Author's note: I made the first chapter super long. Most chapter's will be shorter. So yeah enjoy. Please give it a proper try. There is a lot of talking in some parts. Especially the beginning.

Chapter 1 A New Life, An Assassin, And Secret's.

A girl stumbled through alleys and back streets. The girl had cuts all over and a knife in her arm. The wounds were not what concerned her they would heal soon enough. No what concerned the girl was her newfound lack of blood. The girl was gonna need to feed soon. The girl had just barely shaken her pursuers. Though as she stumbled through the alleys she caught the smell of cheap cologne. As she exited the alley she saw the source of the irritating smell. Some men in black suits were entering a dust shop with a guy in a white suit.

The girl stumbled closer listening to them from across the street. "You shouldn't get involved Simone. You will regret it." The girl whispered without emotion to herself. But before she could decide one way or the other one of thugs came through the window. A girl in a red cloak was standing over him. She had a large scythe. 'Well I could leave and maybe go insane from hunger or I could stay and possible take care of that.' Simone was not sure how long she had before she could no longer think properly. So Simone decided to watch the fight and hope the opportunity to feed would arise.

The girl in the red cloak made short work of the thugs but the man in white ran to a roof top. The girl followed closed behind. Simone groaned as the shadows near her grew darker. Simone then stepped into them exiting on the roof. The criminal threw a dust crystal to the feet of the girl in the red cloak. Simone sighed and the shadows around her again deepen. This time though they stretch out snatching the crystal into Simone's hands. The criminal follows the shadows with understanding in his eyes. As he saw Simone he hurried to the front of the bullhead. "We have a vampire." He said to a women who traded places with him. The women had a red dress with glowing orange patterns.

Just as the woman was about to attack a huntress with platinum blonde hair launched an attack on the bullhead. The bullhead quickly left as the woman made fire pillars burst up from the ground. The huntress got her and the cloaked girl out of danger. Simone decided to stumble forward and then promptly fall face first onto the roof.

Simone woke up in an unfamiliar room on a bed which she was strapped to. The room was white and there was a curtain around her bed. If Simone did not know better she would assume this was some kinda hospital. But no one would take her to one of those. And no hospital would even consider taking her. 'What a fine mess your conscience has landed you in. Lets just hope this does not turn into a repeat of last time...' Simone laid there depressed as she heard someone approaching. Then the door opened and she could smell perfume. She remembered it as the huntress' smell.

"Can we get this torture or whatever you have planned over with?" Simone said without emotion. The woman stopped moving for a moment before coming up to the curtain and pulling it open. "I would never torture someone. And why would I take you to a hospital if I was planning to harm you?" The blonde said staring at the young girl. "Yeah right treating a vampire criminal is a punishable offence. You know under the old laws. So unless miraculously those laws have changed no hospital should be willing to take me."

The blond sighed. "I am professor Glynda Goodwitch a huntress. I took you to Beacon academies private hospital. The doctor who treated you is under orders to keep what you are hidden. Ozpin headmaster of beacon shall be here shortly to speak with you." Glynda said watching the girl strapped to the bed start to cry blood tears. Glynda was pretty sure the girl thought this was some kinda cruel joke. But she had no clue what to say to the girl to make her understand. That was when the girl turned to where the door was.

Moments later Ozpin walked in cane in one hand mug in the other. "Hello I am Ozpin. I can assure you we do not agree with how Vampires are treated." Ozpin said in his calm voice before sipping his coffee. "Bullshit!" Simone yells and struggles against her binds. The binds were clearly barely holding her. "Glynda remove the restraints."Ozpin said. Glynda stared at him for a moment before using her semblance to undo them. Simone jumped from the bed pulling the curtain open. Simone seeing there were no windows then backed up into a corner away from Ozpin and Glynda. Looking scared.

"I can assure you we do not mean you any harm. In fact I would like to help you. I would like to invite you into my school. You would no longer need to live on the streets working with criminals just to survive. But if you turn me down then you may leave and return to the streets." Ozpin said solemnly. "All I ask is you hear me out before you decide." Ozpin asked as he moved so Simone had a clear path to the door. Glynda followed his lead stepping out of Simone's way.

Ozpin waiting for a moment but getting none as Simone eyed the door he continued. "Would you mind telling me your name?" He asked. "Simone." was the only response he got. "Well Simone this is Glynda. She is a teacher at my school. And one of my closest friends. She would be your combat teacher." Ozpin looked to Glynda. "Nice to meet you Simone I apologize if I did anything to frighten you." Glynda said sincerely. "Right with that out of the way. Simone just to clarify I am not doing this simply out of the goodness of my heart. Though that is a part of it. I am doing this because if I can make a vampire into a successful huntress, then it will go a long way to getting rid of the old laws."

Simone finally looked back at Ozpin using all of her senses to look for any sign of this being a lie. Finding none Simone slowly takes a seat on the bed. "And why do you want to get rid of those laws?" Simone asked returning to her normal close to emotionless state. "Well I have met vampires who were foul and evil and I have met vampires who sacrificed themselves to save stranger's. Just like I have with humans. In fact Some of the best people I have met were vampires." Ozpin said thinking back on his life and all the sorts of people he has met.

Simone again sensed no sigh of a lie. "Do you even really know anything about vampires? We are the cursed. We are damned to suffer for all time. Even I understand that. And I am only 16. I think." Simone said sadness slowly filling her voice and face. Blood tears started falling again and Simone pulled her legs up burying her face in her knee's. Glynda sighed and went over to Simone grabbing a box of tissue's. Glynda then lifted Simone's face from her knees and used the tissues to wipe the blood tears away. Simone was shocked as this was a first for her. Simone was pretty sure this was something people did to comfort a crying people.

"Why are you both being so nice? I just cant understand it..." Simone said as she started to cry. Glynda sat next to her putting her arm around Simone's shoulders holding the young girl close. "Well we are and will continue to." Glynda said softly to the girl she was trying to comfort. "Simone I know a lot about vampires. Far more then most people. Such as how your heart still beats despite no pulse and your cold body. I also know you feed because your body does not produce blood despite needing it. I also know the sun has far less effect on you then most people believe. I also know you yourself are a pure blood vampire. Which makes the fact you were in the middle of Vale highly unusual. I had thought all pure bloods fled to make there secluded settlements. along with most of there half blood kin. I know bloodlines have a big effect on every factor of the 'curse'. So could you tell me a bit about your bloodline?"

Simone had stopped crying part way through. "How do you know so much? And I guess I can tell you what I know. Its not much though. I have never met another of my bloodline. I could survive about an hour with my skin in direct sunlight. Though if I have a big hood and something covering my hands I could be out in the sun for a few hours without any worse then a few first degree burns. If the day is not to sunny or I have ample shade I could probably manage to be out for most of the day. I would rather not risk second degree burns though. They suck. A lot. Uh what else oh yeah my shadow manipulation ability's are better then most vampires. I basically have a vault in the shadows. And If I am well fed I can make the shadows solid rather easily."

