The Vytal Festival

"Ladies and gentlemen, team RWBY will be moving onto the doubles rounds!"

It was finally here, the Vytal Festival for one and all to see! Everyone was excited about it, the students from the different academies had been especially excited. Mostly because of the tournament taking place. They were not only given the opportunity to represent their own school but they got a chance to show off in front of a crowd far and wide.

All the students and people from different places and academies cheered loudly as they watched the Huntsman and Huntresses in training engage in combat with one another. The one team that had been the most excited out of all the rest, had been team RWBY as they had just one the fight against team ABRN from the academy of Mistral, known as Haven.

Ruby let out a groan as she slouched where she stood, "Is anyone else starving right now?"

"I may have worked up an appetite." Blake said with her hands behind her head. Though the four of them jumped when they heard a loud growling sound coming from Blake's stomach had been heard; she placed her hands on her stomach as she looked embarrassed.

"Oh gee, if there was only some place on campus where we could get food." Weiss said.

Though Weiss had been sarcastic with her words, as they had been standing at the center of the fairgrounds, where many concession stands were seen standing and where the crowds had gathered to take a break from fighting; many people won prizes, went to buy souvenirs or just by a snack.

"Oh… Wait a minute." Weiss said, gesturing to the fairgrounds.

"It's okay Weiss." Ruby said, putting a hand on her shoulder, "I forgot about the fairgrounds too."

Weiss sighed as she shook her head, "... I was just being facetious."

"Well if you were hungry, why didn't you just say so!?" Ruby shouted as she threw her hands up in the air.

"Come on, I know just the place to get the bite!" Yang said before she went ahead, eventually the group had followed behind her. Just as they turned the corner they were stopped by a familiar voice.

"Hey!" It said, "It might be hard to eat without this!"

The group turned and saw that it was one of their friends, a girl named Emerald Sustrai who had been holding onto Ruby's wallet, which took her back a lot. "Oh gosh, no, no, no!" Ruby exclaimed as she had a fearful expression.

Emerald couldn't help but laugh at the expression she had, "Good to see you Ruby." She said before handing her wallet back to her. "Thanks Emerald." Ruby said, "I guess I must've dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst!"

"What's up Em?" Yang greeted with a smile.

"We just left the stadium after your amazing fight!" Emerald replied, "You guys were awesome!"

At this Ruby's face turned red, "Oh stop it! You're making me blush!"

"I heard that your team progressed to the doubles rounds too." Blake added.

"You know, I feel like we've never seen your teammates." Weiss pointed out.

"How did they do in the fight?" Yang asked curiously.

***

-Earlier-

Emerald and Mercury fired a couple of rounds on two of the opponents causing them to fall to their knees before they were kicked out of the ring, putting them out of the fight. As one of them went to charge, Cinder countered by kicking him right in the stomach causing him to fly a few feet before he hit the ground hard. He opened his eyes and saw that a girl with black hair tied in twintails wearing a gothic outfit stood over him.

The moment she blinked, he could've sworn that her eyes changed from green to an odd eye color of pink and brown. He didn't have time to think about it when the girl stomped him in the face.

***

"... They did really well." Emerald replied, smiling to herself at the memory of how they won.

Ruby gave a smile, "That's great! We were just about to go get some victory food! Wanna join us?"

Emerald had been a bit taken by this, but quickly came up with an excuse, "Oh gosh, that's really nice of you but my friends are kind of…" She looked over to her teammate by the name of Mercury as did RWBY as he had been checking out some shoes. They couldn't help but give an odd look as he sniffed on the inside.

"... Introverted." Emerald finished, "Really SOCIALLY awkward."

Yang couldn't help but inhale with her teeth together, "Ooo, yeah. I can see that."

"On the other hand…" Emerald said changing the subject, "Merc and I are going to be moving onto the double rounds. How about you guys?"

Ruby replied with a confident smile, "Well as leader of the team, I thought long and hard about this decision."

"We put it to a vote." Weiss added, making Ruby look awkward.

She cleared her throat, "Yes, I decided we put it to a vote!"

"We voted for Weiss and Yang." Blake added, gesturing over to her comrades.

"I will be happy to represent team RWBY." Weiss said as she bowed.

"Yeah, we're gonna kick some butt!" Yang said, putting her fists together.

Emerald laughed at their enthusiasm, "Well, if Merc and I see you down the line, don't expect us to go easy on you."

"Wouldn't want it any other way." Yang said with a smile.

Emerald turned away to join up with Mercury, though it hadn't been long before she said, "We're gonna go catch some more fights."

RWBY did the same as they went to a certain food stand, "Have fun you two!" Ruby said as she waved.

"See you later." Emerald said as she waved.

The minute she had her back turned to them, she stuck her tongue out in disgust as she rolled her eyes; Mercury noticed this as he approached her.

"So how are you new 'friends'?" Mercury asked with an amused smile.

"... I hate them." She replied, still having a disgusted look on her face.

"Orders are orders." He said with a shrug.

"It's just--How can they be SO happy ALL the time!?"

"Did you at least get what we want?"

"It's the Heiress and the Bimbo."

"Welp… At least now we know what we're working with.

With the two of them exchanging smiles, they made their way back to the fighting arena as they both had a smile on their face.

Team RWBY had soon arrived at the noodle stands, as they sat on the stools that had been provided, ready to place their orders for the owner of the stand.

"I'll have the regular bowl please." Yang ordered.

In a matter of seconds, a large bowl was pushed in front of her, the minute her owner was placed. Ruby had an astonished look at the large bowl of noodles, "I'll take the same!" The same kind of bowl was pushed in front of the young girl, and Ruby had a smile on her face.

