Chapter 2: You? A Fairy?

Author's Note Part 1: Well guys, like I said last chapter, I'm trying to work on this the best I can. So, I've literally just posted the first chapter, and now I'm working on the second. Because of this, I haven't seen any reviews, favorites or follows yet. So, I'm working on this without knowing what you guys think about my story.

But, that aside, I suppose I should explain the whole "Ethan easily took out a pack of Beowolves" thing. Now, I have two reasons for this. The first is that in Ruby's trailer, she easily took out a large pack with Crescent Rose. However, keep in mind that Ruby's weapon is a scythe, that's also a sniper. But for Ethan, all he used was Elucidator, which is a single sword, with nothing fancy added.

Now, my reasoning for him being able to do what Ruby did with only a sword? SAO. To me, since I've already made it quite clear that he's gotten through SAO, I feel like Ethan shouldn't have much trouble taking on large groups of "mobs" on his own. Granted, that means that most Grimm he runs into are going to be nothing but a joke to him, (Especially since we should all know that in SAO, the mobs got tougher with each floor) but I won't be making him too OP. I just feel like after what he's gone through, the Grimm won't be very difficult for him. At least for now.

Oh, and something important that I should probably add. I will be using ost's from SAO. So, if you have this open on a computer, make sure to have a different tab opened to YouTube so that you can play the music along with the scenes. If you have this open on a phone… Then I'm sorry, since with how it works YouTube only plays videos if you have it opened to that specific app. So if you can, try to have YouTube opened on a different device while you read the scenes that include music.

But, I think that's about all I have to cover for last chapter, and music in chapters to come. So, I'll let you guys get to reading the second one!

3rd Person POV:

Play: SAO OST – Swordland (Start at 1:31)

As the Ethan and the Deathstalker run towards one another, the large Grimm is the first to attempt an attack while Ethan glares at it. The creature thrusts its left pincer towards Ethan, intent on impaling the teen and ending the fight right away so that it can get through him and kill the other teens. (1:40) However, the teen twists to the side as the Grimm does this, swinging Elucidator as he twists past the pincer, and succeeds in leaving a gash along the Grimm's black skin as the appendage impacts the ground. (1:45)

When Ethan does this, the Deathstalker gives a loud screech of pain and anger at the gash on its skin, and retracts its pincer, before attempting to swipe at Ethan with the right one, anger now making it reckless as it simply attempt to hit the teen. When Ethan sees what the Grimm is doing, he jumps backwards, dodging the appendix before landing back on the ground and sliding backwards a bit, the glare gone and replaced by a serious expression. (2:00)

After dodging the strike, Ethan rushes forwards once again, his swords at his sides as the Deathstalker gives a defiant screech, before the teen strafes to the side slightly to dodge the large Grimm's tail, and continue running towards the scorpion-like Grimm. (2:08) Suddenly, everyone watching the fight is shocked as Elucidator glows a bright orange and almost seems to become wrapped in flames he closes in on the Grimm, the sword letting off a humming sound loud enough for everyone to hear. (2:15)

Ethan lets off a loud yell as he runs right in front of the Deathstalker's face, slashing the bone plating with Elucidator and leaving a fairly large gash. (2:19) However, what happens next shocks everyone, as a large gout of flames shoots out of the gash, and the Grimm lets off a pained screech. When this happens, Ethan's gaze gets determined, as the orange glow on Elucidator disappears, and a blue glow surrounds his white sword, and it lets off a humming sound identical to the one that his black sword let off moments ago. (2:29)

Ethan suddenly leaps into the air, and lands on the Grimm's back. Once he's done this, he lifts his white sword, and swings down onto the creature's back. (2:33) After leaving yet another large gash on the Deathstalker's bone plating, he leaps off its back, while the Grimm gives another screech of pain as a cluster of ice crystals suddenly forms on its back, as well as its abdomen. (2:37)

Then, with a determined look in his eyes, Ethan whirls around, Elucidator once again glowing orange, before he stabs it through the gash on the Grimm's faceplate with a yell of determination. (2:40) When he does this, the Grimm goes still, before a large tornado of fire surrounds the two, disappearing seconds later. (2:45) What greets the people watching the battle after it disappears is Ethan standing in front of the large Grimm, smoke coming from the creature, and the ground around it. (2:50)

As the Huntsman and Huntresses in training continue to look on, Ethan swings his two swords out to his sides, before he lifts them and places them in their respective sheaths on his back, everyone watching him do this, too dumbstruck by what they just saw to say anything as they stay silent.

