Narration/ No One's Pov
Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past.
The gems in the image glow green and fade to show simple pictures of a man rising from the earth before being surrounded by creatures, barely held back by warriors.
Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness — creatures of destruction — the creatures of Grimm - set their sights on man and all of his creations. These forces clashed, and it seemed the darkness was intent on returning man's brief existence to the void.
Black sets in, then suddenly lessens as a light grows brighter and brighter until a gem rises from it and lowers itself into the hands of man.
However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named "Dust."
Then it show men shooting lightning, raising swords, and aiming rifles at the retreating beasts as a castle appears behind them.
Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life.
The castle zooms out to show a map of Remnant, which houses other buildings until they disappear in flashes of white, and the map is lowered to show the scattered moon over a city at night
But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die. And when they are gone... darkness will return.
Roman Torchwick and four of his henchmen head down an alley from the shadows. They stop behind Roman, who reignites his cigar without touching it and grins before walking down the road, frightening nearby citizens as they make their way towards the shop from Dust Till Dawn.
So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called "free world," but take heed... there will be no victory in strength.
Roman and his henchmen enter the shop, the camera lowering to a young girl wearing a hooded red cloak in the corner of the shop, reading a weapons magazine.
But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul and one who is more ancient and far more powerful and fearsome than anything we could ever comprehend.
The henchmen look around and at the Dust crystals in the display when Roman approaches the elderly shopkeeper.
Roman then was flicking his cigar. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a dust shop open this late?"
One of the henchmen points his gun at the shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper was raising his hands. "P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!"
"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money." Roman said, then turned to the henchmen. "Grab the Dust."
A henchman opens a case and removes one of several cylinders, which the group uses to take dust from the tube containers on the walls.
Henchman 1 was placing another open case on the display to the shopkeeper. "Crystals. Burn. Uncut."
The shopkeeper proceeds to fill the case. As another henchman goes for another tube, he hears the muted This Will Be the Day song from the girl's direction and unsheathes his sword.
Henchman 2 was pointing his sword at her back. "Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em." He order but got no response. "Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something!?"
He goes over to her and turns her around, the hood dropping to reveal a surprised Ruby Rose wearing headphones. He motions for her to lower them.
"Yes?" Ruby asked.
"I said, put your hands in the air, now!"
"Are you... robbing me?" Ruby asked.
Henchman 2 yelled. "Yes!"
"Ooohhh..." Ruby replied.
Roman is waiting for his men to finish the heist when a "Hey!" and "Hyah!" are heard, and the threatening henchman flies past him. Roman calmly motions for another to handle Ruby.
Henchman 1 was raising his gun at her. "Freeze!"
Cut to outside the shop when the henchman and Ruby crash through the window. The other men look outside as Ruby gets up and unfolds Crescent Rose into its scythe form. Roman scowls, but Ruby smiles back at them before twirling the weapon around, striking it into the ground and turning off her headphones.
"Okay... Roman said, then turned to his remaining henchmen. "Get her!"
The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby but before they could get to her, they were pushed back by a tail they turned to see a boy dressed in black tail style jacket with a long sleeve with open hem cuffs a black short sleeve shirt with a brown chest holster and brown belt around his black pants and wearing black high boots and he had a hood over his head so no one could see his face, on his back were dorsal plates that ran all the way down to his long reptile like tail.
Then the boy unsheathes his katana as the henchmen attack him and Ruby, who spins around on top of her scythe and kicks the first approaching criminal in the face. Then the boy delivered a series of strikes to two of the henchmen as Ruby gets Crescent Rose out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away to Roman's feet.
"You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." Roman to Ruby and the boy, dropping his cigar and crushing it with his cane as approaching police sirens are heard. "Well, Red, Lizard Boy, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around... Then Roman raises his cane and opens the bottom to reveal a rifle with a cross grid. "....I'm afraid this is where we part ways."
Roman unleashes a red blast at Ruby and the boy who fires at the ground and leaps over it while the boy takes it head on .
When Ruby lands and looks up, Roman isn't there and is climbing up a ladder on a nearby building, and she sees the boy was unharmed by the blast.
Ruby looked at the onlooking shopkeeper. "You okay if I go after him?"
The shopkeeper gives a short "Uh huh," and Ruby sets off with the boy who climbs on top of the building.
Roman makes it to the roof, with Ruby high-flying again and landing right behind him with the boy right next to her.
"Hey!" Ruby yelled.
Roman then stops at the edge. "Persistent..."
Ruby and the boy readies to fight him, but a getaway Bullhead rises up and opens the hatch to allow Roman inside.
Roman turns around and holds up a red dust gem. "End of the line, you two."
He throws it out at her feet then and fires at her, but the boy grabs Ruby and shields her form the large explosion.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho!" Roman laughs but stops laughing when he sees something on the roof. "Huh?"
A woman in a purple cape is now in front of Ruby and the boy, casting a circle of protection over them with her wand. As Ruby looks on, Glynda Goodwitch waves her weapon and summons several streaks of purple at the craft. Roman is thrown around in the back until he goes to the cockpit, where a woman in red, her face unseen, is struggling with the controls.
"We got a Huntress!" Roman yelled.
The woman gets up and heads toward the back as Roman takes the controls.
Glynda glows purple for a moment and aims another blast above the craft, resulting in a dark storm cloud right over the jet.
"The hell...?" Roman asked himself.
