Capítulo 1063: 5
Chapter 4-The First Step (or at least, the first stumbling block)
Nora Valkyrie woke up early.
She had too. The cute Wolf Faunus was waiting for her! In Nora's mind, that was enough motivation. She would make him hers. No exceptions.
She jumped up and grinned widely. Now, if she remembered correctly, her Wolf Faunus hung around that Schnee girl. Ugh! That was going to be difficult tearing him away from her.
Or not. Who knows? Maybe he only hung out with her because she bribed him.
But that wasn't the case, she'd have to fight the Schnee girl. Nora giggled at the prospect. Beating some manners into the pretty little heiress might do her some good.
Of course, humiliating her worked too.
Yeah, that'll do. Oh! OH! She'd break Schnee's legs if she got in the way of her and her Wolf Faunus! Yeah! That's what she'd do! The Wolf Faunus was as good as hers now!
In a split decision, she had went to shower and get dressed for the day. Couldn't jump her Wolf Faunus smelling like sweat now, could she? After her shower, she got dressed. Her outfit consisted of a white sleeveless top and a black vest with her hammer and lightning symbol on the back (another reason she like the Wolf Faunus. His lightning symbol!), a pink skirt that ends mid-thigh and matching pink fingerless gloves. She placed a weird type of armor on that held her weapon, Magnhild, square on her back.
After making sure she was presentable, she nodded to her reflection and walked out of the bathroom. She scanned the hall and immediately found Schnee sleeping peacefully. Nora grinned as she sneakily crept up to her, knowing her Wolf Faunus was near. He would be hers, damn-it!
She walked over and noticed the Wolf Faunus was gone. She pouted until she saw something else. Did they let dogs into Beacon?
The black dog opened its eyes and looked up at her with startling green eyes. It sat up on its haunches and panted slightly. Nora smiled down at it.
"Aw! Aren't you a cute little doggy!" she exclaimed, petting the dog. "Listen boy, I'm looking for my Wolf Faunus. Have you seen him? He's tall, dreamy, wolf tail and ears, beautiful green eyes, crazy smile. Have you, boy?"
The dog tilted its head, as if it was contemplating her question. Then, it nodded its head towards the door. Nora looked at it, then smiled at the dog. "Thank you, doggy!" She stood up and said, "Here I come my sweet Wolf Faunus!" She ran to the door.
She was soo glad she ran into the doggy! Dogs are so loyal and truthful!
Unlike cats. Blegh! They never did what they were told! And they were mean!
When she was out of sight, the dog morphed into a less than amused Harry. "'Her' Wolf Faunus? That chick is crazy!"
"Why hello there, ma'am," Adam said to a passerby.
The girl laughed. "Dude, what's wrong with your voice?" she asked mockingly. "It sounds like a toad went and died in your throat!"
Her friend nodded. "Yeah. I don't know what kind of accent you're trying to pull off, but it can't that great if it sounds that terrible!"
"What sounds terrible?" a voice asked. They all looked over and saw Harry, fully dressed and sword strapped to his back, walked up.
The girls blushed at his looks. "W-well, t-this guy here's trying to impersonate a toad," the first girl said stuttering.
Harry raised an eyebrow. "A toad?" he asked. "Why would he want a toad's accent?" The girls blushed at his accent.
"I was trying to replicate yours," Adam admitted.
Harry stared at him blankly for a second before smacking him upside the head. Adam grunted. That actually hurt. 'Come to think of it, I didn't even see him move,' Adam thought.
"You dunderhead!" Harry said in a perfect impression of Snape. "One cannot simply replicate the Gentleman's Accent! It needs to be taught! Learnt! Or if you're lucky enough, born with it!" He then turned to the girls and smiled at them, completely missing their blushes. "Sorry about this fellow, fair maidens. It would appear he's trying to emulate a master. I apologize if his toad accent ruined your morning."
"N-no problem," the second girl stuttered, walking away with her friend.