(Let OST finish playing)

Finally, after a few seconds of silence, Ethan turns around, and walks back over towards the group. When he does this, everyone snaps out of their shocked states, and Yang is the first one to step forwards. "Alright, just what the hell was that?!" She exclaims, making Ethan blink in surprise, before he gives a sheepish chuckle as he rubs the back of his head.

"Now I know how Kirito felt…" He mutters to himself, before turning to the group and trying just what the black haired swordsman himself tried a while ago. "You… Probably don't want to know." He tries. But unfortunately for him, it doesn't work.

"Like hell we don't want to know!" Yang exclaims. "I've never seen that before! Heck, I've never even read about anything like that before! That sure as heck wasn't Dust, so what was it!?" Yang exclaims, getting closer to him as she continues before she's standing right in front of him, her eyes glowing red. Ethan simply continues to stare at her in response, before he places his hand on his head and sighs.

"…Magic." He tells them, making everyone pause and blink in surprise, Yang's eyes returning to their lilac color, before all the teens speak up.

"Magic?" They all ask as one, making Ethan sigh once again.

"Yes, magic. Well, magic and Sword Skills." He admits, everyone just staring at him in confusion, causing him to sigh. "Look, can we just say that it's a part of my past, and if I tried to explain the whole thing to you then you'd call me crazy?" He asks in slight annoyance. "Besides, as far as I know, it's something that you guys can probably copy using your Dust… At least to a degree." He tells them.

"How?" Blake asks, and Ethan sighs once again.

"Alright, I'll explain it later. But right now, would you mind grabbing those "relics" of yours?" He asks, gesturing to the chess pieces in the ruins behind them. "I'd like to get out of this forest today if you don't mind." He says, before everyone suddenly hears a different sound, and looks into the sky to see the Nevermore turning around to fly back towards them.

"Um… I'm with this guy. That thing's circling back towards us." Jaune says as he points up at the large Grimm. In response, everyone shares a look, before turning back to Ethan.

"Alright, fine. But after this is over, you're telling us about what you just did." Yang relents, getting a nod from Ethan in response.

"That's fine with me." He agrees as Ruby walks over and grabs the second Knight, while Jaune grabs the remaining rook. However, everyone is surprised when they hear a faint screech, and turn to find the Deathstalker moving a bit, attempting to stand. As it turns out, the smoke that was coming off it earlier was only smoke. The Grimm hadn't been dissipating.

"Damn. This is why I hate the fact that there's no health bars." Ethan mutters, before turning to the others. "Alright, I guess that I didn't completely take care of that thing. So, we should probably go before it regains its footing and decides that it want revenge." He says, getting nods of agreement from the others in response.

"Right. Let's go!" Ruby exclaims, running off in the direction of the cliffs that they'd started on, the others following her a few seconds later. This leaves Ethan behind to stand beside Yang and Blake, the prior giving a small smile as she watches Ruby lead the others away from their current location.

"What is it?" Blake asks, having seen the smile as Ruby leaps onto a rock, gestures towards the cliff, and then continues running in front of everyone else. While this happens, Ethan gives his own small smile, while Yang turns to face Blake.

"Nothing." Yang says in response to Blake's question, before running after her sister. This leaves Blake behind with a knowing smile, while Ethan gives a similar one as he takes off after the others, Blake beside him.

"She's proud of her sister." He says, getting a nod of agreement from Blake since both had figured that out. Well, I can already tell that this is gonna be an interesting situation. Giant Raven-Grimm in the sky, Scorpion-Grimm chasing us… Feels just like home. Ethan thinks with a smirk as he follows everyone else towards the cliff.

After a few minutes, the large group arrives at a new set of ruins, which are just beneath the large cliff that the students have to reach. However, they're all forced to take cover when the Nevermore returns, and situates itself on top of the largest ruin, letting off a loud screech at where they're hiding to tell them that it already knows where they are.