Ozpin nods slowly. "That does sound impressive. If I am not mistaken the shadows actually allow you to access a sorta pocket dimension yes? And its anchored to your shadow correct? Iv never understood how vampires could make solid shadows though." Simone again looks astonished at his knowledge. "That is how the scientist explained it to me yes. He said that the reason mine is so big is because my bloodline was born of shadow or something. Its why if I am fully covered I can survive in the sun so long. I can deepen the shadows in my clothes. However my illusions are not great. I can barely hide my scar's."

Ozpin nods thinking about the other bloodlines he knew. "Makes sense seeing as how you have such powerful control over shadows." Glynda stared at Simone she knew from when she brought the girl in that she has a lot of scar's. "Oh and my senses are even more sensitive then most vampires. I have a hard time with all the noise and smells of the city. It can be pretty overwhelming. I find it helps to have something to focus on. But back to bloodline stuff. I am not as strong or fast as most vampires. I'm still stronger and faster then most people. Oh I am particularly weak to silver. Just touching it for a moment gives me second degree burns." Simone said the last thing clearly from experience.

Ozpin nodded sadly to the girl. It was clear to him she had experienced many terrible things. "So will you accept my offer?" Ozpin asked softly. Simone slowly nodded as her response burying her face in her knee's. "Alright we will have to make a fake identity. Perhaps claim you are Glynda's niece? Or perhaps claim she has adopted you? That should work." Ozpin said seeing Glynda glare at him a bit. "Fine Ozpin." She said getting her tablet out letting go of Simone and typing some stuff up. "Simone do you have a last name?" Glynda asks slowly turning to look at her 'daughter'. Simone thought about it for a bit. "Well the scientist I used to hang around would call me Astroya. He refused to tell me why." Glynda slowly nodded and put that down for the girls last name. "So you are now Simone Astroya my adoptive daughter. Of course it will still be a little while before the paper's go through." Glynda said softly to the girl. Glynda had not expected this. Though she suspects Ozpin had planned this possibility out.

"Well Simone you are now a student at my school. We can discuss things to help make you comfortable later after you rest up some more. And the doctor will come in a bit later with more blood. We will need to help you prepare for classes before they start." Ozpin got up to leave Glynda though decided to stay a bit longer. "I should probably get to know my new daughter at least a little bit. Is there anything you do when you are having a hard time?" Glynda asked in her soft voice. "I enjoy milk shakes. Though I cant eat solid food I can consume liquids. Though not often. And I don't get anything out of it. And uh what do you enjoy drinking?" Simone asked unsure how to do 'small talk'. At least she was pretty sure that's what this was. "I enjoy tea." Glynda said before continuing there chat.

Simone was staying with Glynda for the time being. Glynda had been helping her study as well as training her to fight. Glynda was very glad Simone was a quick study. Apparently vampires were incapable of forgetting. Especially things they want to forget. It makes it easy for there minds to get jumbled if they do not constantly work to keep there mind organized. However Simone found it hard with how much noise was constantly bombarding her distracting her.

So Glynda got her a fancy headset with a built in music device that were supposedly pretty good at blocking noise. Simone now wore them most of the time playing the music loaded into them. Simone could still hear better then any human through the headset and music but it was a lot less then her normal. Simone now wore hooded long coats and trench coats mostly black a few white or gray. With black gloves, boots and pants. Her shirts were long sleeved and some were button up and others not.

Simone kept a black parasol around for when it was particularly sunny. The extra shade it provided was nice. "Simone today we will be working on figuring out your weapon. Or weapons. Then we will have the school's weapon forging teacher help you make a weapon." Glynda said taking her over to the forge room. There they met a lady who was even taller then Glynda. "Oh is this your daughter? You know I think it's nice you decided to adopt this girl." The woman said with a smile. "Yes this is Simone Astroya. She is a quick study so I am sure you two will be able to work out a weapon. I sadly have to go review some stuff for when the new students come in here in a few days." Glynda said quickly leaving. Simone tensed up a bit waiting for the lady to say something. "Oh Glynda probably did not tell you my name. I am Professor Jubilee. Nice to meet you Simone. So what kinda weapon were you thinking? It can also be a combination of weapons. Or have extra functions that kinda thing."

Simone thought about it for a bit before looking at the parasol in her hand. "I guess a weaponized parasol would be a good idea... A blade hidden in it. Maybe some kinda spike at the tip. If it could block blasts that would be useful. What do you think?" Jubilee nodded thinking about the idea looking at the parasol. "You could make it a rife as well. Then it would provide ranged attacks as well as melee and defense." Simone nodded. "Of course if it was also suitable as a bludgeon that would have it's uses as well. Of course if the parasol can block shots and such I am hoping it can block the sun effectively as well?" Simone asked watching Jubilee. "Of course. I already heard about your sensitive skin. Wouldn't want you getting sun burns for no reason." Jubilee said as happy as her name sounds.

Simone watched and listened as her and the teacher made the plans for her weapon. Despite Simone being new at it she was able to make an acceptable weapon bye the end of the day. Of course Jubilee did all the more complicated parts. But she was still very impressed with what Simone made. Simone then got to take it into the testing room and try it out. Simone opened it up. It was a solid black except the tip, the trigger and the side that held the slim blade. The handle of the parasol was striaght. Simone pushed the blade hilt up extending the tip of the blade out past the tip of the parasol. Simone smiled slightly and pulled the blade back. Simone then pulled the slim sword free. The sword was really just a blade that was a little shorter then the shaft of the parasol with a grip. Simone gave the blade a few swings satisfied with it. She slipped it back into it's place along the parasol shaft.

Jubilee carefully shot the opened parasol as Simone stood braced. The special cloth held just as intended. Simone closed it and shifted it to gun mode the blade pushing out slightly and the handle then placed her trigger finger on the trigger. Simone took a breath and pulled the trigger seeing a slim spike like thing fly from the tip and embed in a target. Simone smiled lightly again before grabbing it like the rifle it is. Simone cocked it by straightening the handle for a moment and aimed before firing again. Simone then fired the remaining 3 spikes as quick as she could. Simone then grabbed the bag Jubilee gave her full of extra ammo.

Simone picked one with a fire symbol on it and loaded the 5 spike cartridge into the handle of her parasol. Simone fired it and watched as a heating flaming spike embedded it's self into a dummy then set the dummy ablaze. "This is pretty cool. I am really glade you talked me into making it this way. And the spikes are really well suited for this I think." Jubilee smiled her wide smile and lead Simone into the forge room.

"I am glad you like it you know you could be a fantastic weapon smith if you wanted to be. I would love it if you joined the elective class I teach on weapon forging. I can always use someone with an aptitude for it." Simone nodded thinking about it. "I think that would be lovely. I enjoyed making it. But for now I need to go find Glynda. Thanks for the help." Simone gave a small bow and left with her new weapon and the duffel bag of ammo. As Simone walked through a darker hall she opened a door into her shadow and slid the duffel bag in.

