I can’t tell if time moves faster here or it been really really busy with lessons and training. I was now eighteen and sitting out in the Valley with a ball of fire in my hands. Yeah, during one of the training sessions I found out what a semblance is, and what mine was the power to control fire… I also burned down the training area. Whoops.

Grandma made sure we mostly focus on controlling my semblance… which means I was sitting here floating a ball of fire and lava in my hands. It’s totally safe, really. Mama was shocked and happy when I learned what my semblance was, saying it was the same one my father had, this made it more important for me to learn how to control it. Right now I was so focused on the ball that everything around me was simply background noise.

That focus was soon was disrupted when I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I jumped a bit, making the flame waver a bit but I got control again and it didn’t explode, again. I turned back to see auntie Axycia there, in a dark black suit that I saw before when I first met her.

“Good job, it didn’t explode.” She said, chuckling a bit which made me frown.

“Yeah… do you need something?” I asked, making the flame dissipated.

“Yes, I do.” She stated before helping me stand up. “Come with me.” She added as she turned and walked off. I followed her as we walked. “As you know, you have been training under my sister for the past few years, something that most huntsman would have dreamed to be in your position, but at your mothers suggest you should go to Huntsman Academy for further training.”

I blinked at this, mama asked of this. I was going to say something but she continue. “Your mother did have some hesitation about this, even asking for your grandma to… oversee just in case things go sour. I pulled some strings and asked a some favors but I got the both of you in.” Axycia chuckled at this with a smile on her face. I don’t know why, even though I knew her since childhood she kinda creep me out.

We walked for a few feet until we came up to a fancy airship at the ready to take off. It was a dark purple colour with the words ‘Mal Kun Industries’ on the side of it. Nearby was a male pilot playing a game of cards with another pilot. The both of them turned and saw us before cleaning up and, wordless, climbed into the airship. As auntie and I climbed into the ship there was a small shutter and the feeling of weightlessness as we flew off. I couldn’t see what was going on outside as Axycia was giving me some pointers and some information about the academy.

“Beacon Academy is run by a man named Professor Ozpin, the school is one of four top Huntsmen Academies in Remnant, the professors in this one respect the headmaster which you should as well. He also like coffee.” Auntie added with a chuckle.

“Right… why do you know all this?” I asked her.

“Well, as one of the owners of a highly successful dust company in Remnant. It’s part of my job to know things.” Axycia answered before going back to what she was saying before. “Most of all, try to make some friends Viri.”

I smiled at this and nodded before I felt the airship shook a bit. “Ah, we are here,” Auntie said before standing up. The door opened and we stepped out, me realizing that my clothes changed to more… clean. I rolled my eyes at this before looking up to see the large academy in front of me. All around me were what I guessed were students that go here. Some looked over at us as we passed them, me shrinking a bit as we walked for a few minutes before we stopped inside the building. Axycia talked to someone before we were ushered into an elevator. There was a small pause as we rode the elevator before it opened to a large room. Looking inside I saw that it was some kind of large clock as we walked in and towards the seats in front of the desk where a man sat in. He had silver hair with a small pair of glasses. He had a black jacket with a black vest underneath and some sort of green scarf. He was reading a scroll, an electronic tablet thing that works as a… well a tablet, music player, and a large number of other things.

Nearby was another man standing and watching us come in, not with much entente but simply staring at us. He had steel coloured hair and a bit of a five o clock shadow. He wore a dark blue vest with a black shirt under it and pinstripe pants and black dress shoes. On his belt was a flask of some kind which his hand was close to it.

As we walk I notice there was another figure, sitting in the third chair that had the back turned to us as we walked closer. The man looked to us with a warm smile on his face.

“Hello, I’m guessing you are the two that we were waiting for.” the man said before straightening up a bit. He turned to Auntie with the smile. “And hello again Axycia.”

“Ozpin.” Auntie said before looking over to the man nearby. “Indigo, good to see you again.” The man who I presumed was Indigo nodded at Aunty but said nothing. We walked over and sat down in the chairs.

“Now, I’ve believe that this one…” Ozpin turned to look at me. “Is the one that wanted to join Beacon Academy, am I correct?”

“Yes sir.” I answered him, earning a chuckle from him.