"Well that's great." Yang says sarcastically from her place beside Ruby and Ethan, the raven haired teen getting a small smirk on his face as he leans out from behind the pillar they're hiding behind to get a better look at the Nevermore, giving a light chuckle as he sees it.

"Just like old times." He comments, confusing the two girls beside him. However, before anything else can be said, a different screech can be heard, and the trees they'd just run out of crash to the ground as the scorched Deathstalker comes charging out of the forest towards them.

"Ah man, run!" Jaune exclaims, him and Pyrrha running out from behind their cover to run towards the ruins that the Nevermore is on, everyone else doing the same. However, when they do this, the large raven-like Grimm lets off another screech, and lifts itself up into the air. Ren sees this, and turns to Nora as they run out from behind their own pillar.

"Nora, distract it!" He exclaims, getting a nod from the orange haired girl in response as she runs perpendicular to everyone else, essentially drawing the Nevermore's attention to her, and making it launch a salvo of feathers at her position. However, Nora runs past, rolls under, or jumps over every feather that's shot at her, before turning towards the raven-like Grimm, and taking out her weapon, which happens to be a pink and grey grenade launcher.

Then, she starts to fire her weapon, the grenades impacting the Nevermore and causing it to screech in pain as it takes off, and flies a short distance away to get out of the line of fire. When Ethan sees this, he gets a small grin on his face. And there goes the first healthbar. Hopefully the rest are that easy. He thinks to himself, looking over his shoulder to see Blake and Ren keeping the Deathstalker away from Nora, while Weiss gets her out of the way.

As he crosses the bridge that connects to two ruins with Yang and Ruby, he sees Pyrrha stop, and change her own weapon into a rifle, surprising him at the fact that the weapons apparently had two different functions, before the redhead starts taking pot shots at the Deathstalker to slow it down so that Blake and Ren can catch up to them. When Ren gets to the bridge, he leaps onto the stone, before turning around to fire at the giant Grimm, helping Pyrrha slow it down and allowing Blake to reach the bridge as well.

The Deathstalker attempts to reach her one last time, but Blake dives past its pincers, and runs along the bridge with everyone else. Everything looks like it's going good, but Ethan notices the Nevermore making a return out of the corner of his eyes, and turns just in time to see it heading straight towards the bridge. "Heads up!" He exclaims, making everyone turn to see the Nevermore just as it impacts the bridge.

When this happens, the part of the bridge that it flew into breaks apart, separating the group while the Nevermore continues to fly away. Ruby, Yang, Ethan, Weiss, Nora and Jaune all end up on the side nearest to the cliff, while Ren, Pyrrha and Blake are sent back towards the Deathstalker. While Ruby tries to shoot the raven-like Grimm as it flies away, Jaune, Nora and Ethan notice the others on the opposite side, trying to fight off the Deathstalker.

"Man, we've gotta get over there! They need help!" Jaune exclaims, Nora running up beside him with determination in her eyes, while Ethan glances at the Nevermore as it circles around their position.

"Let's do this." The orange haired girl says, aiming her grenade launcher at the scorpion-like Grimm, while Jaune looks down at the break in the bridge, and the chasm below.

"Yeah, but uh… I can't make that jump." Jaune tells the girl, making her smirk as she glances at him, before swinging out her arm, hitting Jaune backwards when her grenade launcher hits him, before it starts to change so that it becomes a large hammer. When this happens, the girl runs forwards slightly, before leaping into the air, and turning around so that she's bringing the hammer over her head while she looks at Jaune, who's eyes widen when he realizes what's happening.

"Wait! No, no, no, no!" He exclaims, just as Nora brings the hammer down, crushing more of the bridge and makes it send Jaune catapulting over the break towards the trio on the other side, before the orange haired girl places her feet on the hammer, clicks the trigger, and launches another grenade out of the front, causing her to go flying over to the Deathstalker. Ethan watches all this with an amused grin on his face, before he becomes serious once again, and turns to face the Nevermore as it continues to fly around his group.

As he watches the flying Grimm, he notices Yang shooting Ember Celica at it, and succeed in hitting it a few times. However, the shotgun blasts don't do as much damage as Nora's grenades as it continues to fly through the air. Ethan grits his teeth a little when he realizes that nothing is working yet, before he suddenly notices Blake swing from underneath the bridge, and ends up landing on the Nevermore's head, slashing at it with Gambol Shroud a few times before she runs along its back, and continue to leave cuts along its body.

