RWBY: More Than Meets The Eye

Chapter 2- Crash On Entry

Several Millennia Later
Four protoforms come flying toward a planet only known as Remnant. Unfortunately they were all separated by a couple weeks. The first was headed toward the Emerald Forest by fiery entry. Some of the people thought it was a shooting star but a few others had other thoughts.

Beacon Academy, The Next Morning
A middle-aged man with silver hair and brown eyes looked over at the satellite field of the meteorite from last night. He wore shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. His outfit mainly consists of an unzipped black suit over a dark green, buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wears black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. He looked over it with interest. A blonde middle-aged woman with green eyes and glasses wearing a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings. She wore black boots with bronze heels, and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside. The cut of the cape is stylized to end in flames and arrows, with a row of diamond-shaped bronze beads on the back. She asked, "What is your interest in what crashed into the Emerald Forest, Professor Ozpin?" Ozpin answered, "Glynda, from the looks of it, I'm thinking that it is no meteorite." Glynda questioned, "Then what could it be?" He gave some thought about her question as he replied, "I don't know, but it's right in the middle of the Emerald Forest and it seems General Ironwood also has interest in it." Glynda frowned, "Of course."

Meanwhile At The Emerald Forest
The Cybertronian pod that crashed smack in the middle of the Emerald Forest was critically damaged but the protoform within was unharmed and a cylinder device with a sphere pointed up. The device lit up four holographic yellow curtains of light and they slowly circled around its surroundings. "Teletran-1 objective: scan local lifeforms for protoform," droned the pod's terminal.

One of the curtains went through a pack of Beowolves.

Another went through a Nevermore flying nearby.

A third scanned an Atlesian airship that was temporarily short circuited from its beam before going functional again. "What was that?" asked one of the pilots. The other pilot shrugged, "I don't know but we should report it to the general."

The fourth scanned a wrecked automobile in the forest.

The lights flickered off as the device went down into the pod as it suddenly started to short circuit. The pod's terminal droned, "Critical scanner damaged. Replication error. Data tracks unrecoverable..." The pod's door opened as a Beowolf climbed out and got in all fours on the ground. This particular Beowolf had Nevermore wings, talons on its hind legs, and tail feathers. "W-Where am I?" said the Beowolf as he then looked around at his surroundings. He looked at himself as he added, "What and who am I?" The pod's terminal responded, "Name: Grim... wing. Designation: Autobot. Alt mode: Unknown and damaged. Planet: Unknown. Teletran-1 systems shutting down..." The Beowolf wondered, "Hm, Grimwing... I guess that's my name, and I'm an Autobot, whatever that is." Grimwing looked at his clawed hands and wingspan. He wondered if he could fly. Then he looked up in the sky and smiled, "Let's see." Grimwing leaped up and began flapping his wings as he started to enjoy flying. "This is quite fun," smiled Grimwing. "I wonder if anything else can fly." That's when he then saw the Atlesian airship. "What a strange-looking creature," commented Grimwing. "But it can fly, too."

The pilots in the Atlesian airship also saw the flying Beowolf. "What the heck?" gasped the second pilot. "A flying Beowolf? How'd that-?" The first pilot shook off from his shock and declared, "Never mind that! Let's kill it!"

Grimwing was startled when the airship started rushing toward him quickly as he started to fly away. "Looks like whatever that creature is," said Grimwing. "Doesn't like competition in the air!" The airship then started to fire its weapons at Grimwing quickly avoided the gunfire. The airship was starting to gain on Grimwing as he growled, "Scrap! If only I could go faster!" As if on cue, his wings made circular jet propellers and his calves grew thrusters. Grimwing did indeed go faster, which made him scream in surprise.

The pilots were also surprised by this and the thrusters blinded them. They both stopped the airship to rub their eyes from the sudden bright flash. When they finished, they noticed that the flying Beowolf was gone. "Where did that come from?" asked the second pilot. The first pilot gave it some thought as he replied, "Whatever it was, it came from that meteorite crater. Let's report back to the general. I've got a feeling we haven't seen the last of that flying Beowolf." The airship then flew on its way back to Beacon Academy.

Grimwing was still flying very fast and out of control until finally he landed face first into the dirt. "Scrap, that hurt," muttered Grimwing. "I'm gonna need practice on landing." The wing propellers and thrusters shifted away as he got back up and sat down leaning against a tree. Then Grimwing heard a female robotic voice say, "Energon levels depleted. Levels must be replenished before the risks of going into stasis lock and getting perished." He asked, "What is Energon? Where am I going to find it?" The robotic voice answered, "Energon is the fuel and lifeblood of all Cybertronians. There is a source about four megacyles due north." Grimwing asked, "I thought I was an Autobot?" The robotic voice explained, "An Autobot is a faction of Cybertronians from the planet Cybertron. All questions will be answered only after Energon levels are replenished." He nodded, "Okay." Then he started to walk on all fours north on his way to the Energon source.