"Gentleman's Accent, indeed," the first girl mumbled with a blush.
Adam shook his head as the girls left. "Damn you, Potter," he said.
"Shouldn't have tried to copy my accent," the last Potter heir retorted.
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," Adam recited. "And besides, your accent makes Blake blush. I enjoy making her blush. It's my favorite pass time. That's why I need to replicate your accent."
Harry looked confused. "The cat Faunus?"
Adam nodded. "Yep. How'd you know that?"
"Besides the fact you're a Faunus? I caught her scent. It's distinctly feline. Plus her ribbon twitching every now and then helped," Harry deadpanned.
Adam laughed. "Yeah. Kind of a flimsy disguise, isn't it? Sometimes I wonder what goes through her head," he mused.
Meanwhile, Ruby and Yang were getting ready for initiation. Yang pulled on her boots and double checked her gauntlets, Ember Celica. "So! You seem awfully cheerful this morning!" Yang observed.
Ruby grinned at her. "Yep! No more awkward small talk or getting to know you stuff!" she said happily, grabbing Crescent Rose. "Now I get to let my sweet heart do the talking!" She then proceeded to shower her gun-scythe the kind of affection a mother would a child.
Yang sighed. "You know, Ruby, this initiation is where we are placed on a team. If you want to grow up, you'll have to get to know people," she said exasperated.
Ruby groaned. "You sound just like Dad," she complained. She placed Crescent Rose back into her locker and slammed the door. "First of all, what does 'getting to know people' have to do with fighting?! Secondly, I've already met some new people, thank you very much! And thirdly, I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!" she proclaimed crossing her arms defiantly.
Yang sighed. "Well, what about when you pick a team?" she asked, already knowing and dreading the answer.
Ruby seemed to fold in on herself. "W-well, I-I'll just…team up with you," she said uncertainly, tugging at the hem of her skirt.
Yang sighed again and began absentmindedly smoothing out her hair. She knew that would be Ruby's answer. "Maybe you should be on somebody else's team," she told her half-sister apprehensively.
The silver eyed youth whirled around and stalked up to Yang and pointed a finger at her face. "My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you don't want to be on the same team as me?!" the red cloaked girl demanded.
Uh oh. Yang needed to defuse the situation fast. "No, no! Nothing like that! I think it will, you know, help you…break out of your shell!" Yang said in an attempt at placating the young huntress.
No such luck, however. Ruby exploded. "WHAT?! BREAK OUT OF MY SHELL! THAT'S ABSOLUTELY-"
"Ridiculous!" Jaune shouted as he walked in between the two girls. "There's no way I left my gear in locker 627 last night! I would've had to remember to count that high! Oh! Why do these things have to happen to me?!" He didn't realize that he had his gear with him.
While he was walking by the lockers, he walked pass Pyrrha and Weiss, who were just closing their lockers. "So Pyrrha," Weiss said, "have you given any thought on who you would want on your team? I'm sure there's a lot of people here would want to work with a strong, independent woman like yourself?"
Pyrrha looked at her and pondered a moment. "Hmm…there are a few who come to mind," she admitted. "But I'm more inclined to let the chips fall where they may."
"Well, how about we form a team, then?" Weiss asked. "I'm sure between the two of us, we would be a force to be reckoned with."
"That's sounds like a swell idea!" Pyrrha exclaimed.
"Great!" Meanwhile in her mind, Weiss had other motives. 'This is perfect! The strongest girl in class and the smartest girl in class! We'll be popular! We'll be perfect! And with Harry as our spokesperson, the school will be ours!' Her face turned into a sinister grin when she turned away from Pyrrha.
The redhead had other motives as well. She turned back to her locker and grinned evilly. 'Perfect! Now that I'm in good with Schnee, I'm one step closer to Potter! Once I corner him, I'll challenge him to a rematch and we'll see who is better!' She cackled softly to herself.