Afterwards, she leaps off the giant Grimm, and lands a few feet away from Ruby, before jumping onto a different part of the ruins and landing next to Yang, Ethan and Weiss, who all watch as the Nevermore circles around their position once again, letting off an anger filled screech, no doubt because of what the raven haired girl just did. "It's tougher than it looks!" She exclaims, making Yang ready Ember Celica once again, while Weiss gets out Myrtenaster, and Ruby walks over with Crescent Rose.

"Then let's hit it with everything we've got!" The blonde haired girl exclaims, the Nevermore still circling them, but slowly closing in with the intent to kill the five teens that are attacking it. At Yang's declaration, Ethan gets a smirk on his face as he unsheathes both his swords, and his wings once again appear on his back.

"You know, I feel like if I did, you guys wouldn't have much to do." He says with a smirk in Yang's direction, making her give a challenging one back.

"Are you saying that you could beat that thing on your own?" She asks, and even though she means it in a teasing way, there's a hint of intrigue in her voice. After all, he'd practically killed the Deathstalker earlier within the space of a little over a minute, so who's to say he couldn't do the same to the Nevermore.

"I could, but I feel like since this is part of your initiation, and I wouldn't want to take the fight away from you girls, I'll go easy on the bird." He says, sheathing his white sword. "So, I'll only use Elucidator." He tells them, revealing the name of his black sword to the girls around him. Yang scoffs a bit as she turns back to the Nevermore, which is now flying straight towards them.

"Sure, we'll see how long you last." She teases, only for Weiss to speak up.

"If you two are done flirting, can we get back to the giant Nevermore currently flying towards us?" She asks in annoyance, only getting two smirks in response.

"Sure thing. Though, this bird probably doesn't even have the same strength as any of the mobs from floor 50 or higher." Ethan says with a shrug, making everyone raise an eyebrow at that. He seems to realize what he said, but the Nevermore is too close to explain. "I'll explain later, right now, let's do as she suggested and take out the overgrown turkey." He says, holding Elucidator in front of him while crouching slightly to get into a fighting stance as the others ready their own weapons.

"Right!" Ruby exclaims, before she unfolds Crescent Rose, and starts shooting at the Nevermore. Quickly following her example, Yang shoots shotgun rounds from Ember Celica, Blake changes Gambol Shroud into its pistol form and begins shooting, and Weiss launches Dust from Myrtenaster. Meanwhile, Ethan waits for the right moment, which appears when the Nevermore pushes through all the attacks that the girls attempt, and crashes through the ruins they're all standing on.

As the four girls use their own methods to get back to safety so that they don't fall into the chasm below, Ethan instead leaps off the ruins at the same time that the Nevermore crashes through them, and uses his wings to fly through the air. As he does this, he continues to fly alongside the Nevermore, slashing at the bird from every angle, getting pained cries from it in response.

Then, Elucidator starts to glow orange and become wrapped in flames just like earlier, and the next slash along its back leaves a fairly large gash in the Grimm's skin, before a gout of fire explodes from said gash, making the Nevermore give a louder screech of pain. However, Ethan stops attacking the raven-like Grimm when he notices that the girls are fine, and that Yang is about to fire Ember Celica at the Nevermore again.

When he sees this, he flies away from the Grimm, and down onto the ruins beside the blonde girl just as she begins to shoot at the Nevermore. "Well, I see that you four have no trouble escaping from certain death." He says with a smirk, getting a similar one in response as Yang once again fires towards the flying Grimm's head.

"Not sure about the other two, but me and Ruby have been trained for this kind of stuff since forever." Yang says, before glancing at Ethan out of the corner of her eyes. "And I can't help but notice that you haven't taken out the Nevermore yet." She says in a teasing voice, making Ethan chuckle in response.

"Well, first off I already said that I'd go easy for you girls. And, when there's a beautiful blonde girl that starts firing shotgun blasts in your general direction without warning, it's a good idea to stop attacking, and get out of the blast zone." He tells her as the Nevermore continues to circle them, before letting off a loud screech as it finally has enough of being attacked.