“Please, no sirs, makes me feel old.” Ozpin chuckled at this. “Now, normally we couldn’t take you in since we just finished grouping our students into their teams and there’s no room but… Your aunt can be persuasive.” Axycia chuckled at this. “So, here what we going to do; we will have another trial, one just for you, if you past you can stay, if not well, you can try again next year.”

Headmaster Ozpin looked over to Indigo with a smile. “And, as of request of me, Professor Indigo will be one of your teachers that will teaching you.” Indigo frowned at this and was about to say something but Ozpin continue. “And as requested, he’ll be the one that will plan out how this trial will go. Isn't that alright Indigo?” Headmaster Ozpin asked him.

“Yes…” Indigo said, finally allowing me to hear what he sounds like and learning that his voice was gruff. Before anything else could be said, Indigo popped his flask open and to a swig from it, possibly to calm him down. I'm not sure.

“Good.” Headmaster Ozpin said before looking back. “On another matter, we have a new professor in our mits, we were just talking and…” he glanced at Auntie for a moment. “Some recommendations from someone… we are happy to have you.”

I leaned forward to see who it was and my eyes widen. It was Grandma, only a bit younger from the last time I saw her. Her hair was still blonde coloured, only with no gray strands there. The wrinkles I saw before were gone and, if I had to guess, she was in her late thirties, early forties I think. I knew she could change her age and shape but it’s surprising to see it in front of me. She smiled at the headmaster as he said this.

“Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Ozpin.” Grandma said with a smile and a nod. The Headmaster began setting up my profile but not entirely, it was ready to be deleted upon failure of my entry exam and while Ozpin did this, Indigo was simply staring out the window, though his frown was gone and instead was an expression barren of any emotion. I glanced over at Grandma and Auntie who smiled at me.

“Well, I do hope to see you pass your trial… Ms. Warren.” the Headmaster said with a smile. Indigo glanced towards me, an arched brow detailing his surprise over my last name but he shook his head and looked back out the window. “Now then, if you wish you can explore the grounds and get a feel of the place we'll send someone when we're ready to start.” Headmaster Ozpin explained. I thanked him as Auntie, Grandma and I went into the elevator to leave. As soon as the doors closed I looked over at grandma.

“You're here?! As a teacher!?” I asked in surprise. This earned a chuckle from her.

“Hasn't my sister told you that I will be overseeing your stay here?” She asked me jokingly, knowing full well that Auntie had mentioned something like that to me. “And seeing as that I am professor, I cannot show favoritism over you just because you’re family. Oh and if calling me professor is a little odd, don't be afraid to call me grandma.” She said, lightly pinching my cheek as she practically cooed the last few words. This earned a chuckle from Auntie.

“Well, I believe this is going to be interesting.” She said with a smile. I arch a brow at her.

“The headmaster pointed out that you had some sway between me being here and grandma as well." I pointed out, again earning a chuckle from her as the doors open.

“When you're in my kind of work, you have to have to have some sway with everyone.” She said as she walked off, leaving the two of us.

“I know she's family but… she's really creepy.” I whispered to grandma. The latter arched a brow at me before nudging her sister.

“She thinks you are a little creepy, sister.” Grandma said with a giggle, this got a smirk and an arched brow from Auntie before she chuckled.

“Then I must be doing something right.” She said before disappearing down the hallway. Grandma then walked ahead of me before looking back at me, gesturing me to follow her.

“Come, Viri, let's go see what this Academy has in store.” Grandma said to me with a sweet smile. I smiled back and followed her as we explored the academy grounds. From the large courtyard to the spacious gathering hall, we walked around just about everywhere but I've yet to see the training areas, the one thing I was excited to see. Grandma could sense my excitement but she said nothing as we walked, gathering some attention from the passing students. I would've mentioned how we have yet to see training room but I shut my mouth when we stepped through a set of double doors, seeing a very, very big room with various training equipment ranging from training weapons, to high tech training dummies but what stood out from the rest was a lone robot that bore some resemblance to a human, minus the many key features. It hung its head low, showing that it was deactivated at the moment.

“Woah…” I said in awe as I looked around. Grandma smiled at my happiness and giddiness over the place. I would've stayed longer, maybe even try out some of the equipment but Grandma had to drag me out before I could and while I put out a good fight, I was no match for her iron grip. It was almost an hour since we spoke to the Headmaster and once it officially hit the one hour mark, Indigo appeared from around the corner of the hallway.