As Pyrrha moved to her locker, Harry and Adam walked up. "Oh no," Harry sighed as he looked over at Weiss. "I know that look." Louder, he called out, "Hey Weiss! Keep that grin on, your face will freeze up like that!"
Adam chuckled when her face fell into a scowl. "It'll freeze like that too," Harry said, which caused her to scowl further.
"Ah! Potter!" a voice from behind Weiss shouted.
Harry made a noise that sounded like a puppy being stepped on (something that amused Adam greatly). Adam watched as Pyrrha Nikos walked out from behind Weiss and stood in front of Harry.
"P-Pyrrha!" Harry stammered, a forced grin on his face.
"I take it you remember our little deal about that rematch?" Pyrrha asked pleasantly, though it sounded more like an outright command.
"Y-yep! I promised you a rematch, didn't I?" Harry asked uncertainly.
"That you did!" she stated triumphantly. "And I'm not about to let you shy away from it!"
"Pyrrrrrhaaaa! Leave the poor guy alone!" a voice shouted out from behind the group. Just then, a girl with red hair and green eyes came running up. She wore a red long sleeve shirt and black pants with sandals. A long pole was strapped to her back.
Harry nearly cursed out loud. He knew he really shouldn't have said anything, because now he had yet another replica of his mother! Harry felt like stabbing something repeatedly.
The girl grabbed Pyrrha and preceded to try and drag the gladiator themed huntress away. "You're gonna scare 'em off!"
"You two are loud," a blonde haired Faunus with blue eyes and fox ears said as she walked up to Harry. "I'm Isabella Vulpes," she introduced. "My friend there is Jenna Kennedy."
Harry nearly sighed in relief. At least she didn't look like his mother. "Hey, Miss Isabella," he greeted. "Names Harry."
"Why hello, my beautiful vixen," Jaune said, appearing next to her out of no-where. "The name's Jaune Arc."
To her credit, Isabella didn't seem weirded out by his presence. She turned to him and said, "Hello, Jaune Arc. I am Isabella Vulpes. And before you try hitting on me, I'm not interested. I have my eyes on another." She gave him a look that said, 'Don't dare defy me.'
Thankfully, Jaune got the message. "Oh, uh, I see! Um…Sorry for bugging you, then," he stammered.
"Thank you, Jaune," Isabella said and looked at Harry. "Anyways, please forgive my friends. They tend to get…excited."
"No prob. I have friends like that back home."
Before she could ask, Pyrrha finally broke away from Jenna and said, "Potter! Our rematch?!"
Harry sighed. "Alright. Tomorrow's Saturday, right? We'll have it after lunch. Sound good?"
"Very," Pyrrha grinned.
"Attention, all first year students," Glynda Goodwitch's voice sounded over the school's PA system. "Please report to the cliffs for initiation. Thank you. That is all."
"Well," Harry said, "I think it's time to head out."
"Don't forget about our rematch tomorrow, Potter," Pyrrha purred and walked away with a large smirk on her face. She ran into Jaune and helped him up when she walked by. "I'm sorry!" she said as she continued on.
"Having trouble there, Lady Killer?" Yang asked as she and Ruby walked up.
"I don't understand it," he replied. "My dad said girls responded to confidence. Where am I going wrong?"
"I don't think Ice Queen was the best place to start," Yang commented.
"What about Weiss?" Harry asked.
"Jaune tried to flirt with Weiss," Ruby said looking up at Harry, only to look back down blushing when she saw him.
Harry didn't notice, to her relief. He just looked at Jaune and told him in the bluntest tone that Ruby had ever heard, "You're a bloody idiot."
"Geez, thanks for your honesty," Jaune grumbled.
Suddenly, a loud, fan-girlish squeal sounded out. "My green eyed Faunus!"
Harry paled as he tried to run, but suddenly found himself on the ground, with one Nora Valkyrie one top of him, rubbing her face against his. "I finally found you!"