"Beautiful, huh?" Yang asks with a smirk, getting a similar one in response.

"Well, you'd have to be blind not to see that. Oh, and heads up." He warns her, before taking off into the air once again, leaving Yang to turn around and see the Nevermore heading straight towards her. When she sees this, her smirk gets wider, before she jumps into the air, and holds onto the Grimm's beak to keep it open as she fires Ember Celica into the thing's open mouth.

"I! Hope! You're! Hun-gry!" She exclaims, punctuating each word with a shotgun blast that shoots down the Grimm's throat and into its stomach. In response, the Nevermore gives off a loud, pain filled cry, while Yang turns her head to look at where the Grimm is flying towards, before she leaps off it, and gets caught by Ethan as the Nevermore flies into the cliff face. When this happens, Ethan flies the two down onto the ruins below, where they see the other three girls standing in varying positions facing the raven-like Grimm.

"whoever thought up this idea is crazy… And a genius." Ethan tells Yang as Weiss runs towards the two, Ethan and Yang running by her at the same time. In response, Yang simply gives him a smirk, before they separate. While Yang scales one of the broken pillars on the ruins, and Weiss traps the Nevermore to the cliff with ice, Ethan flies past Ruby, and ends up beside Weiss when she runs back into position as Yang and Blake stretch out a ribbon between them.

After everyone is in position, Ruby launches herself off the ground using Crescent Rose, and lands on the ribbon, before stretching it back towards Weiss and Ethan. In response, the prior creates a glyph that keeps Ruby in place, while Ethan activates his "Sword Skill", causing Elucidator to catch fire, before he fits it into place onto the blade of Ruby's weapon, a piece of metal keeping it from falling off the scythe.

"Of course you would come up with this idea." Weiss comments. Ruby simply continues to look at the trapped Nevermore while Ethan smirks when he realizes that Ruby was the one to come up with the plan.

"Think you can make the shot?" The girl in the red cloak asks, getting a smirk from Weiss.

"Hmph, can I?" She asks rhetorically. However, Ruby doesn't seem to understand this as she turns to look at the white haired girl.

"Can yo-" But Weiss cuts her off before she can finish.

"Of course I can!" She exclaims, making Ruby turn and give a small smile while she focuses on the trapped Grimm as she racks another bullet into Crescent Rose, and Weiss gets ready to change the glyph.

"Ready, aim, fire!" Ethan exclaims, flying up into the air. When he says this, the glyph keeping Ruby in place changes colors from black to red, and she's flung from the ribbon towards the Nevermore. As she flies through the air, she continuously shoots Crescent Rose, keeping her momentum steady while fire trails behind her thanks to Elucidator.

Then, her scythe catches the Nevermore's neck, and her feet land on the cliff face. When this happens, Weiss creates white glyphs that lead all the way up to the top of the cliff, and Ruby immediately starts running up the cliff on the glyphs, firing Crescent Rose to increase her speed as she continue to run towards the top.

Fire continues to trail behind her as she runs up the cliff, before she reaches the top, her scythe catching onto the Grimm's neck and stopping her for a few moments… Before the blade slices through, the top of the body and the bottom of the head exploding into fire thanks to Elucidator as she decapitates the Nevermore, and lands on top of the cliff.

As the body of the Grimm falls towards the chasm below, all the other Huntsman and Huntresses in training watch the sight, surprised by how the outcome was accomplished. Meanwhile, Ethan flies up the cliff to land beside Ruby, and gives her a small smile. "Nice job. Now if only the Bosses that I fought in the past were that easy." He says, making Ruby look at him in surprise.

"What?" She asks, making him give her a small chuckle as he takes Elucidator back, and sheaths the sword.

"Right, you weren't with your sister and Blake when I explained this were you? Well, basically, I'm not exactly from around here. Where I'm from, the beasts are probably about two or three times as tough as the Grimm, and it usually takes a group of people to take out said beasts. However, me and a friend of mine used to go in as a duo, and face those monsters on our own." He explains, making Ruby's eyes widen at the thought of things stronger than the Grimm, and the fact that apparently him and a friend took them out where others needed entire groups.

