I

Zach walked through the paved streets of Vale without a real purpose. Sure he had finished his training at Signal a couple months ago and would be shipped off to beacon tomorrow. Most people would kill to be in his shoes. He left Signal being in the top ten in his class in terms of academics, athletics, and overall battle prowess. Though he could never find anyone who would look at him and not snicker. So many times he was mocked for his appearance. His 8 eyes and the 4 black, thin, and very resilient appendages that protruded from his back. He had learned quickly to keep his outer six eyes closed. To keep his back appendages retracted and hidden. Though his efforts did little to nothing. Rumors still circulated and his personal hell never ceased. That's all that he viewed life as, hell. And humanity were the demons that would torture every him until he cracked.

One day he gave in to his evil desires and showed them what a real monster he could be. This push over the edge gave birth to his semblance. His semblance was terrifying. When he locked his 8 eyes with someone or something, their body would go limp. Unable to move, unable to speak, and most importantly unable to torment him. But when his rage subsided and his mind was settled, he witnessed the horror of what he had done. He isolated himself and became severely depressed. He barely ate, barely drank, and barely slept.

Zach snapped back into reality when he felt something tapped his back. He turned around to see a middle-aged woman that was a few inches taller than him. She had very light hair blonde hair and green eyes. She also wore a thin pair of glasses. This woman was Glynda Goodwitch. She looked down at Zack with a piercing gaze.

"Are you Zach Aracin?" She asked in a stern tone.

"Yes," Zach answered.

"Professor Ozpin wishes to speak with you,"

"About what?" Zach asked.

"I wish to speak with you about your time at signal and your semblance," Ozpin said walking up behind Glynda, mug in hand.

"Why do you need to know?" Zach questioned.

"Follow me," Ozpin said.

Ozpin led Zach into a building that looked abandoned at first glance. As they entered the building they saw that it was actually quite well kept on the inside. Ozpin opened a door to an all black room with only one light at the top of the room.

"By all means, take a seat," He said gesturing to a metal table with two matching metal chairs. Zach sat down in the chair facing the door and Ozpin sat in the one opposite of the spider Faunus

"So, what do you want," Zach asked once again.

"I wanted to speak to you about your questionable record at Signal," Ozpin said reading from a large scroll.

"What about it?"

"Well for starters, I want you to describe you semblance to me," Ozpin said.

"Well when I look anything in the eyes with all of mine, their body goes limp. They're still alive but they are temporarily paralyzed,"

"All?" Ozpin inquired.

"I'm a Spider Faunus. I have eight eyes,"

"Well can you demonstrate your ability?" Ozpin said taking off his glasses.

"What?! Didn't you hear what I said!" Zach stood up.

"If my hypothesis is correct, the you're semblance will not harm me," Ozpin said taking a sip of his coffee.

"Your funeral," Zach said opening all eye of his eyes.

"All of you eyes are silver. Fascinating! Absolutely fascinating!" Ozpin marveled.

"How are you still moving?" Zach stood there astonished

"It seems that my hypothesis was correct. The people you paralyzed back at Signal were all previously hostile towards you correct?"

"Yes," Zach cringed as he relived the tragic event.

"they all had intent to harm you so when you activated your semblance, it acted as a sort of self defense mechanism. That is why I wasn't effected," Ozpin explained.

"Okay," Zach said trying to process this new information.

"One other thing that I wanted to discuss with you is your lone wolf lifestyle," Ozpin said putting his glasses back on.

"What about it?" Zach said sitting down.

"In beacon, you will be given a team, you will live together, you will eat together, you will have class with each other. Without your team you will be nothing,"

"I'll solve that problem when I come across it. Who knows, maybe I'll fall in love and learn the meaning of life,"Zach mocked. This made Ozpin chuckle.

"Maybe you will," Ozpin said taking another sip from his coffee.