Simone had found Glynda with Ozpin in the cafeteria. "Hey Glynda I finished my weapon. Hey Ozpin." Simone held her parasol out to Glynda. Glynda stared at first then noticed the trigger and other signs of its functions. "That is an interesting weapon Hun. Convenient I suppose. Kind of sinister though. But if you are happy with it then that's good. Did you enjoy making it?" Glynda asked noting the slight smile on Simone face. Simone nodded. "Yup I think I wanna take her elective class. I may be able to make some improvements."

Glynda smiled and was glad this was one of Simone's better days. Glynda had grown used to Simone typical start of only showing a little bit of emotion. But Glynda still could not get used to when Simone went completely emotionless. Today though Simone was showing emotion more then normal. Glynda was glad the few times a day turned out like that. Glynda always found herself smiling more on those days. Perhaps because they seemed to be the least common.

"Simone I am glad to see you doing well today. Also I had wanted to ask you a few questions about an idea to help your cover. You can drink things like meal replacement shakes and the such yes?" Ozpin asked wanting to make sure Simone was okay with the idea. "Yes Ozpin I can." Simone said having an idea what this cover may be. "Well if you just don't eat people will notice. However if you drink meal replacement shakes and smoothies it would help alleviate that concern. I could have the cafeteria staff make some for you at meals. We can also have our doctor friend right up something claiming you cant eat normal food. Do you think you can handle that?" Ozpin asked hoping it was acceptable. "If they are small and not to thick I think I can manage. May have to skip some meals every week though." Simone said tapping her chin.

"Alright I will have them stock up on ingredients and such. I don't suppose there is anything that may help with it?" Ozpin asked wanting to make it as easy as possible for Simone. "Well the scientist had told me mint has a soothing effect on vampires. It should help." Simone said before shrugging. "One of these days your gonna need to tell one of us about this scientist." Glynda said slightly annoyed. Simone never responded to questions about him. She also refused to give any reason why. It was quite vexing to Glynda.

Simone just brought her parasol up to rest on her shoulder. "So Ozpin what do you think of my weapon?" Ozpin looked at it. "I think it suits you pretty well. Unassuming but deadly. Yet also protective." Ozpin spoke before turning to watch his staff at work. "Well I think its about time I go and get some blood. I will see you tomorrow Ozpin. I will see you later tonight Glynda." Simone left the room and went back to Glynda's place via shadow. It was pretty tiring do to the distance. But once there Simone went and got a blood bag draining it. Simone then tossed it into the disposal bin Glynda set up for her.

For the rest of the day Simone studied the various required subjects. As well as some Glynda thought she should have a basic understanding of.

Simone stood out near where the air ships would be off loading people. Glynda had made her come out to try and make a friend. Simone had no idea how that was supposed to work but reluctantly agreed to try. Simone watched a blonde boy get off and puke into a nearby trash can. Simone unfortunately was just able to smell it from her spot about 15 feet away. Simone was glad in that moment that she had no gag reflex.

Simone then noticed the girl from the night she met Glynda walk off the air ship with a blonde girl. As they walked by Simone caught them referring to each other as sister's. Simone was glad the one in red had not recognized her. After them was a girl in white with a ton of luggage on a luggage cart. This girl smelled expensive so to speak. Behind her was a girl in black and white. She had a black bow on her head they seemed to stay very still in the breeze. Simone could smell cat on the girl. Simone realized the girl was a faunas and must be hiding ears under the bow.

A little bit later Simone looked over to see the girl in white yelling at the girl in the red cloak. A cloud of fire dust started forming and then exploded in both there faces. Simone was stepping closer when the secret faunas stepped in. The girl in white then stomped off with her stuff. The girl in black went her own way as well. The blonde boy stepped in and helped the girl in red up. They then walked off. Simone sighed and wondered off towards the assembly hall.

Ozpin gave an unusual speech before Glynda gathered everyone and lead them on a tour. Simone tagged along despite already knowing her way around okay. Simone was glad she had her parasol with her. She still was not sure what she was gonna call it. sense apparently people tended to name there weapons. But she was thinking Schatten Leichentuch. She was not sure though. As they arrived in the cafeteria there was food awaiting them. "Alright everyone our tour is almost over I suggest you eat. It will be getting dark soon." Glynda said causing them to disperse to get some food and find a place to sit.

Glynda grabbed a glass of some weird smoothie thing and took it to where Simone was sitting. Simone was sitting a bit off to the side. Glynda sat next to her and placed the glass down in front of her. "Hey Simone how is it going so far?" Glynda asked softly knowing she did not need to speak very loudly for Simone to hear her just fine. "It could be going worse. But I did not speak to anyone. I am not really sure what to say to them. I have mostly only spoken to criminals and homeless people." Simone said in her usual way. Only hints of emotion coming through. A girl in a red cloak came up to the table and sat across from Simone. A blonde girl sat down next to her.

Simone froze worried the girl knew she was a vampire. "Hey are you the person from the night of the dust robbery? I just wanted to say thanks for helping me. Though I don't know how you did it." Simone and Glynda both relaxed and released breaths they did not realize they were holding. "Uh yeah that was me. I am Simone. I am Glynda's adoptive daughter now." Simone said trailing off at the end. Glynda patted Simone back and stood up. "I will leave you three to get to know each other. Just know ms Rose that if you should hurt Simone in anyways there will be consequences." Glynda said in a authoritative voice before leaving.

"Bye Glynda see you later." Simone said before awkwardly taking a sip of her drink. "This one is really weird did they put kale, mushrooms, avocado's, banana's and strawberry's in this one?" Simone said taking another sip. "Yup they did." The blonde girl just stared at her for a moment before speaking up. "Weird smoothies aside. Hi I'm Yang nice to meet you." Yang held her hand out for a handshake. Simone slowly took her hand and shook it gently. Yang smiled a bit elbowing her sister. "I'm Ruby nice to actually meet you Simone. So Professor Goodwitch adopted you that night we kinda met? That's nice of her. I did not know she had that kinda side to her." Simone shrugged. "Basically. I was pretty beat up and living on the street's. I don't know what she is like around other students but she has only ever been kind to me. Well minus the first 15 minutes. But after that she has done her best to help me out."

Yang and Ruby both nodded. "Sounds like it was a good thing." Ruby said. "So why are you drinking some kinda bizarre health shake thing?" Yang asked eyeing the odd drink. "Oh I cant eat solid food anymore. Years on the street has messed up my stomach. Now I have to drink my meals. Nothing to solid. It is not to bad. Just means I end up drinking some weird things. Like this." Simone said holding the drink out to the two girls. Yang just stared at it and Ruby sniffed it then backed away. "Yeah this one is weird." Simone said as she had taste tested a bunch of recipe's. "They put mint in a lot of them if only a hint. Mint is soothing." Simone said more to herself then to the two at the table.