"But… Where are you from?" Ruby asks him, making him sigh as he rubs the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Let's just say that it's very far away. Cause if I told you the truth, I have a feeling that you'd call me crazy. As it is, I have no idea how it is that I'm going to explain it to this Ozpin guy that I guess I'm going to see." He says, before a different voice speaks up.

"I feel like it shouldn't be that hard, Mr. Smith." At the sound of the voice, Ethan and Ruby turn their heads to see none other than Ozpin and Goodwitch standing a few feet away. "In fact, I may be more inclined to believe your tail than you might think." He continues, taking a sip from his mug of coffee as he looks at the two teens in front of him.

"…Great, this place has it's very own Albus Dumbledore." Ethan mutters to himself, before turning around completely to face the two adults. "Why do I have a feeling that you know exactly what happened to me?" He asks with a sigh. While he asks this, the other Huntsman and Huntresses in training finish scaling the cliff, and climb up next to Ruby.

"We can discuss that as soon as we return to the Academy. For now, I think that the students should be able to rest after their eventful initiation." Ozpin says, getting groans of agreement from the teens behind Ethan, making him look over his shoulder at them.

"Yeah, I guess you're right…" He admits, before turning to face Ozpin and Goodwitch. "Well, lead the way I guess. It'll be nice to finally get an opinion on what I believe possibly happened to me." He admits, getting a nod from Ozpin as him and Goodwitch turn around, and begin to head back to the Academy, the teens following close behind.

Around an hour later, Ethan is sitting in what can be assumed is the office for professor Ozpin. The ceiling was practically non-existent, and was made up of multiple pieces that looked like they belonged in a clock. As he continues to sit there, he thinks about what's happened over the past couple hours.

So, I go from ALO, to suddenly being thrown onto this "Remnant" planet, where there are Grimm, and the humans have "Aura", which is basically shielding magic. Not only that, but they're all pretty much Conduits with different powers, and weapons that they design however they want. He thinks, shaking his head before placing it in his hands. I have no clue what the hell happened to me, and the only thing that I can think of sounds crazy, even to me. He continues, before the door opens to reveal Ozpin and Goodwitch walking in, the female carrying his swords since they'd wanted to take a look at them.

Ethan understood. After all, when a random teen suddenly appears in the middle of an initiation for students into an Academy created to fight off the evil in the world, you tend to be cautious around the unknown. That didn't mean I was gonna give them all my weapons though… I'd rather not be in an unknown place with no way of defending myself. He thinks to himself, before Ozpin walks around his desk, and sits down so that he can face the teen.

"Now, just so that you are aware, you aren't in any trouble. Quite the opposite actually." He tells the teen, making Ethan raise an eyebrow in confusion. "But before we get to that, I would like to talk a bit." Ozpin continues, pouring himself some coffee, before taking a sip. As he places the mug down on the table, he looks back at Ethan. "First, let's start with who…" He trails off, looking at Ethan's ears before once again focusing on his eyes. "And what, you are." He says.

When Ozpin says this, Ethan lowers his head and sighs, before looking up at the headmaster. "I'm gonna warn you now, it's gonna sound crazy. Heck, it sounds crazy even to me." He admits, getting a small smile from Ozpin in response.

"I believe I can understand why. However, just so that we have the facts straight, let's hear it from you, shall we? After all, the students are still resting, and the ceremony isn't until tonight. So, we should have quite enough time for you to tell us Mr. Smith." He says. Ethan sighs again, knowing that the best course of action here is to tell the truth.

"Alright, you obviously already know my name's Ethan Smith. However, what you don't know is that I'm a Spriggan. A type of fairy." He tells them, making Goodwitch's eyes widen in shock.

"You? A fairy?" She asks, making Ethan sigh once again.

"Yes, a fairy. However, to explain that, I'm probably gonna need to give you a bit of background. Which is gonna take a while." He says. When he tells them this, Ozpin stands up, gathers another mug from one of his cabinets, and starts to make some hot chocolate.

"As I've said Mr. Smith, we have the time. So…" He trails off, placing the mug of hot chocolate down in front of Ethan as he takes his seat once again. "Please, take your time."

"…And finally… Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces." He says, and the audience begins to clap as the last team takes the stage, and stands in front of the headmaster. All four of them are grinning at their accomplishment, but at the same time, Ruby, Yang and Blake can't help but think about Ethan, still wondering just who he is, and why he was in the forest. But they're brought out of their thoughts when Ozpin continues speaking.