With a flick of her wand, large jagged hail starts falling that pummels the jet and even breaks through the window, narrowly missing Roman's head.
The woman reaches the back, and her arms and chest light up like fire, aiming a burst of energy at Glynda. The Huntress blocks it, but the flame splatters behind her and glows hot with the enemy's raised hand. Glynda back-flips out of the explosion, which destroys part of the roof, and magically gathers the shards to create a large arrow, which she throws at the craft. The fiery woman shatters the arrow with several blasts, but it reforms just in time to hit the side of the jet due to Roman's quick aerial lean. The wreckage separates and reshapes into more arrows that encircle the jet, but the woman summons several glowing rings around herself that expand and destroy the shards.
Ruby, finally acting, reverts her scythe into its rifle form to fire at the woman, who blocks each shot and creates several blazing circles around her two opponents. Glynda telekinetically pushes Ruby and rolls herself out of the explosion's radius; looking up to see the hatch close and the craft fly away then the boy made his exit.
Ruby was looking at Glynda. You're a Huntress!" The she put on a pleading, awe-stricken face. "Can I have your autograph?!"
Then it cuts to Ruby's amazed face turn to one of shame as Glynda, with a tablet computer, paces around the table Ruby is seated at, right underneath a bright light in the otherwise dark room.
"I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady. You and that boy put yourself and others in great danger." Glynda said.
"They started it!" Ruby replied
"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home... With a pat on the back..." She notices Ruby's smile. "... And a slap on the wrist. she demonstrates with her riding crop, which Ruby barely avoids as she gives out an Eeek!. "But... there is someone here who would like to meet you."
She moves out of the way, so a surprised Ruby can see a man in green come through the doorway, holding a mug and a plate of cookies.
"Ruby Rose... " Ozpin said, leaning in to look at her face. "You... have silver eyes."
"Uh, um..." Ruby started to said but Ozpin cut her off.
"So! Where did you learn to do this?" Ozpin asked, gesturing with his head at the tablet showing Ruby and the boy's fighting.
"S-Signal Academy." Ruby answered.
"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" Ozpin asked
"Well, one teacher in particular." Ruby replied.
"I see..." Ozpin said.
He puts the cookies on the table in front of Ruby. She tentatively picks one up, eats it in a single bite, and then, not seeing any rebuttal, shovels the rest into her mouth.
"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow..." Ozpin said.
Ruby mumbles through her full mouth. Oh! That's my uncle!" she then swallows and wipes her mouth, embarrassed. "Sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like— Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa! " She proceeds to make some karate-style poses and noises.
"So I've noticed." Ozpin said, then placed placing his cup on the table as he leaned in, then sat down opposite Ruby. "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?
"Well... I want to be a Huntress." Ruby answered.
"You want to slay monsters?" Ozpin asked.
"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon! She stared, talking faster and faster with her enthusiasm growing. You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, Hey, I might as well make a career out of it!" Ruby giggles. "I mean, the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh, you know!" Ruby flips out at the last part, staring at the two with a wide, crazy smile.
Glynda and Ozpin study her.
"Do you know who I am?" Ozpin asked.
Ruby: You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon.
Ozpin was smiling. "Hello."
"Nice to meet you." Ruby said.
"You want to come to my school?" Ozpin asked.
"More than anything." Ruby said.
Ozpin: was exchanging glances with Glynda, who shows her disapproval with a "Hmmph" before he turns back to Ruby. "Well, okay."
Ruby smiles, wide-eyed and open-mouthed.
The scene changes again as Yang Xiao Long tackles her sister in a hug aboard the large Vale Airship to Beacon, crushing the air out of her.
"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" Yang saks.
Ruby was gasping. "Please stop."
Yang then released her sister. "But I'm so proud of you!"
"Really, Sis, it was nothing." Ruby said.
"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees." Yang replied.
"I don't want to be the "bee's knees," okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees." Ruby said.
"What's with you? Aren't you excited?" Yang asked.
"Of course I'm excited... I just... " Ruby sighing. "I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything."
Yang then went over and gave her sister a one-armed hug. "But you are special."
The girls' attention is drawn to the 2-D animated newscast on Vale News Network playing nearby, talking about the robbery, and showing Roman's mug shot.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa." Cyril said.
The mugshot changes to Lisa Lavender, with a photo of animal-eared demonstrators holding signs saying, "WE ARE NOT ANIMALS!" followed by an image of the logo of a growling red wolf's head with three scratch marks.
"Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..." Lisa said, but the news feed is cut off as a hologram of Glynda replaces it.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!"
"Who's that?" Yang asked.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." The hologram introduced herself.
"Oh." Yang replied.
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and training to protect our world." The hologram of Glynda said then disappears.
Ruby was among several other cries of surprise. "Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here!" Ruby said, then she and other students looked through the glass walls at the town below. "I guess home isn't too far after all!
"Beacon's our home, now." Yang said.
The two hear a passenger groaning and hunched over nearby, running to the back of the ship.
"Well... I guess the view isn't for everyone." Yang said as she rolled her eyes.
It was a nice moment while it lasted.
The ship is seen approaching Beacon across a large body of water.
"I wonder who we're gonna meet!" Yang asked.
"I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy. Oh, Yang gross! You have puke on your shoe!" Ruby said.
"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Yang said.
"Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby replied.
Meanwhile, the boy was watching the Bullhead from the large body of water, and then he dived back into the water.