"Well I don't think mint would mix well with that." Ruby said thinking about how she imagined that tasting. "Probably not. So what brings you here?" Simone said downing some of the drink. "Well you seemed like you could use someone to talk to." Ruby said thinking about what to talk about now. "So what is your weapon?" Simone slowly pulls the parasol off her back and placed it on the table. "That is my weapon. It also blocks a lot of light." Simone said as Ruby looked it over noting various things about it. "My weapon is a bit big to show in here. But this is an neat weapon. Is that a detachable blade? And how accurate is the gun part?" Ruby asked examining the weapon.

"Well the blade can also be slid up to stick out of the end of the barrel. And it is very accurate in short to mid range it shoots spikes. Its not meant for very long range. I made this the other day with the help of Jubilee she teaches an elective weapon forging class." Simone said with a slight smile. "Cool I might take it. I love weapons." Ruby said excitedly. Simone finished the glass. "Right well I should go but I hope to see you again. maybe in that class. Bye Ruby Yang." Simone then stood and left opening the parasol as she left the building.

Simone laid on a mat on the ground in a room filled with stranger's. Simone was just glade she had her headset. The secret faunas took a seat on a mat close to Simone. The girl started reading. After a bit Ruby and Yang interrupted the girls reading. Ruby noticing Simone waved her over discreetly. Simone slowly walked over having to be cautious about faunas. They had pretty good senses making it harder to hide her lack of a scent. "Hey Ruby Yang. Who is this?" Simone said as she got over to Ruby. "Hello I am Blake." Blake said while still trying to read. "I am Simone nice to meet you." Simone said giving a slight bow.

"Hey why are you still fully dressed?" Ruby asked looking at Simone. "I don't feel very comfortable with so many people I don't know." Simone said softly her hands behind her back. "You could come sleep next to us. No one is there currently." Ruby offered. "I also don't have pajama's yet. Glynda is very busy so getting clothe's and such has been slow going." Simone said catching Blake attention. "Glynda? You mean Professor Goodwitch?" Blake asked. Simone nodded slowly. "Yeah she adopted me a couple weeks ago. Long story. But basically I'm 16 so I needed a guardian to sign off on my attending beacon. Plus I guess Ozpin thought I could use to have a mother figure." Simone shrugged a bit.

"Huh I heard she was incredibly strict." Blake said not able to picture Professor Goodwitch as a mother. Then again she did not really know her. And that was when the girl in white showed up. "Some of us are trying to sleep." She said before realizing who it was she was walking up to. "Oh no not you again!" The girl in white and Yang said in unison. Blake just sighed and blow her candle out rendering the room dark.

Simone grabbed her stuff and followed Ruby back over to her and Yang's spot. Simone took the spot next to Ruby. Simone slowed her breathing. Simone did not actually need to breath except to smell things or talk. It was however something she had gotten into the habit of doing. Simone faked being asleep late into the night. Simone only needed about 4 hours of sleep a night.

Simone was standing on a launch pad with her parasol in her hand. She had a kinda hook shot loaded into her gun at the moment. It was something Jubilee had insisted on and Simone now knew why. It could be useful for her landing strategy. Glynda made sure Simone had plenty of blood before coming out to the cliff. Simone was as ready as she could be. She had to hope that fate would be kind and give her Ruby or Yang for a partner. They seemed nice. And not very nosy if a bit curious. Which was good.

Simone's thinking was caught short though as her launch pad launched her into the forest. Simone waited till she was close to the branches and then shot her hook shot into a bigger branch. Simone was swung down then back up where she released the hook shots tether. Simone landed shakily on the branch nearly falling off. 'Well that worked out nicely. You should get moving though. No reason to dally.' Simone jumped from the branch and got a move on. Simone knew where she was going for the most part.

Simone was making great progress thanks to her enhanced speed. Simone was hoping to hear Ruby as she ran through the forest. But Simone did not run into anyone before arriving at the relics. Simone sighed and jumped up onto one of the pillar's. There Simone watched a few pairs come through staying out of sight. Then she saw Yang and Blake approach. "Hey Yang and Blake." Simone said looking over the edge at them. Yang looked up confused and Blake jumped surprised she did not notice another person. "Oh hey Simone what are you doing up there?" Yang asked. "Oh nothing much just waiting for someone who does not have a partner to show up." Simone sounded very bored as she talked. "Right well I guess we could wait for a bit with you if you want?" Blake cautiously offered.

"Sure if you want. It is pretty boring tho-" Simone was cut off be a scream in the distance. "Blake did you hear that? What should we do?" Yang asked looking over at her partner. Blake was staring up in shock. As Yang started to talk again Blake pointed up at Ruby falling straight down towards them. She was then hit mid air by a blonde boy flying through the air. They both landed safely in a tree. "Did you sister just fall from the sky?" Blake asked. "I-" Yang was instantly interrupted by the sound of an ursa crashing through tree's.

A girl with orange hair was riding on its back. The grimm fell over dead shortly after coming into the clearing. "Aw its broken." She said sadly as a guy in green with black hair came running up after her. He had a pink stripe in his hair. He was about to say something between gasps for air when the girl he was with disappeared from his sight. The girl had rushed over to a piece and grabbed it starting to make weird poses. Yang had a white knight piece in her hands from when they had just arrived.

Before anyone could say anything else a tall redhead come into the clearing with a death stalker crashing through tree's following her. Ruby jumped out of the tree catching Yang's attention. "Ruby." Yang said to her sister readying a hug. "Yang." Ruby said readying to hug her sister when suddenly the hyper girl popped up between them. "Nora!" The girl said declaring her name. "Did she just run all the way here with a death stalker on her tail?" Blake asked looking at the red head. Yang's eyes went red and her hair appeared to catch fire as she shouted. "I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!" Yang breathed angrily for a few seconds.

Then Ruby pointed out a giant nevermore flying above head. It was clearly angry about earlier. Simone jumped down and walked up next to Ruby. "Hey Ruby making friends with giant carnivorous birds or something?" Simone asked getting Ruby's attention. Before Ruby could respond the red head was launched over to the group. "Great the gangs all here. Now we can all die together." Yang said. "Not if I can help it." Ruby said before speeding off scythe in hand ready to strike the death stalker. The death stalker just smacked her away. Ruby got up saying "I'm okay no need to worry. I am totally fine." Then Ruby looked back to see a quickly approaching death stalker. Ruby started running putting her weapon away.

Yang started running to her when the nevermore launched a bunch of giant feathers pinning Ruby and forcing Yang to stop. Simone quickly jumped into her shadow vault and opened a second door under Ruby. Ruby fell in and onto the ground inside the strange place made of shadow. Simone helped her up looking at the stinger that was forcefully keeping the entry point open for the moment. "Uh where are we Simone?" Ruby asks staring at the stinger. "I can explain later. For now please don't be reckless. I would much rather keep you as my partner." Simone said leading Ruby to the other entry point. Ruby looked at some of the strange things in there. Some clothes and other things like that. A few binocular's and such. Even some was mask that seemed as though it was watching them. There was also a rack of various ammo cartridges.

