Team Topaz

Ashton

"Ow.... Dame." I rubbed the back of my head and got up from the dirt. I dust off my clothes. I brushed the dirt off my black jean shorts and dust off my orange shoes. Adjust my Gray shirt and black veat hoodie. Wiped the dirt off my forehead with my orange sweat bands. I'm glad my head phones were around my neck or else they would have been busted. I brushed.... Is this ice? Why the hell did ice fall on my head. Whatever, I just brush it off my orange hair. "Sigh, man where is she?" I look around me and all I see is trees, trees, hey a bush. This is such a hassle. I need to get to get to higher ground. I grabbed my staff the was attached to my shorts. It was a foot long now but I pushed a white button and it grow to a 6ft long metal pole. I nocked a trick arrow from my quiver and pulled the string from the staff and it bended in to a bow. I aimed at the top of a tall tree. I shot the bow and it nailed at the tree. I pushed a black button and the arrows shot a black rope at me. I sided step to right. The rope anchored to the ground. I pulled the anchor out and pressed the black button again the rope reeled me up to the tree with intense speed. I slam into the tree. "Doesn't hurt..... Nope not at all." I put the arrow back in my quiver and sit on a branch. I scan the area. I can see the academy from here. I see a lil twinkle a few hundred years away. "There you are."

"You weren't specific where to meet up." my friend Emma is never easy to deal with. She had short black hair that covered in of her purple eyes. She wore a black and purple dress and dark purple boots that went up to her knees. At her side's she a two daggers at the ready. "Yea but you found me, right?" she said. Well she didn't really say it exactly. She can't speak. When she was lil her family was attacked by a pack of bay wolves. A group of hunters saved her but for her family it was to late. She may have survived, but one of the bay wolves cut her throat. It didn't kill her some how but she lost the ability to speak. The hunters took her to this facility. There she trained her aura to be able to speak. Now she speaks by talking with her brain with the help of her aura. Like telepathy. I met her in the facility. My house burned down when I was lil and I survived. It was my fault. I had discovered my semblance at a very young and irresponsible age. I could summon fire at will. I ran away with no where to go. One night an Ursa attacked. With only fire as my weapon I did my best to fight it off. The result: one dead Ursa, and 2 lost arms. I passed out there in the woods and woke up in a white room. When I did they told me they replaced my arms with titanium cybernetic arms. Thou they're titanium they match the color of my skin so it's hardly noticeable. Since me and Emma both lost something from a grim attack we had something in common. We spent our lives together training and talking about going to Beacon to become hunter and huntress. Now here we are. "So now what, why did you call me over here?" we sat on a branch high above the ground. Emma just closed her eyes and let the wind brush against her face. "No reason just wanted to chill before we go in, since we were on different planes." "That's nice and all but we're gonna be late to the Welcome ceremony." she leaned against the tree. "We'll make it." I let out a sigh and just let myself hang upside down. I've known Emma for most of my life, she like a sister to me. Its hard to say no to her. "I heard that there will be teams. 4 teamates only." "Hmm that's cool. Be cool if we were on the same team." "Yea." she sounded a lil down. I looked at her and she looked sad. "You nervous?" she nodded. "We've trained a lot. We got this." I said. I sat right side up. "Come on. We gotta go." jumped down from branch to branch untill we got solid ground. We ran for the the school.

Once we go in the building it was packed with students. Some just standing there looking at the stage in the back waiting, some talked with one another, others showed of their weapons. Me and Emma merged with the crowd. Finally a last with short blond hair, rectangle glasses, white button down, black dress pants and a purple cape came up to the stage along with a tall man with gray hair, small circle glasses and black and green suit. He walk up to the mic. "I'll keep this brief. You have come here today in search of knowledge. To horn your craft and acquire new skill. And when you finish you plan to dedicate your life for the protection of the people. But as I look among you all I see is wasted energy. In need of purpose... Direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this. But time at this school will prove to you that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." He stepped off the stage without another word. The lady walk up to the microphone. "Tonight you will sleep in the ballroom. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." I looked back at Emma. She looked just as confused as I was. " I thought welcoming ceremonies were suppose to welcome us in with a warm fuzzy feeling." "I don't think he's all about warm and fuzzy. Come on let's get out of here."

"Feels like camping." Emma said in my head. "Should I get some marshmallows?" "I'll get the chocolate." she smiled as I laughed. The ball room was huge enough to hold all of us. They gave us sleeping bags to sleep in. Not the comfiest thing to sleep in at school but it'll do for now. "Lights out!" someone yell and the light were well out. We got in our bags and tried to get some rest. "Ashton. You still awake?" she asked. "Really I just got in my bag." I thought back to her. Since she can talk to me I'm my mind I can do the same. All I have to do is think of words and she can hear it. "Are you nervous for tomorrow." "Not really. Why you?" "a lil. I just hope we're on the same team. Your the only dumbass I can stand." I let out a small laugh. "Same goes for you. Get some shut eye we go shit to do tomorrow." "Ok, night." "Night."

And that's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed this. The art again is from my gf. If you wanna see more like that you know where to go. Thanks for reading.