Chapter one: Arrival

Soon enough the airship's doors opened, letting out the nauseous blonde to pursue the nearest garbage container. After about five minutes later, he had managed to stop spewing bile and actually managed to look at his surroundings.

It wasn't long before he came to the conclusion that the entire place was... quiet. It didn't have the background noise that a more metropolitan part of the kingdoms would have. Instead the military base that would serve as his home for the next few months, Verdant Knoll, was relatively quiet, and almost peaceful in a way with the expanse of nature around him juxtaposed by the pristine whitish-gray structures dotting the area. He watched as a group of soldiers boarded the very ship he had just hastily retreated from, likely celebrating a day off if the lack of armor denoted anything.

He was wondering where to go when a loud noise interrupted his train of thought.

"All new recruits make your way to the central building within the next ten minutes to receive orientation. I repeat, all new recruits make your way to the central building within the next ten minutes to receive orientation."

Jaune started on the path to the specified structure, only to lose his footing when something dashed past him. As he fell, he saw hints of purple before his face met the ground. Taking a few seconds to gather himself again, he managed to catch a glimpse of purple as his accidental assailant slowly disappeared from his sight. Soon enough he was following the same trail, and within minutes made it to the entrance of the specified building.

The structure itself was huge, with a crowd of around two hundred steadily filing it's way in. As Jaune managed to make his way into the empty hall, he observed the people around him. Made of human and faunus, male and female, young and old in a bevy of colors that would have almost hurt his eyes normally.

'I guess what they said about the army accepting everyone wasn't a joke.' He mused as a figure in the standard armor came up to the podium.

He coughed into the mic a bit to get everyone's attention before speaking, "Excuse me everyone, normally we have one of our ranking officers do this, but today we have a very special guest in attendance who would like to give a few words to you all. So today I have the honor of welcoming our very own General Ironwood to the stage."

The soldier walked away from the microphone then and dropped into parade rest. As he did that, the General walked out onto the stage, greeted by a smattering of applause and cheers from the various people in the room, Jaune included. He waited at the microphone for a few seconds as the applause died down, and then he began to speak.

"Good afternoon everyone. I would like to start off by saying that it is my honor and privilege to welcome you all to the Atlesian military. I'm always proud to see the variety of people who all decided to pursue a career in defending the kingdom from those that would attempt to destroy us. Now I know many of you are here for different reasons. Some of you do simply want to do your best to help others and this was your route to doing so. Many other ones desire the steady income that comes with being in the military. Others are here simply because they see an opportunity to become something greater than they could have been normally. Some of you may even be here because you feel you have no other choice. Yet no matter why you are here I will tell you this: from this point on, you are not alone. Every one of you here are all comrades in arms, whether you are young or old, experienced or green, human or faunus. I see a group of people that will achieve tremendous goals, all the while becoming something great alongside each other.' A few cheers came out after that, and the general held up a hand, with a grim look on his face. "But know this: you are not hunters. You are not the people that others will heap praise upon simply for doing your jobs. Not only that, but the recent history of war has cast a shadow upon our institution, quite understandably. You will protect the people, and many will watch you with wary eyes while you do, expecting the worst. But this is where we shall show them we are people who want to help them, no matter how much they believe otherwise. For at the heart of any organization is its people, and when I look out into this crowd is see a force for good. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you will all prove me right. So good luck, and welcome to the army."

At that, he turned around and left to a thunderous applause, and the soldier from before came back up to talk once more.

"I would like to give my sincere welcome to all of you as well. Now, your room and squad assignments will be posted up on the wall shortly going alphabetically from your left to right. After that, go to you where the board details."

After the man finished, projectors came on to display the proper assignments. It didn't take long for Jaune to find his name on the list. He looked at the screen to see where exactly he needed to go.

Jaune Arc

Squad 21

Barracks 3, room 1

After double checking to make sure, the blonde went with the large stream of people heading towards what he could only assume was the barracks. After getting turned around and lost for a good ten minutes, he managed to find barracks 3. The building itself was all white, with a sitting room in front that was currently unoccupied. Soon after, he entered room one to be greeted by a small place, with ten cots taking up a majority of the area. As Jaune entered the room, he looked around to find seven people already there. The most apparent was a large man with brown locks who seemed to be a faunus if the bear ears were any indication. Next was slight woman with a shock of bleached white hair and who was standing nest to a scarred man with a shaved head. On the other side of them was a man with russet hair and a bored expression on his face next to a somewhat scrawny woman with sand-colored hair. The last two were both women who seemed almost directly contrasting. One was a taller girl with darker orange hair while the one next to her was much shorter with light violet hair. All of them were about his age. He nodded to them while he took his bag and claimed the sleeping place on the opposite side of the faunus as his own. After he sat down, the door opened to admit a larger man with dark green hair. He closed the door before looking at the various residents there. After sizing them all up, he nodded and started to speak.

"Hello cadets, my name is Alexander Laurel and I will be your commanding officer until further notice. Welcome to squad 21, the Misfits."

A/N Here's another chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it!