MiRACLe: Infinite Mindworks (A RWBY story)

[1] 4: Friendship is Clumsy

A few weeks later...

In a bullhead headed for Beacon, Mal and Ruby are suddenly strangled by Yang, as she exclaims "Oh, I can't believe both my younger siblings are going with me to Beacon!" making Ruby struggle while Mal was already in the process of ejecting from his cloak.

Ruby pleaded to Yang to stop only for older sibling to squeeze harder. Mal luckily slips out of the vice grip like hold of Yang only to be dragged back in. She then releases both with both cloaked hunters in training gasping for air. She then said "But why, I'm SO proud of you two!"

Mal then snarkily replies with "If this is proud for getting in, I can just imagine what graduation hug might feel like." making Yang pout while playfully jabbing at his shoulder.

Yang then says "You two are definitely the bees knees!"

Ruby started wailing about not wanting to be "The bees knees" and wanting normal knees, on the other hand, Mal just frowns from the comment. They then see a blonde kid run past them, holding his mouth and keeping himself from vomiting. Some of his vomit then fell on floor which Mal luckily dodged. The same couldn't be said for Yang who then started saying "Ew, ew, ew, ew from the vomit that dropped on her boot. Mal could only give her a strained smile for her misfortune as if to say "Everything will be okay... I hope". Inwardly, Mal was celebrating for "Luck is on the side of Michael Dantes Espina". He then left them to look at the view. A memory then flashed of having once been in a airplane before, however, only now has he seen the aerial view with a window that big. However... it felt... fake... the memory didn't feel... real for some reason... oh well... probably just his imagination.

A few minutes after, the bullhead landed as Mal then sees the light peer through the exit of the bullhead. While the sound of awe from the other students filled the bullhead, all that Mal thought was "Alright, this is the first day on your road to be a hero! All it takes is the first ste-" Mal then hears a squelch as he then looks down in horror at the puddle of barf left by that blonde guy from earlier. Mal then realized it wasn't the end of his folly, as he apparently stepped too hard on the puddle, making him lose balance. He watched in horror as he crashes into a black blob he assumed was either hair... or a statue draped in black.

He then fell face first into that black blob and recovered only to see a blonde dude more or less as tall as maybe Yang looking down on him with a concerned yet conservative look. The boy then said "A-are you... okay?" in a voice that sounded like someone genderbent Fluttershy or something. Mal then found the comparison funnier when said boy also had light yellow wings. he felt a snicker make its way up his face so in an act of being friendly, Mal then smiled brightly. He then quickly got up and brushed himself, saying "Oh, um... sorry, clumsy ol' me. Hi, my name's Michael, call me Mal-".

Mal then froze in realization what or, rather, who he crashed into earlier. He then felt like he stared death down again when the black blob who, in fact WAS hair, brush themselves off while muttering profanities, then turned to him, and glared. It was a woman about his age, maaaybe older, with wolf ears and a tail, looking at him like how John Wick looked at Viggo. He may not care for his life, but he cares for the lives he can save. Due to that twisted logic, as well as the murderous aura this woman was putting off, Mal then quickly goes to make amends. He then ignores the blonde boy temporarily and then proceeds to bow profusely at the woman while saying "I'm sorry!" so fast he would give Deku's muttering a run for it's money. The other boy, probably sensing the same thing cowered as well.

The murderous intent dies down as the woman dusts herself off with a heavy sigh, saying "Be glad I didn't touch that vomit. We'd have a problem otherwise."

The boy despite that, decided to show courage by introducing himself in a voice so squeaked you would think he was being choked, saying "He-y... I'm... Cenn..." while slowly retreating into his wings, using them as makeshift blinds. Seeing the courage of the other boy, Mal gulps and then smiles, saying "H-hey, I-I'm M-Mal. I-I hope w-we can still b-be friends?" in semi-faked enthusiasm. He then smiled wistfully as he prepared for the eventuality of the woman pulling his honestly trembling shaking hand and crippling it.