"Tomorrow everything will change," thought Oni Epiphany, a red-haired, pigtailed girl of 17. Taking her seat on her last train to Vale, growing eager to arrive at her destination, Beacon Academy, "Tomorrow will be my first steps in becoming a Huntress."

Oni had left everything behind in her home at Altas, to train at Beacon. Becoming a Huntress was all she ever wanted to do, and soon Oni was going to show the world what she could do. She wasn't going to go home a failure.

As she looked over the people boarding the train, Oni noticed a couple of teens, a boy and a girl about her age, taking their seats nearby. The girl had long white hair tied up in a ponytail, and a short, white dress. While the boy, who was taller than the girl, had short, spikey, black hair with red highlights. The boy wore a black and red military suit, similar to what the Atlas Military would wear except for the color scheme.

Oni and the boy locked eyes with one another. She stared at the boy puzzled, not by his appearance, but because of a gut feeling. Oni couldn't describe it, "This guy, why does he make me so ...irritated?"

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Rion just stared at this red-haired girl glaring at him. Trying to decide if she was crazy enough to attack him or if that was her resting facial expression. So distracted by his thoughts, Rion almost couldn't hear his companion shouting at him.

"Rion, what are you looking at?" shouted Weiss Schnee, "Hey Rion! Are you even listening?"

"Would you keep your voice down," growled Rion, "You're so loud."

"Well if you had bothered to focus I wouldn't have yelled," sassed the girl, "What were you looking at anyway?"

Rion took a glance at the girl to see if she was still glaring at him, but the red-haired girl was looking out the train window, "It was nothing."

Rion couldn't wait to get this trip over with. Rion Dark, the only son to the Dark Bodyguards, protectors of the Schnee family. Like his parents, Rion was tasked with protecting the Schnee family, specifically the next heir. Weiss Schnee, the second daughter to the current head of the Schnee family, was next in line to take over the company. For now, Weiss wanted to train as a Huntress until the time came for her to take over the company. She decided to attend Beacon Academy in Vale, which her father did not entirely approve of. Weiss wasn't taking no for an answer and made the trip anyway, which meant Rion was coming too. Rion enrolled into the Academy to make sure she stayed safe.

Rion sighed as he looked out the window, seeing his face in the reflection. Which showed his left red-colored eye, and right yellow-colored eye, with a scar over his right eye. "Tomorrow, then we can finally rest," he thought.

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"It's quiet," thought Ki Lin, looking out the balcony of her hotel room. Night had fallen over the City of Vale, with the Shattered Moon shining in the night sky. It had been a long road from Menagerie to Vale. She had arrived in the city earlier in the morning when it had been busy with people. So the nightlife was a lot more calming for her. Due to Ki's sensitive hearing, she preferred the quiet atmosphere. The blonde-haired, 17-year-old girl, gripped her brown cap, as she felt a breeze come through.

"Not yet," she thought, "Not until tomorrow,"

Tomorrow, she would attend Beacon Academy, where she would train as a Huntress. Ki knew this had to be her path, despite her father's interest. She wasn't going to make the same mistakes her mother made. Ki was going to give her people justice, but she was going to do it the right way. Looking out at the Academy, illuminated by a few dim green lights, made her more determined than ever before.

"Tomorrow, it begins," she thought before heading back inside.

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"It's so exciting!" thought Daku Misam smiling as she looked out the window from her dorm of Beacon Academy. The 16-year-old couldn't believe that tomorrow she would be starting school. The halls of Beacon have been so quiet over the summer, with only the teachers present. Granted she wasn't supposed to be there, Daku wasn't supposed to be in Vale at all.

Daku grew up in between Vale and Vacuo, she had no interest in becoming a Huntress and was content living with her parents. Then one night, someone came and murdered her parents. Daku doesn't remember anything from that night. One of the teachers found her and brought Daku here.

The girl embraced herself tightly at the thought of what happened. She had been training hard all summer, so she wouldn't be left behind the other students. Stepping away from the window, Daku made her way to the vanity in the room. Looking at herself in the mirror, she started brushing her short black hair that was parted over her left eye. Her lavender eye sadly looked back at herself.

"What if everyone hates me?" she thought, "I am younger, and not as experienced as everyone else. What if ...No, I can't think like this." Daku climbed into bed, laying her head on the pillow. "Tomorrow is a new day."

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The four teens readied themselves for what tomorrow would bring. However, tomorrow would bring not only the start of a new day but the start of a new team. Tomorrow everything would change.

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Author's Notes:

Hey everyone!  So as you probably have guessed this is a RWBY fanfic, but I'm collabing with 3 of my closest friends.  Each of these characters was created by us, for our love of RWBY.  We tried to be very careful about following Monty's rules.  So for any RWBY fans out there, see something that may not seem right, I would definitely appreciate the input. 

Also as you may have noticed by the name of this chapter, I have the label Arc on it.  Not wanting to make separate books for each volume, I decided to separate them into Arcs.  So Arc 1 will correlate with Vol 1 in the series, Arc 2 with Vol 2 and so on.  If I feel the need to change this I will notify you all.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this story!  The four of us have worked very hard on this!