When they got out it seemed as though the world had only moved forward a few moments in time. The death stalker was struggling with its stinger caught in the ground. "Wow" Ruby said catching everyone's attention. "Ruby your okay!" Yang said running over and hugging her sister. "What happened? You were over there then you fell into the ground and now your here?!" Yang said baffled. "Simone saved me. She pulled me into some weird place and out over here." Simone cleared her throat. "That death stalker will be free any moment." Simone said as she noticed the nevermore coming back around. "Right we should get our relic's and get out of here. Our objective is to get a relic and get back to the cliff. No point in fighting these things." Ruby said as she grabbed a white knight piece. Jaune grabbed a white rook. "I like this plan."

As everyone turned to leave the death stalker got its stinger free and started chasing again. "Lets go." Ruby said leading them towards the cliff. They came to a bridge but the nevermore perched on a tower on the other side. "Well that's great" Yang says just before the death stalker comes in behind them. They continue towards the bridge. "Nora distract it!" Ren shouts. Nora takes out her grenade launcher and keeps the attention of the nevermore. The death stalker comes in behind Nora but Ren and Blake block its attack. Simone then grabs Nora and runs back to the group catching up quickly.

As everyone gets onto the bridge the nevermore comes around and crashes through it. Trapping Ren, Blake, and Pyrrha with the death stalker. Jaune gets up looking back at the three not doing so well against the death stalker. "Man we gotta get over there. They need help." Jaune said as Nora came up beside him. "Lets do this!" Nora said seriously. Jaune looked at the gap. "Yeah but I cant make that jump." Nora grinned and smacked Jaune back with her grenade launcher. Then she shifted it to hammer form. Then smashed it into the bridge causing the part Jaune was on to launch him over the gap. She then stood on her hammer pulling the trigger causing a grenade to blow up in her hammer propelling her over the gap and into the death stalker.

Nora was then knocked back into Blake knocking Blake off the bridge. Blake then through gambol shroud into the bridge. Blake swung holding onto the long ribbon of her weapon. Blake flu up into the nevermore striking it's head then running along its back swinging her sword. Blake then jumped off its back landing on a broken wall in the ruin with her team. "It's tougher then it looks." Blake says. The nevermore then rams the part of the structure they are on breaking it sending the team falling. Blake runs up the pieces jumping. Yang uses her gauntlets blasts to propel herself up. Ruby uses she sniper shots boost herself up. And Simone shoots another hook shot round.

As Simone was pulled up to the ledge Ruby got an idea. "I have a plan cover me!" Ruby announced. Meanwhile Jaune and his group manage to kill the death stalker. They stood there watching the fight with the nevermore. The nevermore crashed into the cliff wall and was about to jump off when Simone solidified some shadows holding it in place. Yang and Blake made a slingshot of sorts with the ribbon from Blake's weapon. Ruby hopped onto it with her scythe. Simone grabbed it and used shadows to keep herself in place as she pulled it back. "Well this is certainly something. How could you be sure I could do this?" Simone asked Ruby as she finished pulling it back. "I couldn't I just felt like you probably could. And of course we had no real alternative." Ruby said with a smile. "Well Good luck I can help you a bit with this last part."

Simone then released the bow. Ruby was sent flying through the air. Ruby's scythe connected with the nevermore's neck. Simone made solid shadow stepping stones. Ruby run up the wall dragging the nevermore with her. Simone however suddenly felt a presence behind her. When Simone turned around she saw a cloaked person with a mask similar to the one in her vault. The cloaked figure produced a blade thrusting it towards Simone. Simone jumps back just in time to avoid the blade. Nearly losing concentration on the shadows Ruby was depending on.

Yang noticed the cloaked figure attacking Simone. "Blake Simone needs our help now!" Yang yelled rushing the cloaked figure. The figure ducked under her swing and was about to stab her with there blade. Simone shoved Yang out of the way diverting the blade down. The cloaked figure jumped back a few feet before charging in kicking Simone. Simone was sent a good 10 feet back from the kick. The cloaked figure charged forward. Blake opened fire on the cloaked figure. The figure used there shadow like cloak to block the bullets.

The figure fell into the ground and showed up behind Blake. Simone followed the attacker's lead. Simone came out behind the cloaked enemy. Simone dropped her weapon and bear hugged the attacker leaping off the structure with them in her arms. As Simone fell she felt the stranger stab her with there blade piercing her aura. Simone held tight though as she fell with the vampire. Simone opened a door to her shadow vault. As they fell in gravity changed and the found themselves rolling into a wall with enough force to shatter several ribs in both of them. Simone then opened another door shoving the attacker through into some random alley in vale. Simone then pulled herself out of her fast to tired to open a new one.

As Simone fell the rest of the way to the bottom she fell unconscious. Ruby was already back with Yang and Blake frantically looking for any sign of Simone. However there was a thick fog hiding the bottom. Ruby and her group went to the bridge and got across the gap. "Simone jumped off the ruins with some cloaked person! We have no clue if she is alive." Ruby said rapidly. "What why would she do that?" Pyrrha asked. "Whoever this person was they were no joke. They moved so fast sometimes seeming to just teleport. And they were able to send Simone back like 10 feet with one kick." Yang said feeling a bit defeated. "There cloak was as dark as night and was able to block bullets. There was something odd about there blade and mask though." Blake added with a sad sound to her voice.

"Alright we need to find a way down that cliff and fast. If she survived she may not have long." Jaune said as he took the lead and went to the edge looking over. "We have no clue how far down it goes." Yang said as the rest of them join Jaune in looking for the best route down.

Ozpin Someone is attacking Simone. Glynda said showing Ozpin the live feed. Ozpin was not sure who it was but they were clearly some kinda Vampire. Likely trained to kill people. Perhaps even vampires specifically. Suddenly the live feed list Simone as she jumped with the attacker. Glynda looked about ready to tear a path straight through the emerald forest. "Glynda I know this must be hard to watch but we would not arrive there in time. What you need to do is get her doctor ready for her arrival. And to prep a ship to pick her up. I need to remain here in case any students get back while you are making those arrangements."

Glynda run off calling the doctor. "Yes Doctor Cinnabar you need to prep a room for Simone. She may be injured. No we have no clue yet we lost the feed on her. She fell off the ruins. Yes I know. Just get the room prepped." Glynda was yelling into the scroll's mic. Glynda hung up and called in for a bullhead to be prepped for her arrival. Glynda knew vampires were tough. But she was still terrified. She had grown to like spending time with Simone. Even though most of that time was spent teaching her.

Everyone had finally made it down into the thick fog. "Alright teams of two. If you find her shoot two times. If you run into trouble yourself shoot three times. If you reach a spot you cant traverse shoot once. Now go." Ruby said no nonsense heading off on her own to look for her partner. The rest of them split off with there partner's. They all started off fairly close to each other but as they went forward they slowly got further apart. They had a rough idea of where Simone went down but they had no way of knowing exactly where she may have landed.

