RWBY: Team HELL

Chapter 8: The Role Of A Leader

The minute the airship touched the ground, Sunny fell out of the airship and threw up onto the floor. The trip had been a lot for him and he wasn't exactly used to flying. Lucio stood next to his, gently rubbing his back as he continued to empty the contents of his stomach onto the floor. Aurora hopped off the airship, hugging herself with her head down.

'That whole this was a bust,' she thought to herself, 'I completely screwed this up for everyone. I could barely fight because I kept getting knocked out! I'm such an idiot...I don't belong here...'

"Hey, Hem!" Evelyn called, catching up to her and placing a hand on her shoulder, "You okay? You've been really quiet the whole way here..."

"Y-yeah. I'm fine, Evelyn. Just kinda...shaken, I guess."

"Didn't expect to see that many grimm all at once?" The fanus questioned, oblivious to Aurora's obvious distress.

"Ah, yeah. That must be it."

"Don't worry. You'll get used to it! That's what Haven is for!"

She laughed awkwardly. "Yeah, yeah. Right..."

"Hey! You made it back. Finally," Harlow said, walking over to the two teams, "You guys are the last ones here."

"We ran into a little trouble, that's all." Lucio explained as he and Sunny joined the others.

"I know. I saw you guys on the monitors. You did pretty well, but you still need some practice. And other tactics besides running away."

"Sorry..." Lucio said, a bit embarrassed.

"Just get inside so we can put your teams together. We're already running really behind schedule."

They nodded and quickly made their way to the auditorium to join the ceremony. Aurora was about to join them, but Harlow stopped her with his hand, holding out her silver locket.

She was shocked. "How did you-?"

"He came over today. Broke into campus so he could find ya. He stayed and watched you out there....he said he was proud of you. And he thought you should have this."

She took the locket out of his hand and placed it around her neck. "Thanks...did he really say that?"

"Yeah. He said that he was proud of you and that he wanted you to keep going. Follow your dreams and all that crap."

She smiled. "Thanks...I...I really needed to hear that after the day I've had."

"You did good. Better than any of us expected. You have a really bright future here..."

She scoffed. 'Yeah right. I did awful!'

"Come on. We should get going." Harlow said.

"Right. We should do that." She said, walking next to him as the made their way to the auditorium.
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"Letticia Tawny...Aurelia Azure....Cerise Kyanite.....and Rain Falada. You recovered the Tower card from the major arcana deck," Explained Professor LionHeart as their portraits appeared on the giant poetscreen, "Together, you will be known as Team LARK. And you leader shall be...Letticia Tawny!"

The crowd clapped, but the team didn't seem too happy to be together. Or maybe they just didn't like the fact the brute that was Letticia Tawny was named the team's leader.

Letty sure wasn't happy and made no attempt to hide it. She eyed her new team suspiciously and rolled her eyes, not trying to hide how annoyed and unimpressed by the cards she was delt.

They made their way off the stage, leaving only Aurora, Evelyn, Lucio, and Sunny. Aurora was hidden behind Evelyn, nervously biting down on the locket.