"Agh! Someone! Please! Get this girl off me!" Harry begged as he tried to push her off him. He wasn't doing a good job at it.
Everyone else was too busy laughing. Well, almost all.
"Get off Harry, you orange haired fiend!" Yang shouted as she tried to pull Nora off the struggling Faunus.
"Nuh-uh! He's mine!" Nora shook her head in disagreement. She snuggled up to Harry and said, "You can't have 'em!"
A guy wearing green robes walked up to them and placed a hand on Nora's shoulder. He had dark hair with a magenta streak in it and magenta colored eyes. "Come on, Nora. You don't want your Wolf Faunus to miss initiation and be forced to leave, do you?" he asked patiently.
Her eyes widened and she jumped up quickly. "That's right! I can't let my Wolf Faunus be kicked out of Beacon!" she shouted frantically. She grabbed Harry and shouted, "Come, my Wolf Faunus, we must get to initiation!"
"Ow! Hey! Leggo! Leggo!" Harry shouted as he was dragged away.
The guy chuckled. "Well, at least I'm not the only one she does that too now."
After they caught up with Nora and Harry (and pried Harry away from Nora), the magenta eyed hunter introduced himself as Lie Ren, and they all made their way to the cliffs. They made it in time and took their positions on several launch pads. Harry took the one to Weiss's left, and Nora immediately took the one next to him. Weiss saw his sour look and grinned. "So your fan-girl finally caught up with you?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Harry mumbled.
"For years," Professor Ozpin began, cutting off all conversation, "you have trained to become warriors. Today, your skills will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
"I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams," Professor Goodwitch said. "Well, allow us to put your minds at ease. You will be assigned teammates…today."
"What? Oh," Ruby moaned nervously.
"These teammates will be with you for the duration of your time here at Beacon," Ozpin continued. "So it is in your best interests to be paired with someone whom you can work well with."
"Oooh," Ruby whined.
"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
Ruby felt shattered. "What?!"
Nora turned to Ren and said, "See? I told you-"
"After you've partnered up," Ozpin lectured, "make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Don't hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die."
'Dang, he's blunt. Not as blunt as Luna, but no one's as blunt as Luna,' Harry thought. He looked over at Jaune and saw him gulp nervously. He smirked at the blonde. Harry would bet money he'd be the first to fall.
"You will monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path, containing several relics. Each pair must choose a relic, and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and will grade you appropriately." He looked at each one of them. "Are there any questions?"
"Um, yeah, sir?" Jaune raised his hand.
"Good!" Ozpin said. "Now, take your positions!"
'Finally, the main event,' Lily thought with a smirk as she fell into a crouch and felt herself launched off the cliff.
"Here we go," Isabella whispered as her launch pad sent her rocketing through the sky.
"Um, sir, I've got a question," Jaune said. "This whole…'landing strategy' thing…so what is it? Are you like, dropping us off or something?"
Jenna was launched into the air with a loud, "Cannonball!"
"No," Ozpin replied. "You will be falling."
Adam winked at Blake and vanished quickly. Blake rolled her eyes was launched into the sky herself.
"Oh, I see. So did you hand out parachutes or something?"
"No. You will using your own landing strategy."
When it was Nora's turn to be launched, she went with a loud yell. Harry smiled and turned to Jaune. "Word to the wise Jaune; when you start your descent, avoid the trees," he told the would-be hunter and pulled something out of his pocket. He enlarged it, and Jaune saw that it was…a broomstick?
"What are you…?" Jaune tried to ask, but Harry was suddenly launched into the air.
"Whoooohoooooooo!" the green eyed youth cried as he felt the rush of air hit his face. Ah. How he missed that.
He heard someone laughing at him and he turned to see Cardin Winchester looking at him with scorn, pointing at his Firebolt. Harry just smiled and mounted his broom. Once he was seated, he leaned forward…
And suddenly vanished in a burst of speed, a gleeful laugh trailing behind the former Gryffindor Seeker.
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