RWBY: LIFE AND DEATH - CHAPTER 8

I woke up to quiet and warmth.

Groaning, I blinked away the lingering haze of sleep as I groggily sat up, stretching my arms. The window of my room was open, revealing a sunny day. Noon, I guessed. Though my eyes are blurry from the sudden rush of sunlight, a glance around reveals that what I experienced yesterday was not a dream, I really was in a room at the Belladonna manor, half-naked and wrapped in blankets, in a rather comfy bed.

“So it wasn’t a dream,” I chuckled finding the last events of my life quite unexpected, jumping out of the bed, I stretched my arms and legs, as I looked around the room. At the edge of the bed, my clothes were folded neatly, sporting a sweet lavender fragrance only recently washed clothes could have. It was nice of them to clean my stuff, grabbing my clothes, I dressed as fast as I could before I grabbed my weapon that was resting above the night table. Requiem, my weapon, rifle/sniper/halberd.

As I walked out of the room, I was greeted by Ghira and Kali, who were passing by, or waiting for me to wake up, one of the two, “Good morning,” I smiled, waving at them.

“You didn’t wake up,” Ghira muttered, sounded almost hurt at the fact I had picked sleep over food, a wise choice if you ask me, I can always eat, but I can’t always sleep.

“I had a lot to think of, and well… I went to sleep quite late, and needed some rest,” I replied, trying not to sound rude, or anything.

“Well… I made breakfast, and packed you some,” Ghira smiled, so that’s why he was like that, he thought I had skipped his breakfast, and that made it personal.

“We already fixed everything for you,” Kali chuckled at her husband’s antics, handing me the lunch box Ghira had packed, alongside a few papers, the Beacon admission papers, “We paid for everything, food, tuition, everything,” wow, she made emphasis on that anything.

“I see,” I smiled, looking at the papers with curiosity, did they know Oz… Az… the guy that looks mysterious and powerful yet does nothing but disappoints others with his mediocre results. “When do I leave?”

“In an hour, otherwise you will be late for your first day of school in two days!” Ghira declared, handing me a ferry ticket. I think, I think… they want me to go to beacon, just a hunch, not sure...

“Well, I guess I better walk to the port, don’t want to miss the ferry,” I chuckled, putting all the papers they had given me in my backpack.

“Take care! And if you have the time, keep an eye on our kit!” Kali said as I walked towards the exit. “And don’t get any girls pre-” and I’m out of here.

Good lord, since when those two adopted me, “Alright, time to meet the cookie monster of this world, and the rest of the cast I barely remember their names~” I declared, as giddy as possible, of course, it was all fake emotion, I was currently battling the crippling depression eating away within me that reminded me my sister and I were no longer in the best terms… don’t you look at me like that, I JUST HAD ONE DAY, to process all of this.

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I got to the port, and walked to the boarding line to get on the ferry, wondering what would I do after I arrived at beacon, I really didn’t had the slightest idea as to what to expect, beyond the first season that is, nonetheless regardless of the challenges ahead I was confident I was prepared.

“Ticket please,” the Faunus working at the port said.

“Here,” I sighed, handing him my ticket.

Punching my ticket with a hole maker, the man gave me back my ticket, “Enjoy the ride,” he smiled.

“I will,” Not sure exactly what I can enjoy on a ferry, but sure.

Inside the ferry, I went to my designated seat and took a deep breath, opening the food menu to pass the time, “Anything to drink sir?”

Sir? well that’s just hurtful, “An orange soda would be nice,” I nodded.

“I’ll be right back with that soda,” the waitress smiled, walking to the kitchen, not gonna lie, Ghira sure didn’t hold any punches with the ticket, this stuff was first class, the seat vibrated and all.

Focusing back on the menu I saw a few items that piqued my interest, the fish deluxe platter, the fish king boat, and the Salmon Alabaster. “Here you go,” the waitress said, putting the soda in front of me, “Are you ready to order some food? Or would you rather order later? Have in mind you can order as much food as you please, as we indicated in our VIP ticket,”

I chuckled, “I’m sure you guys are going to regret that policy by the end of this trip,” what can I say… I eat… a lot.

The waitress giggled, “Well then, you better enjoy it then, for as long as it lasts,” she winked.

“I think I will,” I grinned, handing her the menu, “I want the Salmon Alabaster, the fish king boat, and the fish deluxe platter,”

The Waitress smiled, taking note of my order, “I will be right back with the food,”

While I waited for my food, I decided to open the papers Ghira and Kali had given me, considering this was the best time to research about beacon, and Ozpin, because in all reality, I barely knew about the man, or the school in general, the show never went into detail about the school, and White Fang never really taught me about them, only how to fight and how to survive in this world being what I am, page after page, I read all the info available, finding nothing that could help me out, beyond things like the school’s dress code and such, “Nothing useful,” I sighed putting the papers back in my bag with slight disappointment.

“The Salmon is ready,” Well that was fast.

I looked at the salmon, and felt as my mouth started to water at the sight of such marvelous culinary item, “I love fish,”

“Yes, I figured,” I take great offense to this, but she’s right, I’m a tiger Faunus and I love fish, still hurts the racial profiling though, but right now I am not in the mood to fight proactively speaking, instead I will fight like kids on the internet, passively aggressive, by not leaving her a good tip.