"However, there was a fifth person who helped." He says, confusing them slightly. "And so, an addition shall be made to your team. Ethan Smith." He says, just as the teen in question walks up the stage behind them, surprising them at the sight of him standing there with a smirk on his face.

"Sup guys?" He asks as he stands beside Yang, turning to look at the headmaster, and give a small nod. Ozpin gives an identical nod in response, before gesturing to the screens above the stage, which had added in a picture of a smiling Ethan, taken after the talk in the office.

"And so, from this day forward, you will work together as… Team REWBY." He tells them, Weiss still shocked by the "random" person joining their team, while Ruby, Blake and Yang are smiling, just before Ozpin continues. "Led by… Ruby Rose." He tells them, the audience clapping in response, though some of them are confused at the sight of the "mystery man" being placed on the team.

As the audience claps, Yang moves over to her sister to give her a hug. "I'm so proud of you!" She exclaims, Ruby still shocked that she was the leader of the team, while Ethan simply gives a small smile at the sight.

"It looks like things are shaping up to be an… Interesting year." Ozpin says, glancing at Ethan as he says this. When the ceremony finishes, the new teams make their way to the dorms that they'd been assigned. When Team REWBY gets to theirs, the only male is immediately the focus of attention.

"So…" Yang trails off, and Ethan simply gives her a smirk in response.

"Yup, I'm on a team with you girls. Long story short, I'm stuck here for an unknown amount of time, possibly forever, and the best place for me to be, given my past, is here. Also, apparently Ozpin already placed me in the school system as soon as I arrived and met up with you two, making me part of your group so that instead of a duo, you now have a trio." He says, gesturing to Yang and Blake at the end. In response, the girls simply stare at him. After a few seconds, Ruby finally raises her hand, almost as if she's in class. "Yeah?" Ethan asks with an amused smile on his face.

"…Can I see your weapons?" She asks, getting a chuckle out of Ethan in response as he takes out his two swords so that the four girls can see them.

"I've already told you that the black one's name is Elucidator. The white one's name is Oblivion." He tells them, Ruby immediately getting closer to inspect them, while Weiss…

"They look like nothing but simple swords to me." She says in a frown, still confused and slightly annoyed at the fact that some random guy had been admitted into Beacon during their initiation. It also didn't help that they knew hardly anything about his past.

"Yeah, well, these two have gotten me out of quite a few tight spots in the past with all the mobs that I had to face. Whether I was alone, or with my group." He says, flinching slightly when he mentioned his "group".

"Oh yeah, I meant to ask. You told us before that you're from, "very far away". But, you never told us where exactly." Yang says, making everyone focus on Ethan as he sighs, and sheathes his swords once again.

"Alright, Ozpin told me not to say much after hearing my story. However, what I can tell you for now is that none of us have any way of getting there, since we're not entirely sure how I got here in the first place. As for more about my past…" He trails off, and the girls lean in closer to hear anything. "…You're just gonna have to wait." He tells them, making the four face-fault in response.

"What?!" They exclaim, making him sigh once again.

"Look, at the moment, I'm working on something that will work a whole lot better than me simply telling you guys about it, since it'll give actual proof, instead of just words and phrases… That, and this method will be better since I can't remember exactly how things have gone over the past few years when I simply try to think about it." He continues, getting raised eyebrows in response.

"How could there be a method better than actually telling someone? I mean, unless you recorded it on camera or something." Yang says, and once again Ethan sighs in response.

"Look, for now, just know that I'm working on it as a project so that by the time it's done, all the friends that I make will be able to understand in a way that's better than me just explaining it. However, I have no idea how long it's gonna take. I only know that at the most, it'll take a few months." He tells them, getting wide eyes in response.

"What?!" They exclaim again, and this time Ethan gives a small chuckle.

"Yeah, so until then, I'll just leave you four to try and guess." He says, a smirk making its way onto his face. "But for now, I think I'm gonna hit the hay." He says as he walks further into the room. As he does this, the girls look around, and notice something.

"Uh, Ethan…" Ruby starts. "There are only four beds." She says, making Ethan look over his shoulder as he walks towards a closet door on the other end of the room.

