On the roof of the Beacon student dorms was a meditating Omnic. Zenyada was waiting for Ren to meet him before the sunrise.

"This world that you live in is beautiful, young one."

Ren came out of hiding and landed silently behind the mechanical monk. He pressed his fist to his palm as he bowed. "Good morning, Master Zenyatta."

Zenyatta chuckled "Oh Ren, there will be no need for calling me 'Master', for I am as much your teacher as I am your pupil."

Ren was confused "I... don't understand."

Zenyatta turned around and put his hand on Ren's shoulder "Ren, I may have much to teach about my world, but I have so much more to learn about yours. Even the master can learn from his student" he gestured to a mat with two pillows and some lit incense. Ren got the message and sat cross-legged on one of the pillows as Zenyatta rested himself on the pillow across from him. "Let's start with your aura. What is it?"

Ren pondered for a moment. "Well, aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts. It can be used in many ways from healing to fighting. But anyone who has a soul can use it."

Zenyatta looked at his robotic hands, contemplating what his pupil/teacher had told him. "Then, perhaps, I could have an aura?"

"I'm not sure." Ren realized the position he had put his omnic friend in. Then, an idea came to him. "But I think I can activate it if you do."

"Really?" the Monk's head perked up.

"We can start right now, if you wish."

Zenyata was thrilled. "Ren, I leave my fate in your hands."


It was dark. Cold. Conditions that Lucio did not like in the least. The DJ rolled around a bit, trying to find someone else in the shadows. "Hello?" He called out. "Anyone" he was starting to get anxious. "Tracer?!... D,va!?... Anyone?!"

He was starting to loose hope. But then, behind him, something began to glow. Lucio turned around to see that the light was coming from a man and a wolf, both seemingly made of light with masks made out of dark wood. Against his instincts, Lucio walked up to them. "Who... Who are you?"

"Lucio..." said the man, speaking slowly with a voice lighter and sweeter than cotton candy "I... Do not... Have... A name... But... my people... do..."

"Well, who are your people?"

"Our people..." Said the wolf, to Lucio's surprise, with the same voice. "Are called... the Bright."

"Well... What are the bright?" Lucio noticed the wooden masks looked like the bone masks of the Grimm. "Are you like-?"

"Our cousins..." Interrupted the wolf "The Grimm... Draw power... From hatred... And sorrow"

"But we..." continued the man "Draw strength... from love... and joy."

"So... You're like anti-grimm?"

the man smiled "Exactly."

"That's cool! Why haven't I seen you in any of those history books in Ooblek's class?"

"Because..." Said the wolf "We... Were banished... by... the queen."

"Who?"

"Salem" they said in unison. "Queen... of Grimm."

"Okay. Why are you telling me this? What can I do about it? I'm just a DJ."

"Lucio..." the man put his hand on Lucio's shoulder "Some hearts... hold... only hate."

"some... Balance love... and loathing." said the wolf, his voice still sweet and light like marshmallows.

"But... What about me?" Lucio was about to receive his answer when the area around him shook. The black sky began to crack, and a blaring alarm came from nowhere.

"Our time..." said the man,"...Is up."

"What are you talking about?" Lucio saw the man and the wolf rise into the air and fly away into an orb of light. "Wait! WAIT! Don't leave me! Who are you?! What is this place?! Please! PLEASE!"


"DON'T GO!"

Lucio jolted up from his bed in the Beacon dorms. He was covered in sweat and hyperventilating. He looked to his teammates who were covering their ears, presumably because of him. They were D,va, Tracer, and Winston. Together, they were attending Beacon as team LOWD (Lucio, Oxton, Winston, D va). At first he felt panicked, afraid. But that feeling soon left him without a trace. Then he realized that the alarm clock was going off, and quickly put it to snooze before leaping out of his bed. "Alright! Rise and shine, team LOWD! We've got a big day ahead of us!"

The rest of the team just groaned as they forced themselves out of bed. Lucio was tossing and turning and screaming during the night, so they weren't so happy with having to go through the first day with 0 sleep, especially not Hana. Not only was she tired, she was worried about Lucio. He never did anything like that before back home. What happened?

That question would have to be answered later. For now, they needed to get into the uniforms that beacon had tailored for them. It was especially entertaining watching Winston walk around in said uniform, he looked ridiculous.

After breakfast, team LOWD went to their first class of the day; a lecture on grimm with professor port. Sure, Winston got a few odd glances from the other students, but the didn't let that distract him from taking notes, clinging on to every word. D va and Tracer were both just trying to stay awake, but lucio was digging port's enthusiasm.

Next up was combat. And wouldn't you know it, team DWMR (Doomer) was there too, composed of Doomfist, Widowmaker, Moira, and Reaper. Of course, doomfist was never one to refuse a challenge, and insisted that he fought Cardin after seeing his attitude during his fight with Jaune.

"Hah! You taking on me? I'm the best fighter here! You have no chance!" Cardin laughed as he walked off of the fighting stage. But stopped when he heard Doomfist land on the other side of the stage. "What the-" he turned around and was surprised to see the leader of talon removing his gauntlet. "Oh, now you're just letting me win." He said with a shit-eating grin as he pulled out his mace again and got in his stance.

Glynda, however, didn't think it was such a good idea. "Mr. Ogundimu, I doubt that fighting without your weapon is-"

"Relax professor." Doomfist interrupted her. "I am merely making sure that this child has action to back up his words." He also got into a fighting stance "Start the match Goodwitch."

While a little appalled that her student would be making demands to her, she saw this as a win-win situation. If Cardin lost, he got some humility. If Doomfist lost, that would be karma. "Very well then." She returned to her podium and raised her riding crop into the air. "Fighters ready?" After both nodded, she swung the crop down. "Begin."

"RAAAAAHHH!" Cardin immediately ran towards his opponent, who hadn't moved an inch, and swung his mace right to left in an attempt to smash his rib-cage. But Doomfist dodged this by sliding his right foot back and bending at the knee, essentially limboing under it as it flew over his chest. Once the mace had finally passed over, he pulled back his left fist, lifted his body back up with his right leg, and slammed his fist into Cardin's side! The damage to his aura was already bad enough from the punch alone, but that particular punch was so fast and so hard, it send him flying across the room and into the wall, nearly completely depleting his aura!

Everyone was in awe of how quickly the match was over. Cardin fell to the floor from the indent in the shape of his body as Doomfist walked over to his defeated opponent. "If you know what's best for you, don't get back up." He smirked and walked back to his starting position to retrieve his fist just as the bell rang, signaling the end of class.