It's a new year at Beacon Academy and that means new students. Ace Dodger is one of those new students. Despite having lost both of his parents 6 years ago, he kept following his dream to be a Huntsman. With his childhood friend, Ray, he looks forwa...
During our second day in Argus, Jaune, Ren, and Nora had gone to the Atlesian Military base to try and get us a way to get to Atlas. While they were out doing that, I had decided to stay back and help Saphron with a couple things around her house. As I finished the last thing, I turned to Saphron and said, "Alright, that's all done." She smiled and said, "Thanks, Ace." I smiled and said, "Don't mention it. It's the least I could do for you and your wife letting us stay here. Anyway, I'm going to go find the others. We'll be back later." She nodded and I left. Eventually I found them and said, "Judging from the looks on your faces, I take it that it didn't go well." Jaune replied, "Nope. They wouldn't even consider it." I sighed and said, "Well, it was better than not trying at all." I then checked my Scroll to see if I could pick up Ruby's Scroll signal and was surprised to see it within range.
I looked at the others and said, "Guys, I've picked up Ruby's signal!" They looked at me relieved and I quickly called her. She answered it and said, "Uh, hello?" I replied and said, "Ruby! Oh, thank you! I've been checking my Scroll for your signal since we made it to the city!" She replied, "The city? Wait..." Knowing that they had reached Argus, the four of us headed towards the entrance to the city. As we made our way through the crowd, the bubbly ginger-haired girl in pink shouted, "Cute! Boy! OZ!!!" Nora pointed her finger to the group as Oscar looked over in confusion. He was then tackle hugged by Nora as she said, "Oh, come here!"
Jaune, Ren, and I followed up behind her, as Ren hugged Yang and said, "Are you all okay?" Jaune hugged Blake and added, "We were so worried!" Yang replied, "It's been kind of a crazy trip." Weiss responded and said, "That's an understatement." I noticed an elderly woman with dark skin and long silver hair with them. Noticing her as well, Nora said, "Wait, who's the old lady?" Blake spoke up and said, "I'm so glad you're all safe." Weiss added, "Seriously..." Nora replied, "Ah! You're gonna love this place!"
As everyone else engaged in their own conversations, I walked up to Ruby and gave her a big hug. I rested my chin on her head and said, "I'm glad you're all okay. Ruby spoke up and said, "Hey. I promised, didn't I?" I smiled as tears welled up in my eyes and I said, "Yeah, you did." I wiped my eyes and gave Ruby a kiss on the head. We parted from the hug as I turned to the others and said, "It's good to see you guys."
Later on, we were all traveling through the city on one of the trolleys. Yang spoke up and said, "It's a lot bigger than I thought it'd be." I replied, "It's actually one of the largest non-capital cities in all of Remnant." Ruby gasped and said, "No way! But wait, wouldn't it be harder to settle something this big away from the main Kingdom?" Jaune answered and said, "Well, it was, until Mantle showed up. Early settlement attempts by Mistral didn't go well. But colonists from Mantle were able to help them brave the cold climate and return for goods that Solitas couldn't provide." Ren continued off of Jaune and said, "The two nations worked together to create a hybrid city. While it falls under Mistral domain, Atlas keeps a military presence here to help keep the people safe and keep trade between the two nations steady." Nora then added, "Well, until recently..."
The trolley made a stop and we all hopped off as Blake said, "We should probably start looking for a ship." Oscar turned to Jaune and said, "So, where have you guys been staying?" Jaune chuckled nervously before a voice across the street called out to us and said, "There you are!" As the trolley left, Saphron, who had Adrian in her arm, became came into view on the other side of the street, waving to Jaune. Yang spoke up and said, "Is that...?" Jaune smiled and waved back as he spoke up and said, "Hey, Saph." Ruby then zoomed in, all starry-eyed. She looked back and forth between Jaune and Saphron, and gasped upon realizing who the woman is.
3rd Person POV
The group later reconvened in the living room at Saphron's house and Ruby said, "I can't believe I'm meeting your sister! I have so many questions." Nora replied, "Oh, I can give you the rundown later!" Jaune groaned and said, "Will you guys knock it off?" Saphron answered and said, "What? I love telling stories about my baby brother." She squeezed Jaune's cheek as he groaned while also flailing his arms at his elder sister and said, "I am not a baby! That is a baby." He pointed at Adrian, who huffed back at him. Yang and Weiss got all wide-eyed as they fuss over Adrian. Both of them make baby talk at him. Then Blake spoke up and said, "So Saphron, you're the only Arc living here?" Ruby noticed a picture on the bookshelf of the Arc siblings all together could be seen.
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Saphron answered and said, "Yep! Moved the second I could. Jaune and I are the only two living away from home. I guess he just wanted to be like his big sis." Jaune groaned in reply, to which Saphron responded teasingly, "Aw, you didn't deny it!" The two siblings play fought with each other by pulling each other's cheeks. Then, a door was heard opening and a dark-haired woman with glasses was seen walking in with bags of groceries. As Saphron introduced her wife, Terra Cotta, Ace walked over and said, "Here, Terra, let me give you a hand with that." Ace took some of the grocery bags from Terra as everyone else greeted her. Terra chuckled and said, "Why, hello there! Wow, quite a party, you weren't kidding." Ace followed Terra in the kitchen to help her with the groceries.