"Are there?" He asks, opening the door and stepping through. When he does this, the girls all share a glance, before following him, and looking into the room. When they do, their eyes widen in shock at the sight. Instead of a small closet like they were expecting, there's instead a medium sized walk-in closet, which had been changed a bit.

Now it's rectangular in shape, the left and right walls being the shorter ones when looking through the door, with a bed set against the left wall, and a small window being placed above it with closed blinds. Meanwhile, the longer wall that didn't have the door on it was covered in shelves and cabinets for items and materials to be placed on and in. The floor is covered in a black carpet, identical to the one in the main room that the girls are sleeping in, while the bed on the far left wall is identical to theirs as well, the pillow being against the wall that doesn't have the door.

"My guess is that the teachers don't exactly want a guy to be sleeping in the same "room" as four girls." Ethan says as he lies down on his bed. This breaks the girls out of their shock, and they all nod. However, Yang gives a small smirk

"Well, how would they feel about you being in the same "room" as one?" She asks, making Ethan turn to face her with a smirk, while the other girls look at her with wide eyes.

"Not entirely sure, guess I could ask… Or I could not." He tells her. However, before she can respond, the other girls leave, with Ruby dragging Yang behind her.

"Ya~~~ng! I don't need you embarrassing me already!" She exclaims, and her sister whines in response.

"But Ruby~~~!" She complains, making Ethan chuckle as he gets up, and looks out the door at the blonde girl being dragged away.

"Don't worry about it Yang, I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to get to know one another since we're on a team. Who knows, you might just fall for me completely." He says, and Yang stops complaining to look at him with a smirk.

"Are you sure you won't fall for me?" She asks, while Weiss simply rolls her eyes as she sits down in her bed, and Blake gets a light blush as she glances at her suitcase, which has her "Ninjas of Love" book in it, since she could already see something similar to it happening in real life with people that she knows. In response to Yang's question, Ethan simply shrugs.

"Who knows? Anyways, I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. I swear, the talk with Ozpin was much more tiring than fighting off those Grimm. I mean, I didn't even have to go all out on any of them." He comments, before closing the door. When he does this, he leaves four girls staring at the wood with wide eyes.

"…There's no way he's telling the truth." Weiss says, while Yang thinks about it.

"…I'm not sure. I mean, when I said for us to go all out earlier, he told me that he didn't want to take the fight away from us since it was part of our initiation in a way… I kinda thought he was kidding a little at the time, but now… I'm not entirely sure." She admits. Meanwhile, Blake simply shakes her head.

"We won't know for sure until some point in the future. However, if he wasn't lying, then I'm not entirely sure if we want to know what could make him put his all into a fight." She says, and the three other girls mentally agree with her as they continue to stare at the door that their male teammate is sleeping behind, before they get ready to sleep, and then claim a bed each as they climb in them, and fall asleep after their second day at Beacon Academy. Even if most of it was spent in the Emerald Forest.

Author's Note Part 2: Well there you go guys, the first two chapters done! And, on time I might add! I'll admit, I was a little unsure if I'd manage to get this out today, since I actually ended up going to get my hair cut at around 4:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) since I'm going on the RV camping trip tomorrow. But, timing and camping aside, let's get to the actual chapter shall we?

So in this chapter, I showed you guys Ethan's weapons, Elucidator and Oblivion. However, they're not his only weapons… But, the other ones are for a different time! And the same goes for his backstory! So, you'll just have to keep reading to find out about those. (I have a feeling that some of you might want to attack me for teasing you like this… Oh well!)

Anyways, since I'm still being a teasing bastard, I guess that the only thing left for me to do is reply to the two reviews I got last chapter! (At least at the time that I'm writing this.)

DePlexx:

Thanks! However, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "He never made it through". So, do you think that you could explain that?

Grimmjack69:

Thanks for the compliments! To answer your questions:

1: Yes.

2: The main pairing is shown underneath the summary, and hinted at in this chapter.

3: No. Ethan, as well as every other OC character I write, is basically me writing out the kind of guy that I wish I could be in those situations. Because in no way am I actually like that in real life.

Anyways, that's about all I have to say for this chapter. So, thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this, and I hope to see you all next time!