“You entry exam is ready to start, follow me.” He said without even stopping and walked by us. A moment of processing his words later, I found myself trying to catch up with the man. I didn't want to look like I was running but at the pace he was going I had to jog to, finally, keep up. Grandma was behind us, keeping pace as she walked, didn't know how but she was. When we finally stopped, we were near the edge of a cliff that overlooked a very lush forest. Indigo stood dangerously close to the edge before glancing at me.

“You entry exam is a rather simple one, find the ruins, get the relic and come back in one piece.” Indigo said simply before quickly adding. “Take two steps to the right and one step forward.” He instructed me. I didn't know why he needed me to do this but I did and once I took the last step forward, a click resonated from beneath my feet. “And go.” As if on queue, I was catapulted into the air.

Now, it's not a lie that I've had done something like this before, memories of auntie launching me into the air and telling me I had to land safely came to mind. It didn't help me that I screamed as this happened.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” I screamed over the trees. Soon I noticed that I was getting closer to said trees before I banged into one. “Ow! Ow! Ow!” I yelled until I fell into the ground with a thud. In the back of my mind my aunt was laughing at me.

“Rough landing, eh.” Indigo's voice rang and echoed around me and before I could speak he added. “You're being monitored throughout your exam and it's being broadcasted all throughout the academy. The reason you're hearing this is simple, pre-recorded messages are a godsend, don't you think?”

I frowned a bit as I pushed myself up and dusted myself off. “I feel like I'm in some sort of Survival TV show.” I muttered to myself. Looking around I felt a familiar sense of the finding the flags grandma put me through in my training.

With that thought I started to run into the forest. I didn't know if this is time but I'm not taking my chances. I ran through the forest, thinking to myself ‘Find the ruins, find the ruins.’ on repeat until I looked up to see large trees that towered over others. ‘Climb a tree, climb a tree.’ And I did, using the training Grandma taught me, I climbed up the tree like a gymnast. I soon reached the top with ease and looked around any odd sight before spotting the ruins in a clearing just outside the forest. It was a very long trek away but to me, it looked like a cakewalk.

My mind then went to a number of things that could happen, mostly traps. I frowned at this as something overshadowed me. I looked up and yelped as large talons came at me. I fell back at the top of the tree was grabbed and torn off. I peeked out to see the large bird-like Grimm, or better called a large Nevermore, flew off.

“Right, Grimm… forgot about them…” I muttered to myself. I climbed back down to the ground and headed off towards where the ruins were, as well as keeping an eye out for Grimm. While I did encounter more Grimm, they were easily dispatched with my semblance, using the fire to form a sword. From beowolves to wandering Ursa’s, I had encountered most of the basic Grimm and I was just about there. I finally entered the large clearing, seeing the ruins just up ahead. One step forward and a large stone wall rose up from beneath the ground, I didn't think much of it until I tried to go around it, that's when several more walls formed around me, forming a short hallway.

“Huh… if I find a Minotaur in there I'm going to laugh.” I said as I entered the maze. As I walked, the walls continuously appeared from the ground and at times I thought I was going the right way only to see that it was a dead end. This went on for what felt like hours going back and forth, sometimes even coming across the same dead end. It was beginning to annoy me, frustrate me even that I didn't notice until now that the walls stopped appearing. I stared at the walls for a moment before backing up to see where the ruins were if I was close at all, but due to how high they were I couldn't tell where I was.

“Ugh, this is annoying. I’m starting to hate this maze.” I muttered to myself as I continue walking. After a few minutes worth of walking, I found myself gazing at the ruins and nearly made a run for it but luckily held myself back. When I took the step forward, I expected a wall to block my path again but there wasn't. I took another step to make sure, still no wall. One more for goodluck, not a single speck of wall from out of the ground. That's when I sprinting out of the maze and towards the ruins, finally my destination was in sight and I can finally get this over-oh. I stopped and stared at what was laying within the ruins, an odd looking beowolf. Unlike the others bearing similarities to a werewolf, this one looks like the common canine and it laid across the center of the ruins. Looking passed the beowolf, I spotted… a chess piece? It was a rook as well and painted in gold.

I looked at the chest piece then at the Beowolf before getting closer to the chest piece. As I got close the ears of the Grimm twitched before it turned its head to me. I didn't know if it was some kind of new Grimm or a sub-race to a Beowolf Grimm but I didn't want to fight it. Some kind of gut feeling I have.

