Brave New World

Chapter 5: The Demons Within

As everyone else made it down into the forest, Steven remained in the air to try to find his objective before heading into the forest, that way he knew which way to go. He wasn't going to fly all the way there though, that was too easy, he wanted to have some fun in the forest. Steven could see Yang launching ahead of everyone else, boosting herself in the air with her shotgun gauntlets called Ember Celica. Ruby used Crescent Rose to hook onto a tree and spin around, slowing herself down safely. Some others hopped from tree top to tree top before descending to the forest grounds.

Steven looked ahead, trying to find this temple Ozpin was talking about. After a minute or so, he was able to spot some ruins to the north in a small clearing and believed that is was probably the temple in question. So Steven descended onto the forest floor, looking around before returning to a human to make sure no one saw him, before proceeding north.

As Steven made his way north, he made sure he had Der Befreier at the ready, just in case. Along his route, he was thinking about who his partner would be, excited at the thought. The rules were that the first person you made eye contact with in the forest would be your partner for the next four years, so Steven kept his eyes open, scanning the area around him for anyone.

Meanwhile, Ruby had just landed in the forest, and began sprinting through the forest. She was running with one goal in mind: find her sister Yang, and be her partner. That way they could always be together and on the same team. Ruby also thought about contingencies, such as Jaune, but realized he probably wasn't the best fighter, as well as Blake, the girl with the black hair and black bow with amber eyes he saw the night before. Truth be told, Steven never noticed her amber eyes, as that would have probably reminded him of Jenny who also had amber eyes from time to time. Anyways, Ruby was running through the forest, hoping that she was able to find Yang before anyone else. Suddenly, however, she was forced to stop, as she saw someone in front of her.

Low and behold, in front of Ruby, was Weiss Schnee, the pale, white haired girl. Ruby slowly raised her eyes to meet Weiss' before Weiss simply turned around in rejection.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Ruby said as Weiss walked away. "We're supposed to be teammates." She said to herself, Weiss clearly not listening.

As Weiss walked through the forest, she was surprised, but not happy, when she came across Jaune Arc pinned to a tree by Pyrrha's sword, which she had thrown a minute or so ago to catch him before he landed.

Jaune looked down at Weiss and waved and laughed nervously, before Weiss turned around once more, and walked in the other direction, choosing the lesser of two evils it seemed. A look of defeat showed on Jaune's face.

Ruby hung her head down in sadness. As Weiss began to walk towards her again, she began, "By no means does this make us friends." Before grabbing Ruby's hood, dragging her in the opposite direction.

"You came back!" Ruby said in happiness, her arms in the air victorious. Weiss and Ruby were now teammates for the next four years.

"Hey wait! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here?!" Jaune cried out.

"Jaune?" Pyrrha said from below, coming out of the nearby bushes. "Do you... have any spots left on your team?" She said.

"Very funny." Jaune said in response, annoyed, crossing his arms, before ultimately looking over and smiling at Pyrrha. The two locked eyes, making them partners.

As Yang walked through the forest, she called out into the wilderness "Hellooooo?" hoping to get a response. "Is anyone out there? Hellooooo? I'm getting bored here!" she said before turning around, having heard something in the bushes behind her. "Is someone there?" She asked expectedly. When she peered into the bushes, she asked "Ruby, is that you?" before seeing the actual aggressor, and saying "nnnope." with a pop of the 'p', jumping back just in time to dodge a swipe from an Ursa in the bush, a bear like Grimm, just like the one Steven fought during his test. Yang rolled out of the way, and got up and got ready to fight. Cartwheeling back to dodge another swipe from the Ursa, who gave out a grunt just like a bears as he did so, before jumping over Yang to join another Ursa behind her. One of them jumped at her, and Yang took her fist and punched it in the stomach, firing off her shotgun gauntlets, sending the creature flying onto its back. The second tried something similar, only to get an uppercut to the chin, then to the side of the head, both times having shotgun shells fired into it, before falling onto its back, and flopping onto its stomach.