The Occultic Huntsmen (RWBY and Earth)

Swamp Initiation Pt. 1

Mistral Swamp

August 11, 2020

It was morning the next day as all the first year students, including Siavash, Athena, Mitra, Lloyd, Yasu, Atar, Amethyst, and Deriko were all gathered up top a cliffside with the Mistral Swamp down below. They were all standing on silver tiles facing the edge. Professor Bellerose stood in front of the students, holding a tablet in her hands.

"For those of Remnant, you have trained to become warriors and I expect nothing less of that. And as for those of Earth, your training may have been rushed, but from what I have learned of your world, you all take what you have to great use and more. I expect great results, not disappointments. For all of you today, your abilities will be evaluated in the swamps of Mistral."

The students paid close attention as Bellerose continued.

"You will also be given a teammate during this initiation. And they will be with you for the rest of your time here at Haven. Hopefully, you'll work well with each other. The first person you make eye contact with after you all make your landing within the swamp will be your partner for the next four years."

The students looked at each other for a moment before facing the headmistress again.

"After finding yourselves a partner, you all have two objectives; Survive the Grimm infested swamps and find a relic before you make your way to an airship which will take you back to Haven Academy. Your actions will be monitored and graded. You will not receive any aid from any of your instructors. You will be completely on your own. Now are there any questions?

Nobody spoke or raised their hands.

"Excellent. Now everyone, take your positions," Bellerose said.

'The students all got into a stance, preparing to be launched into the swamp.

"Welp... good luck to us," Siavash said.

One by one, the tiles raised up into springboards, rocketing the students into the air, and over and into the swamp, including Amethyst, Siavash, Lloyd, Yasu, Athena, Atar, Mitra, and Deriko. Siavash draws his sword and transformed it into its whip form. He then hurled it at a nearby tree as it wraps itself around a branch. Siavash swung himself safely down onto the ground an retracts his whip. As Amethyst sores through the air, she pulls out a broomstick that has a couple of revolver chambers placed together to where the handle met the bristles. The chambers rotated for a moment until they stopped. The first stopped on fire Dust, and the other gravity Dust. She places the broomstick in between her legs and sat on it as the bristles then caught fire with traces of purple ambers. She sore all the way down until she lands onto a large tree branch.

Mitra was soaring through the air as the disk on the back of her armor spun for a moment before stopping on the Gravity Dust. Her arms and legs started to glow purple as her fall to the ground below started to slow. Mitra hovers to a stop just inches from the ground. Her arms and legs stopped glowing as she safely dropped to the ground. Lloyd pulled out his kusarigama and threw the cycle at a nearby tree branch. He swung down by its chain and landed safely on the ground. Lloyd pulls his weapon back and sheaths it away before looking for his new partner.

Atar readied his gauntlet blades and shot his blades at a couple of trees. Swinging down from the chains of his weapons, Atar was able to land onto the ground as he then retracted his blades and chains. Deriko pulls out a Winchester rifle and fires a few shots at the ground, slowing down his fall. He lands onto a nearby tree branch, then jumps on to another before jumping down to the ground.

Athena pulls out her handle as a hard-light sickle as she then snags it onto a tree branch. She swung around for a moment before dropping down to the ground safely before wandering off to find herself a partner. Yasu draws out his katanas and slices through some tree branches that he was falling towards. He then lunged his katanas into a thick tree branch stopping his fall as he was hanging over the ground a few feet. Yasu pulled his weapons away and dropped to the ground and then ran deep into the woods to find a partner.