“Nice doggy… nice big doggy… just want to get that chess piece behind you…” I said slowly as I inch my way to said piece. It casted its gaze towards me before it sat up, looking like a very large and intimidating wolf. It blinked at me before it stretched and just walked away, exiting the ruins and laying down on the grass. I stared at the wolf, wondering if it just my lucky day or it's tricking me. Also, for some reason the sight of this was oddly cute.

I made my way to the chess piece and still had the wolf in my sights. I looked between the too, wondering if it's trapped. I picked up a nearby stick and carefully pushed the piece off of the stand and jumped back in case something happens. It only caused the wolf to look back at me, tilting its head as if it was questioning my choice of action. Soon its ear twitched and it faced towards a random direction before running off towards it. Finding this odd, I simply walked over to the fallen chess piece and picked it up, feeling that it was little heavier than a normal chess piece.

“Congratulations! You found your relic! Now to fully succeed in your exam, you need to bring that there relic back to the academy grounds and only then will you be accepted into Beacon.” I still had my doubts of that voice being Indigo as it sounded different than what I've heard, for one it wasn't gruff so maybe it was recorded some time ago? I shook my head at this as I looked at the relic and then looked around to see where I should go next… where was the Academy grounds?

Many, Many hours later.

This dumb… really really dumb. I've been in these woods for a few hours, some new holes were made in my shirt after falling into a very prickly Bush. Right now I was climbing up a large wall overlooking another set of ruins. I shouldn't have been this lost but I had no idea where I'm going.

I soon made it to the top of the cliff and pulled myself up and over. I fell into the ground as my arms were sore. Luckily I still had the chess piece on me, finding some vines and using it as a makeshift rope. I soon heard the familiar sounds of another person's footsteps, when I looked up I saw that it was Indigo looming over me with Grandma walking up as well.

“You passed.” Indigo said simply. I put up a fist and let out a tired ‘yay’ before unslinging the chess piece and put it beside me.

“I got lost… sorry.” I said to the two of them. Indigo simply shrugged before taking the chess piece and held it in his hand. He took a quick look at it, making sure it was the real deal. A nearby bark brought his attention and mine's over to the source of said bark. The wolf like beowolf from before had somehow got up here as well and walked up to Indigo. The latter patted the Grimm canine’s head with a small smile.

I blinked at this, oh… oh it makes so much sense now. After Indigo looked at the chess piece and nodded he turned away and whispered something to Grandma before leaving us with the Grimm following behind. I sat up and looked back to grandma. “Did I do good?” I asked her.

“You did great, sweety.” Grandma said with a smile. “I can't tell you enough how proud I am.” She added before getting on her knees and hugging me. I smiled and hugged her back. After a few moments the two of us parted and she helped me up.

“So… now what?” I asked her, not sure what to do. With a smile Grandma answered.

“First we will set up your living quarters. Ozpin and I have expected your success, so we have taken the liberty in assigning you a group and for today, your first class will be mine which is in two hours.” Grandma explained as she handed me a small card that detailed the classes I had to take, the professors and the classrooms.

“Cool.” I said as I looked at this. “I get to be in with a group! More cool!” Grandma helped up to my feet before she helped towards the dormitories. I've been told that I was given my own room as per Aunties request, which isn't really all that bad, a whole room to myself with nobody to bother me when I'm studying.

As we walked I took notice that the other students were whispering and looking over to me. I tilted my head at this, wondering why they were doing this. I wasn't too fond of being the center of attention, it just makes me feel uncomfortable, so I sped up along with Grandma keeping up. It wasn't long until we made up to my room. Upon opening, I saw the large room that would be my home for the duration of my stay here and it wasn't all that bad looking, just a little bland but it wasn't anything a little decorating would fix. Grandma entered the room and noticed my giddy smile.

“You seem awfully excited.” Said Grandma with a chuckle. I turned to her with a smile.

“Can't you blame me, this is… this is so cool!” I said before hopping on the bed that was in here. She sat on the bed next to me before snapping her fingers, causing the drawers to light up for a brief second or two.

“I've just your drawers with clothes and uniforms, so get dressed. You don't want to be late on your first day, do you?” Grandma asked me with a smirk. I chuckled at this before looking through the drawers and went into the bathroom to change.

I can't wait to see what will happen here in Beacon.

Author's Note

We are in Beacon! Indigo, and Oni return as well! Woot!