The scene returns to Weiss and Shadow are running up to the docking bays as Ruby catches up to them, exhausted as she tries to catch her breath.
Ruby: Weiss! What is the big deal!? Who is it? Who is she!?
Weiss: *as she stops and smiles* Winter.
Ruby and Weiss watch Winter be escorted by crimson-colored Atlas Soldiers and a man with a fox mask as they exits the airship.
Ruby: Wait... Your sister?
Shadow: I didn't expect it to be your sister.
Weiss: *cups mouth* Winter! (the three then run up to the elder Schnee as she turns to see them) Winter! I'm so happy to see you! Oh... *suddenly curtsies* Your presence honors us.
Winter: *looks around she she approaches them* Beacon... It's been a long time. The air feels... different.
Shadow: Well...it is around the time of fall.
Weiss: So, what are you doing here?
Winter: Classified.
Weiss: Oh, right. Well, how long are you staying?
Winter: Classified.
Weiss: Of course. *nods and smiles in understanding*
Shadow: So...who's that? *points to Fox*
Winter: He's one of the newest recruits in the Atlas Military. He simply goes by the name Fox.
Fox: *bows* Greetings. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Ruby: *looks pensively around in the silence* Well... this is nice... I think.
Weiss: *excitedly* You're going to love it here! I know you travel a lot, but so much of Beacon is different from Atlas! *discreetly whispers* Vale, too. The government and school are completely separate! Can you believe it!? I-
Winter: I'm more than familiar with how this kingdom handles its... bureaucracy. That is not why I came.
Weiss: Right! I'm sorry!
Winter: Nor did I come here to watch my own blood fail so miserably in battle. But it appears that I have no choice in the matter.
Shadow: *puzzled* But she did win that fight.
Winter: *turns to Shadow* Only a novice would refer to that as a victory. *turns back to Weiss* I counted at least three strikes missed. *Two AK-200's walk behind Winter at this conversation, before Winter puts up her hand and waving* Leave us.
The two guards nod as they take a few steps away, Fox holds up his fingers like a picture frame and puts the school in it.
Fox: That looks like a great painting I can create.
Winter: *sighs and smiles a little more warmly at Weiss* How have you been?
Weiss: Oh, splendid! Thank you for asking. I'm actually in the very top ranking of our sparring class! And the rest of my studies are going wonderfully, too! I'm-
Winter: *Winter's hand slaps Weiss, leaving a massive bump on her head* Silence! I don't recall asking about your ranking, I'm asking how you've been. Are you eating properly? Have you taken up any hobbies? Are you making new friends?
Weiss: Well, there's Ruby.
Ruby: *giggles as she pushes the lump back into Weiss' head* Hello!
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Unfolding Fate
FanfictionShadows seem to have no heart, no feelings, no emotion. Yet Shadow Joker Strife is different, his heart had been changed, after seeing his family killed in front of him. He attends Beacon Academy to train so he can protect those he cares about. Fate...
