Beacon's Snake

Part 1

Ozpin sat up in his office at the top of the Beacon Academy and sipped his coffee while looking out at the Emerald Forest, but his peace was interrupted by a call from Glynda GoodWitch, his assistant and one of the educators at the academy. "Sir?" Glynda said as her face appeared on a hologram display on Ozpin's desk. "Yes, Glynda?" Ozpin replied. "I've just received word that there have been several attacks on farm animals by some... humanoid creature in the Emerald Forest." Glynda explained. "Hmmm... do they know what it is?" Ozpin asked. "No, many people in the village have seen it but never gotten a good look. The basic description is something that from the waist up is human and from the waist down is a snake." Glynda explained. "Interesting, I'll send some students to check it out. Is it dangerous?" Ozpin asked. "Possibly, whatever it is it seems to avoid humans as much as possible, though a skin sample was found so they can probably track it." Glynda said. "Interesting, bring me the skin sample and I'll call team RWBY, to my office." Ozpin replied. "Right away sir." Glynda said as the hologram of her disappeared. Ozpin pressed a button so his voice would be heard on the loud speaker "Would team RWBY please report to the headmaster's office. Team RWBY report to my office please." Ozpin said into the loudspeaker. Glynda showed up moments later and the two waited for Ruby and her teammates to show up.

"I wonder what Ozpin needs from us." Ruby said as she and her team walked to the elevator that would take them to Ozpin's office. "Maybe someone caught Yang peeking into the boy's locker room again." Blake said. Yang blushed slightly "Hey I haven't done that since two days ago!" Yang said defensively. "Well, We'll know when we get up there." Weiss said with her arms crossed.

The four of them walked into Ozpin's office all clad in their battle outfits "Hey, headmaster, what do you need us for?" Ruby asked. "Well we've recently had a lot of reports of what appears to be a half human half snake creature steeling animals from farms near the Emerald Forest." Ozpin explained. "Wow really?" Ruby asked curiously. "Yes, and I want you girls to see what it is." Ozpin said. "Do you want us to kill it?" Blake asked. "No, I want you to see if it's intelligent, if it is bring it back here so I can have a chat with it. If it's some new form of grimm, then kill it." Ozpin explained. "Okay but how are we supposed to track it?" Ruby asked. "Miss GoodWitch and I thought of that and we've devised a plan." Ozpin said looking back at Glynda.

"You see a skin sample was found at one of the farm houses, where the creature had been. And using the DNA from the skin sample we've made this..." Glynda said as she pulled out a small device with what looked like a compass on the screen. "What is it?" Yang asked. "It's a device that will scan the environment in a ten kilometer range and find whatever has a matching DNA signature to whatever you're looking for." Glynda explained before handing the device to Ruby. "So we can use this to find the thing we're looking for?" Ruby asked. "Yes, now..." Ozpin said before pulling up a map with a red dot in a place that was about nine miles from the school. "This is where the creature was last seen so, that's your best place to start looking." Ozpin said pointing at the dot. "We've arranged for transport to meet you outside the school and take you there." Glynda said. "Alright then, we're off." Ruby said as she placed the device in her pocket and led the group back to the elevator. "Be careful..." Ozpin whispered.

The group made their way to the exit of the school where a carriage was waiting for them, it was pulled by two horses and looked like it was made to carry at least eight people. "Ugh, come on they couldn't get a car or something." Weiss whined. "You're welcome to walk all nine miles to the village." Ruby said as she climbed up into the carriage. Weiss groaned as she and the others climbed up into the carriage which took them back to the village where the creature they were looking for was last seen.

They arrived at the small town where a man dressed in a plaid sweater, a pair of jeans, and boots waited for them "Hello, I presume you're the ones who Ozpin sent to take care of that strange creature." The man said as the four of them climbed off of the carriage "Yeah, are you here to show us where it was?" Ruby asked. "Yes, follow me." The man ordered. The girls followed the man around the back of a small farm house "So my sheep were out here grazing last night." The man explained. "You let your animals graze at night?" Ruby asked. "Some times yes, anyway I heard the sound of bone breaking at all of the other sheep run out in a panic. I got worried because I thought there was a wolf or something going after them so I grabbed my shotgun and ran out." The man explained. "Okay then what?" Yang asked. "Well I saw something that looked like a man with really long messy hair dragging one of my sheep off into the forest." The man said pointing to a spot beyond a small fence. "Okay well don't worry we'll take care of it." Ruby said as she and the rest of the team walked over to where the man pointed.