The fog was seriously impairing there ability to see anything. Jaune managed to make another torch which helped a little bit. Blake's eyes helped her out a tiny bit. Ren was great with sensing things with his aura. And Ruby was wholly focused on finding her partner. After a few minor mishaps Ren literally stumbled into Simone. "Nora I found her shoot three times into the air." He shouted and he turned the girl over. He put his fingers on her neck. Feeling no pulse he panicked and started CPR. Nora fired three grenades into the air. each one blowing up in the air.

After only a couple of minutes everyone came running to see Ren doing CPR. They were all shocked to see all the blood on the ground. Simone as if unconsciously responding started to breath slight on her own even though she was unconscious. Ren stopped and felt for a pulse again confused. "She is breathing if barely. I still cant find a pulse though. And she is freezing cold." Ren said as he lifted the girl up and started to walk. "I can carry her. I am probably the strongest one here." Yang said taking the girl from Ren.

Yang was shocked at how heavy Simone was. Simone was smaller then Ruby yet seemed to way more. Yang did not complain though. The girl in her arms was clearly in no shape to waste any time. The group finally got back to the cliff and found Glynda waiting with ropes up to the top. "How is she? Is she alive?" Glynda asked rushing over.

Ren spoke up first. "She is unconscious and barely breathing after a couple of minutes of CPR. I still cannot find a pulse though. And she is ice cold. She has lost a lot of blood and is still bleeding. And there is a blade in her side. I fear removing it may do more harm then good at the moment though." Glynda nodded to Ren and gestured for them to get climbing. "We don't have any time to lose." Glynda said as Blake tied Simone to Yang so Yang could climb.

The ropes made the ascent much quicker then it would have been otherwise. And when they reached the top Glynda took Simone straight to the bullhead. The moment they were all in there it took off. Every one was crammed in there. Simone was carefully laid out on the floor. Glynda was crouched next to her holding her hand tightly. "You had better pull through this." Glynda whisper to the child who was again not breathing. Glynda knew Simone did not need to breath but it still worried her. While she was doing it Glynda at least knew she was alive.

It did not take the bullhead long to arrive in front of the academy hospital. Glynda carefully picked Simone up and jumped out of the bullhead the moment the door opened. There was a small team of people Doctor Cinnabar trusted waiting. They took Simone and rushed her in to the room Dr. Cinnabar set up. Everyone but Glynda was stopped in a sorta impromptu lobby by one of the nurses. "No one is allowed in." The nurse said. "But Glynda went in." One of them said. "Yes and Glynda is both the girls legal guardian and a staff member. Plus Ozpin told us to let her in." The nurse said in response.

Everyone took seats hoping to hear something before to long.

Glynda watched as Dr. Cinnabar tried everything he could think of. "I am at a loss. I just don't know enough about vampires. I could end up killing her trying to save her." Ozpin walked over to Simone and snapped his finger's in front of her face. "Simone if you can hear me do you know anything that can help us?"

Ozpin figured the reason she started breathing earlier was because she was subconsciously trying to keep herself alive. Perhaps now that blood was being pumped into her she could manage to give them what she needed to save her. She had mentioned the scientist had given her a number of old journal's of his. Perhaps one of them could help?

And as if to answer there prayers a shadow gate came into existence. The gate was small but Ozpin managed to climb in. It was bizarre being in a room made out of shadows. Ozpin looked around till her saw a small shelf with books on it. Rushing over her looked through them. Some were regular books. Some were strange books in a language Ozpin did not know. One caught his eye as the front of it said 'Astroya' in big letter's. Ozpin had to leave it though as he found one labeled 'Vampires a medical study.' Ozpin grabbed the book and left quickly not sure how long the gate would last.

"Alright hopefully this will give you what you need." Ozpin said handing the book over to Dr. Cinnabar. "Thanks lets hope so." Cinnabar went over to a table in the room and started going through the book.

"Did you notice they did not take her to a surgery room? Heck this room is isolated from the rest of the hospital. Its some kind of side room." Blake said looking around. "What are you saying?" Ruby asked looking at Blake weirdly. Ruby had no clue what to think. "I think they are hiding something from us. Maybe they know who that was that attacked us." Blake said quietly. "What even happened to that person. We found no sign of them." Yang said. "Why would they let Glynda and Ozpin in there? If the attacker was still out there that may explain why. But something seems off about that idea." Ren said looking deep in thought.

However all of them stopped thinking as they heard a scream of agony from the other room. They were all about to charge in through the door. But were stopped when they could not open the door. It just wouldn't budge. "What the hell are they doing in there?!" Ruby yelled as the screaming slowly died down. As they backed away from the door Ozpin came out. "Simone should make it but It will be a while. I insist you all go and eat then get some sleep. In the morning I will announce the teams. I will keep you all informed of any changes." With that Ozpin ushered them all out. In reality Ozpin had no idea if Simone would survive.

As it turned out treating a vampire was nothing like treating a human. The 'curse' seemed to complicate things in unusual and unpredictable ways. The 'curse' also seemed to render aura incapable of healing wounds. Though blood was usually all a vampire needed to heal. But sometimes it is not enough. This seemed to be one of those times.

Dr. Cinnabar could only describe the treatments as barbaric fake 'medicine' and horrendous primitive attempts at 'surgery'. Which the person who made the book seemed to be aware of. However as explained on the first page making medicine for a vampire is near impossible as few things effect them. And most of the things that effect them are poisonous to them. Sadly the book mentioned nothing about any form of pain killer.

Cinnabar flipped to the page diagramming the inside of a pure blood vampire. Figuring out the blade was not hitting anything vital Cinnabar took a deep breath and pulled it free. Simone screamed in agony as he pulled the blade out. One thing that was vexing him was how her wounds were not healing like they should. It was like her vampire healing was dormant. And apparently vampires cant heal with aura. So Cinnabar had to assume she was at most healing at the rate of a normal person.

Cinnabar had gone through a few blood bags already. Simone was bleeding in several places one of which was from a bone peeking out slightly. Cinnabar was looking for anything helpful in the book when he came up to a part about poison's. He skimmed a few and was about to skipped past when something caught his attention. Apparently some plant that no longer exists in the wild can cause vampires to lose there healing. It also seems it can 'agitate' the 'curse' causing there aura to lash out in there body damaging it further. Cinnabar looks for anything about a cure. Scanning the page he found what he was looking for.

"Glynda we need oleander, mint, seeds of the caster oil plant and a blender." Cinnabar says to Glynda who nods and rushes off getting the requested items. "Alright nurse I need you to get more blood and a lot methamphetamine. It is apparently one of the few stimulants that will effect her. Which is important." The nods and moves to get the required items immediately. Cinnabar got started on resetting the broken bone. Simone screamed again as he forced the bone into place and bound the arm. He carefully stitched her arm where the bone was sticking out. He moved on to stitching and wrapping the rest of her injuries.

