bit too forceful, making Jaune fall to the ground. She immiediatly helps him back up and the four of them leave the stage to make room for the last team.

Ozpin:" And finally...Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao-Long. The four of you retreived the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as...Team RWBY(Ruby), led by Ruby Rose."

Yang:" I'm so proud of you."

Of course the attention stays on them for a moment, but then Ozpin clears his throat again and asks Y/N to step up from his current spot. He sighs and so, the man with H/C hair makes his way onto the stage. He zurns towards the students, but averts his gaze from all of their faces.

Ozpin:" The young man has proven to be a helpful ally to all of you. He helped you around the forrest when danger was too close to any of you. He made sure you stayed alive while making your way up the cliff again. Y/N will be support for any team that needs another member to come along...Congratulations, Mr. Nikos."

The room falls silent immediatly as Ozpin already leaves and Y/N begins to shake. Shock is written all around as Pyrrah can't believe what she just heard. The man who stands on stage is supposed to be her long lost brother, yet her parents never told her about him. The girl is about to run up to Y/N, but the boy doesn't respond. No, he rushes out of the area and looks for the elevator towards Ozpin's office. Team RWBY and the rest of Team JNPR all assemble around Pyrrah. She lost focuss on everything else, but she can't ignore the people around.

Yang:" Did I hear that right? Y/N is supposed to be your brother?"

Jaune:" Did you know about that? Why did he never say anything?

Pyrrah:" I don't know anything about him. I...I was led to believe that I was the only child of my family. I'm sorry, but I have to go see the headmaster."

With that, the scarlett haired girl runs towards the elevator as well. It shook her through every single bone, now having the information that there was another child in the family. She knows that her dad was going to the basement very often and that she wasn't allowed to enter it at any time, but revealing it only after initiation fills the girl with rage. When she reaches the elevator, the doors are still open, so she steps in, not looking at the person who is in there with her. Y/N is trying his best not to lash out at her at the moment, but his will proves that he can hold himself back.

Y/N:" So you heard him...You finally know what 'our' parents didn't want you to know..."

Pyrrah:" Y/N, I'm so sorry. I was lied to. I was being kept from asking questions about what was going on. I didn't know that you existed."

Y/N:" And Remnant would've preferred it that way..."

The doors open soon after, making the two step out. Pyrrah is keeping her composure while Y/n is full on anger. He walks closer to Ozpin with a low growl in his voice. Luckily Glynda is there to hold him at a good distance.

Y/N:" Why did you do that?! Why would you reveal that to the world, Ozpin?! I trusted you!"

Ozpin:" Y/N, you have to understand: I did it for the future of your family."

Y/N:" I don't have a family...I have two older people neglecting and abusing me for years...I bled, I starved and still I never slept......They kept me in the basement where my 'father' would beat me senseless. I have more scars than anyone around."

Glynda:" Mr. Nikos, I have to ask you to calm down and lower your voice."

The E/C eyed boy gives in after a minute and steps back, leaning against the nearest pillar while Pyrrah takes a seat in front of Ozpin. She still thinks that this isn't true, yet the older man in front of her opens the file about Y/N, showing her every detail. Her green eyes take in every word carefully while sometimes looking back at Y/N. It seems so unreal. The lies she has heard all through her childhood and early youth made her blind to the possibility that she had a brother.

Ozpin:" I'm sure you have a lot of questions, Miss Nikos. And the things I could gather about Y/N seem true...Are they, Y/N?"

Y/N:"........Yes.......Although I wish they weren't.....................Then maybe this wouldn't have been brought to the light........"

Pyrrah:" Y/n, i see that you are two years older than me...Yet you haven't been to another combat academy than Sanctum.......You dropped out at the age of twelve due to......family issues as it was stated in the file.......How did you become the fighter you are now?"

Y/N:".......I survived in the woods, in abandoned villages and by stealing verything I could.........The combat part was easy with a semblance like mine.........................You don't want to witness it, believe me........................"

Pyrrah:" But why would mom and dad keep this from me? Why didn't I know about you?"

Y/N:" Because I was a failure..............I couldn't swim.......I couldn't read properly....I couldn't even unlock my aura on my own until..............................Until I used my semblance on the woman you call 'mother'....Due to that, I was excluded from eating anything together with you.........I was chained to the wall in the basement....They said I would never be a huntsman...That I was too weak, that I would break down from the pressure.....They believed I would die the moment a Grimm would find me............"

Pyrrah:" And so you ran..."