Ruby, Blake, Yang and Jaune's group were all sitting around a table. Ozpin had allowed them to use this room for the night. They had each taken a turn showering. "This is all so bizarre." Blake said. "I cant believe something like this happened on before the first day." Ruby said. No one had expected something like this to happen during initiation. It was quite a shock to them. It also raised the question of who would target Simone? It was pretty clear that person was some kinda assassin. And he was definitely targeting Simone.

But no one had any clue why. None of them knew much about Simone really. Ruby was holding Simone's parasol. She had picked it up before they went over to Jaune. Ruby thought about everything she knew about Simone. It kinda reminded her of something. But Ruby just could not place it. Blake was in a similar position as Ruby. She just could not place what Simone reminded her of.

A cloaked figure was biting into someones neck in a alley way in vale. This was the 3rd person they had drained. The first two were for food this one was because they were pissed. There prey had managed to escape. They had plans for the girl and thus needed her alive. The cloaked figure could not even be sure about that though. Dropping the lifeless body the stranger went looking for more victim's.

Glynda rushed into the hospital room with a box it was now 3 in the morning. It had taken them longer to get the items then Glynda was hoping. "I have everything." She said to Cinnabar who jumped up grabbing the box and setting the blender up. He tossed the ingredients into the blinder. Blood, oleander, mint, seeds and methamphetamine all in one blender. He flipped it on. "Alright once it is fully blended we need to make her drink it. Her heart will stop and if it works it will start back up and beat like a normal humans for a while. She will warm up and her body should start healing slowly." He said keeping the blender going.

After a good 10 minutes of blending he stopped it and poured it into a cup. "Alright I need you to carefully hold her in a sitting position." Cinnabar said. Glynda nodded and carefully lifted Simone up in position for Cinnabar. Cinnabar slowly pour the poisonous drink into Simone's mouth. He was surprised when Simone seemed to swallow the drink on her own. When the cup was finished he stepped back. "Alright put her back down and step back. This could get strange." He said as he flipped the heart monitor on.

After a bit of nothing Simone went into convulsions for a few seconds then went limp again. That's when the heart monitor started beeping. Cinnabar looked at it. It was slow but it meant the treatment was working. However there was no telling with vampires if this meant she would survive yet. "Now all we can do is clean her up and monitor her condition. This medical journal is constantly talking about the unpredictability of the 'curse'. Now go get some rest and clean up. She will likely be out for a while. I will send for you if there are any changes." Cinnabar said. Glynda reluctantly got up and left to get a few hours of sleep.

Ozpin stood before the assembled students. "And finally Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, And Simone Astroya who is currently injured. The four of you have retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team RYBS. Lead by Ruby Rose." Ruby looked excited but baffled at being made team leader. Yang hugged Ruby congratulating her.

As team RYBS left Ozpin caught up with them. "Simone is still unconscious. But it looks like she should pull through. You all can visit her for a bit here shortly. For now why don't you go and do some unpacking. Here is your room number." Ozpin said sending the info to there scroll's along with the authorization to open the door. The room had been modified to include a sorta side room with a bed in it for Simone. The side room had no window and was sound proofed. It was cramped but Simone did not care when she had looked at the plans.

Ruby opened her dorm room's door. As they walked in they noticed only three beds. "Why are there only three beds?" Ruby asked as she looked around and opened one of the two doors on the left wall. "Closet." She said before going to the other one. Ruby opened it and saw a bed and what looked like a sorta fridge with a lock. There was also a shelf and a few sorta cabinets. There was also a wall mount above a small desk. The room was only as wide as the bed making it a rather cramped space. Ruby was pretty sure if the chair was pulled out there would not be much room to get around it. Ruby put the parasol on the wall mount above the desk and closed the door. "Weird cramped bedroom. I think its for Simone." Ruby said shrugging and taking the bed that was closest to the weird little room. "I guess having Glynda for a parent has benefits." Yang said shrugging.

Both team RYBS and team JNPR show up outside Simone's room in the hospital. The nurse went in to check if it was okay. After a few minutes the nurse came back out. "Alright Glynda and Dr Cinnabar have agreed it is okay to go in at the moment." The nurse said holding the door open for them. As they entered the room smelled strongly of blood making Jaune a little nauseous. The room had no sunlight only one hanging light in the center. Simone was on a movable bed with a blanket pulled up over her. To the right side of the bed was the heart monitor and a blood bag hanging slowly being fed into her arm.

The room had a small table with a strange book on it and a few chars. Other then that was a large covered waste bin. Ruby stepped up to the bed standing next to Glynda who was sitting in a chair watching Simone. "She should be through the worst of it. But I feel I should tell you she periodically does stuff like scream in pain or start flailing. If that happens you all will need to leave." Cinnabar with a definitive sound to his words. They all nodded and took seats except Yang and Ruby who stood next to the bed.

"Hey partner. I just wanted to thank you for saving me from the death stalker. And for all the help you gave me with the nevermore. Get better soon." Ruby said stepping forward. Simone slowly opened one eye before immediately closing it. "Why is there a bright light right above this bed?" Simone said with a weak voice. Glynda shot up to her feet leaning over the girl. "Simone your awake!" She said quickly before Cinnabar pushed her back and started examining Simone. "I need the room cleared while I perform some exams. Everyone clear out." And with that the nurses ushered everyone even Glynda out.

Glynda was relieved Simone woke up. Ruby and her team were clearly relieved as well. JNPR looked happy that there new friend was gonna pull through. They sat and stood and paced around for an hour of 'exams'. None of them had any clue why it was taking so long till Cinnabar came out. "Alright you can go in. I dimmed the light a bit. Be careful though. Simone is still trying to get her mind in order. She will likely say some unusual things. Oh and stay out of arms reach she may try to bite. Just be patient and don't take anything personally. She should be back to normal before to long."

Everyone entered the room cautiously not sure what to expect. The Doctor said some unusual things before letting them in. Simone was laying in the bed poking her broken arm. "You probably should probably stop doing that." Glynda said walking to just outside of arms reach. "Last time I heard that a scientist had there hand in my chest." Simone said in a childish manner. Then Simone looked really confused for a moment. "Simone hun what are you talking about?" Glynda asked in a hushed voice. "What?" Simone said snapping back into the moment.

Simone then clutched her stomach. Simone looked pained as she held her stomach groaning a bit. "Wait how did I get here? Why is my mind so jumbled?" Simone asked in her usual manner. "Simone you were injured but you have been treated. Your team mates are here to see you. As well as another team that you were with during initiation." Glynda said softly. Simone thought about it for a bit still looking pained. "I am guessing this is not the initiation I had been put through by the red-" Simone stopped looking around the room at everyone. "Right not that one. Probably not the one for the info broker's either. Uh what could it be. Not that one for the brief time I spent with those mafia guys. Wait probably should not be saying all this out loud. But my mind is so scrambled it is like trying to put a dozen shattered windows back together."

"Uh you were part of a mafia group?" Ruby asked. "Oh uh Right just said that. Uh well it was brief So I would rather not dwell on it." Simone said as she laid down fully in the bed. "So what is this initiation for? I want to say something less illegal then the other ones." Simone asked to the room. "Beacon academy." Ozpin said from the doorway. "Oh yeah now It makes sense. You are Ozpin. That's my adoptive mom Glynda. That is someone I think might be my first actual friend Ruby right? And that is her sister. And that is the fau-" Simone stopped looking at the face Blake started to make. "The fun book reading girl? That just sounds weird. Quiet book reading girl is more apt." Simone said before looking at the heart monitor. "Oh so that's why I feel so weird. I hate poisons they always make things weird."

Everyone looked at Simone weirdly not sure how she came to the conclusion of poison. "Ozpin you didn't take anything else while you were getting the book did you?" Simone said staring at Ozpin like his life depended on the answer. "No I not Astroya." He said making it clear he saw the book with that on it. "Now why don't we all give you time to sort your mind out?" Ozpin said getting everyone to leave. "Nurse record anything she says and send it to me." He said after closing the door.

"Alright sir." The nurse said as he went into the room. Ozpin wanted to know the contents of that book. Something seemed odd about this scientist. And Ozpin was sure that book had answer's.

Simone was allowed to leave the hospital in a wheel chair the next morning for classes. Simone had to convince them to let her though. Which did take a while. But here she was in the morning being picked up by Ruby. "You had better watch out for her. No exertion only class work. And she does not wheel herself around." Glynda said overly worried. "Glynda I will be fine. And Ruby is a good person she would never let anything happen to me. Now I will see you in class later." Simone said as Ruby wheeled her towards there first class.

When they arrived port stared at this for a moment. "I had heard she was seriously injured." He said watching Ruby wheel her over to the bottom of the stair's. "Yup I am but its fine. So long as I sit here carefully I only feel like I have a fire in my gut." Simone said completely seriously not even a hint of joking. "Alright well I guess we had better get started on class." Port said getting to his stories. Simone tuned him out in order to just focus on the music.

Simone was in a white trench coat with the hood up. And she had her headset on a playing some soothing music someone loaded onto it. Simone noticed though that Port seemed to be looking at her. "Simone I need you to move so that you wont be in harms way." He said. Simone shrugged as Yang picked the wheel chair up with her in it and brought it up next to Ruby's spot. "Thanks Yang." Ruby said smiling to her sister. "Right okay you are free to begin." Port said releasing the boarbatusk.

Simone Watched the quick fight. It was an easy fight. The girl did it to show off. She was the rich girl in white. "Still smell's rich." Simone mumbled to herself. Simone's mind was still in a bit of disarray but recent memories were all organized. Blake looked over at Simone oddly not sure what to think about her comment. Blake couldn't really smell the girl from there spot. So she had no clue how Simone could. And there was also the thing from the hospital. Blake was sure she was gonna say Faunas. Blake had no clue how Simone figured it out which worried her. Blake was gonna find out though. She had to much to lose not to.

In Oobleck's class Simone actually payed attention. Simone was focusing on the lecture with her ear's while looking over a history book in her lap. Simone had respect for Oobleck. He may have been goofy. A bit hyper. And well odd. But Oobleck actually tried to teach his students important lessons. Unlike port who just told tall tales.

As class ended Simone wheeled herself over to Oobleck. "Dr. Oobleck thanks again for all the help you have given me." Simone said as the hyper man drank from his mug. "Of course Simone anything for someone who loves history!" He said in his typical speedy manner. "Well the past is always a part of us." Simone said. "Indeed Simone but it does not dictate who we are. I know your past has been rough. I am glad you still want to take this opportunity despite how initiation went." He replied wheeling Simone to her team waiting outside the room.

Ruby took over Wheeling Simone. "what was that all about? You seemed to be pretty friendly with Prof-" Yang was saying when Simone shushed her and spoke. "Dr. Oobleck. And he was one of the first teachers I met after Glynda took me in. He was very help full. He also listened to me when I got angry and smashed his mug against his face. He then gave me some great advice." Yang nodded a bit. "I see that seems very out of character for you." Yang said. "Yes well the past is hard for me. Plus he asked a question I was very unhappy with." Simone pulled her hood back a little and gave Yang a look telling her to leave it. "Alright then whats next Ruby?" Ruby slowed down and pulled out a binder. "That would be a class with Professor Peach."

When lunch roll's around Simone is sitting in her wheel chair waiting. Mean while the rest of her team and team JNPR are off getting food. Simone watches the room. Simone had her parasol open because the cafeteria had a ton of windows. And sadly today was a bright day. Simone was just glad classes were indoor. However due to how week she was at the moment she had some minor burns already. "I hate poison. At least it should be mostly out of my system by Wednesday." Simone said to herself. 'At least there was no silver involved. Then you would probably be dead.' "Silver..." Simone mumbled to herself.

That was when her friends sat down at the table she was at. "You sure you don't want anything?" Ruby asked watching Simone. "Yeah I couldn't keep it down. I should be able to keep stuff down tomorrow." Simone said as Blake turned to her. "Shouldn't you be healing faster with aura?" Blake asked watching Simone. "Sure if my aura was not twisted. But it is so its mostly only good for offense and blocking. I try not to use it for offense though." Simone was not sure if Blake would accept that answer.

Blake nodded slowly. "What is your semblance?" Was the next question Blake had. "Shadows." Was all Simone said. Ruby nodded remembering the things Simone did during initiation. "Hey Simone when you are feeling better could you show me that weird place again?" Ruby asked getting some weird looks. "Maybe I only really use it for storage. I do have a couch in there though I think. Oh I may still have a crate of soda in there. Long story." Simone said getting weird looks. "What did we say something weird?" Ruby asked looking around the group.

"Yes. Yes you two did. Though I guess I do remember you mentioning it after Simone saved you." Yang said shaking her head. "Well it will be some time before I access it again."

The rest of the day went by quickly enough Simone sat next to Glynda during combat class. Some of the other students found it weird. But Simone almost chuckled lightly. Almost. One guy tried to argue favoritism with Glynda. She just dared him to tell her to not worry about her injured daughter.

After that class Glynda walked Simone back to the hospital room. They chatted a bit. Nothing weird just regular things. When they got to the room Simone pulled her hood off. Simone's neck had some 1st degree burns on it. "Simone I don't know why you insisted on attending class. I don't see why you couldn't wait a couple of days. You would have far less burns if you would just wait." Glynda said with a bit of sadness in her voice. Glynda hated knowing that the girl in front of her was developing burns all day. And Glynda hated knowing that the burns would not fully heal before the next day. At least tomorrow was supposed to overcast all day. May even rain for part of it.

"Glynda I am fine. Though some burn cream may be nice. Has to aloe based though. It should help soothe the burns." Glynda nodded and headed out to get some. 'She cares about you so much already... I wonder what will happen when that book comes out.' "I am gonna do everything I can to keep that book hidden. Just as soon as I can open a proper gate again." Simone said coldly.

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