Y/N:" One day after training, I heard you asking questions...I knew you wanted to see what was kept in the lower level of our house...And they denied you...They said you shouldn't worry....They were right though...........You shouldn't worry. You, the great Pyrrah Nikos, should not worry bout a little scum like me......You won the Mistral regional tournament four times in a row for crying out loud!...You're smarter, stronger, more clever and so much of what I can never be...Geez, I don't even know how I was accepted into Beacon. I just got asked to come here......."

Pyrrah:" But you don't look like you're weak or dumb......You did an excellent job in the Emerald forrest, protecting all of us. And you even made it back without any injuries on yourself....So why did you abandone our family?"

Y/N:" Oh, you're blaming it on me now. I suppose you don't know what it feels like to be...carved up, thrown into cold water, beaten senseless, having multiple bones broken as they pierce your lungs...I lost my voice because I refused to speak and I never got anything to eat or drink...our other relatives never heard anything about me, just like you.....I hated the Nikos family, so I got rid of these green eyes and the scarlett hair.....I am not a Nikos anymore...I am Y/N L/N and there is nothing you or these bastards of parents could ever do to even the playing field......."

Ozpin:" Y/N, I know it seems unlikely that you will forgive your parents, but Pyrrah was always looking for clues to meet you. She asked everyone in Sanctum academy if they knew who you were and where you've been......Pyrrah, would you be so kind to show him the picture you found of him?"

She just nods and rumages through her wallet, taking out a small photo and then she walks over to Y/N who shoots an ice cold glare at her. Before the girl can give the picture to him, he snatches it from her hand and examines it.

Y/N:" Those were the years before the abusement and neglection. It was my sixth birthday while you were four already.............After that, I was nothing to them anymore....Who tells me that I mean anything to you now?"

Pyrrah:" I know it hurts deep inside, but I want to have my family back together. I want you to be the brother I supposedly never had...Mom and dad regret what they did to you all those years....I may not speak in their name, but I want you to know that you're important."

Y/N:" To who? This isn't a reunion...I never wanted this to happen, yet Ozpin over here decided to blow everyone's mind.......Whatever they want you to believe, I want no part of it..."

So Y/N leaves the room and rides down with the elevator while Pyrrah stays for the rest of the conversation. Tears dwell up in her eyes as she turns back to Ozpin and Glynda. She feels betrayed by her parents while her professors keep other details from her. Y/N on the other hand is avoiding everyone he comes across in the hallway. He hides himself in his jacket while walking to his dorm. The door is fast unlocked and so Y/N walks in, locks the door again, closes the curtains and sits down against the wall, shaking uncontrollably. Memories of his past flood back into his mind.

--- Flashback ---

Y/N's birthday was over already. He was six at the moment, loving what he did so far. He was in his room at the moment when his father walked in. The boy turned around and was about to run towards the older man, but F/N stopped him. Y/N looked at him as F/N picked him up and brought him down to the living room.

Y/N:" Daddy, why are we going down?"

F/N:" Your mother and I need to talk to you about something. Judging from how it goes, it will not change our perception towards you."

Y/N:" Okay daddy."

Just a moment later, the two were in the living room where M/N was already waiting for them. F/N and M/N looked at their son. They explained what a semblance is to him and the boy was excited to find out what his is.

F/N:" Okay, son. I want you to focuss on one of us. I want to know how you want to use it and if it can help you in combat..."

Y/N just closed his eyes and focussed on his mother. He sees the same room he was in before his eyes, but it had a lot of different things going on. The small things that were standing in shelves or cases were falling to ash while the walls decayed. He heard a  gasp and when he opened his eyes again, the world was still affected by the boys' semblance while his parents where terrified when they saw his face. It was all distorted and showed the most aweful smile a child could ever bring up.

F/N:" Alright, Y/N. Stop...Deactivate your semblance!......Son, stop!"

The boy tried, but Y/N can't break out of it. His eyes shot back to M/N who was crying. She cried in pain while taking her eyes off of the boy. Her mental state suffered and so she immediatly left the room. F/N pulled out a bag and a rope and put them on and around the boys' head, taking him to another room. The boy was panicked and didn't know what was happening until he felt cold steel on his arms.

Y/N:" Dad, what happened? Why was mommy crying? Did I do something wrong?"

F/N:" I'm sorry, but your semblance doesn't seem to be made for battle. Unfortunately it hurt your mother in two different ways and I couldn't keep you up in the living room."

Y/N:" But I have school tomorrow. I have friends. You can't keep me down here."

F/N:" I'm sorry, son..."

That was the first day after Y/N used his semblance. He never intended to hurt anyone, let alone his own mother. He felt bad, he felt aweful. The basement was cold and dark. It hurt him more than anything, yet this was only the start of something worse to come.

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