"Do you have anything with a low sal--" Weiss started to ask before she found a large bowl of noodles pushed just in front of her, taking her by surprise. "Umm… Okay…?" Weiss said awkwardly.

Blake nor the owner didn't say anything to one another as they only exchanged nods. He dashed towards the kitchen quickly preparing something, before returning to the front, placing a bowl in front of her. Turns out it was a large bowl of freshly cooked fish, which Blake started to drool at the sight of it. Weiss pulled out her credit card from her dress pocket before handing it to the owner.

"Aw, Weiss, what's the occasion?" Yang asked.

"Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles rounds." Weiss replied with a smile.

The credit card was suddenly thrown like a knife, as it had stuck onto the table surprising them. The owner cleared his throat drawing the attention of the girls as he soon pointed to the cash register. The register had read "Declined".

"Declined!?" Weiss exclaimed, "How can my card be declined!? I was barely in my monthly allowance…"

The owner suddenly pulled the bowl of fish away from Blake just as she was sneaking to take a bite. "No~..." She said as she slumped over on the table. A familiar voice had soon cut over them.

"Maybe I can help?"

It turned out the people that approached the team was team JNPR; beside them was a teenage girl with black and gray hair and a twelve year old girl. The girl with black hair wore a blue tube top with a set of bandages underneath and she had on short brown pants with a gray buckle and had on a pair of green ankle high boots. She also had on a dark purple cargo jacket with short sleeves and a pair of brown buckle fingerless gloves. The twelve year old girl had on a light purple hoodie over a family bear t-shirt in front of a sunset, and she had on a dark blue skirt that had been up to her knees and a pair of black crop leggings were seen underneath; she also wore a pair of brown sneakers. She had on a large brown bag with an IV tube connected from the bag to her chest, and she had on a black eyepatch over her right eye.

"PYRRHA!" Ruby cheered before she turned over to the girl with black hair, "And let's not forget our cousin Melody!"

"Or should we say, Cristal?" Yang added as she had been amused by the face the girl was making.

"Aren't you two hilarious?" The girl with black hair who had been revealed to be Cristal said.

The twelve year old girl ran from JNPR and towards team RWBY giving each of them a hug. "Congratulations on making it to the double rounds!" The girl said with a smile.

"Thank you Destiny." Weiss said with a smile.

"Did you enjoy the fight?" Ruby asked.

The child named Destiny nodded before she started to intimidate Yang's punch at one point, "You guys were better than I could've ever imagined! Especially when Yang punched all three of them out of the stage like that!" Yang chuckled at this as she ruffled her head a little.

"Hey Princess?" Cristal said, nudging her a little, "Don't you have something you want to give to the team?"

"Oh yeah!" Destiny said before she started to throw the pocket provided on the strap of her bag, which confused the four girls. She took out what appeared to be a total of four bracelets each of them in their own color. One had red and black beads with a red rose, the second was of white and had light blue beads with a snowflake, the third was of dark purple and black beads with a purple flame, and the last had yellow and orange beads with yellow flames.

"What are these?" Blake asked.

"They're victory bracelets!" Destiny said handing the bracelets to them, "They're meant to bring you good luck in future battles. I hope you guys like them."

The four of them put on the bracelets on the opposite of their dominant hand, as they looked at them. "Destiny, this is so thoughtful of you!" Ruby said with a smile.

"They're perfect, thank you for this." Weiss said to her with a smile.

Destiny's face turned red as she couldn't help but smile at them. "She really worked hard on them." Pyrrha said, "She even made us bracelets." JNPR showed off their own wrists showing them the bracelets they had on, as RWBY looked to them in awe.

"They look good on you." Ruby commented as she gave them a thumbs up.

"Hope you don't mind, but I'm in the mood to have something to eat now." Cristal said, "Who knew watching fights could make a person hungry."

"Sure thing, I'll pay for lunch." Pyrrha said, taking out her wallet.

"Aw, Pyrrha you don't have to." Yang said with a wave of her hand.

"BUT SHE COULD!" Blake had immediately retorted, making Cristal and Destiny look at her awkwardly.

"I think you all deserve it after that match." Pyrrha said.

"Mind if we join you?" Jaune asked.

***

-Three Weeks Earlier-

Team RWBY made it back to Beacon without delay and had been currently sneaking across campus to get back to the dorms. Ruby peaked out of a bush and saw the dorm building within view, She looked around making sure there hadn't been anyone around. When she saw no in sight, she turned and signaled someone not too far from where she was.

"It's all clear." She whispered.

The other three members of RWBY came out of hiding, along with them being Cristal, and Destiny, as she had been piggybacking on Cristal.

"We're almost at the dorms." Yang said to the two of them, "As long as we don't get spotted by the professors or Ironwood, or the Atlas guards than we'll be okay."

"Easier said than done as many would say." Cristal said with a hushed tone.

"Are you guys sure this is okay?" Destiny asked hesitantly, "I don't want you guys to get in trouble because of us."

"It'll be fine." Blake reassured her, "Just be glad you and your sister will have a roof over your heads tonight."

Destiny nodded as she was still a bit unsure of the idea they had in mind. As they were about within reach to the dorms--

"NORA!!"

Nora had suddenly popped out of nowhere, surprising the four girls plus Destiny and Cristal as they nearly fell over on themselves. "THE HELL IS THIS!?" Cristal couldn't help but yell.

"Nora for the love of--!" Weiss started to say, "--Don't scare us like that!"

All Nora did was laugh; it hadn't been long before Ren came into view as he said, "Nora, what did we talk about? You can't just go jumping in front of people like that!"

"But Ren!" She said, "I haven't seen these guys in awhile, it feels like forever!"

Soon enough, Jaune and Pyrrha approached the group as well as they looked at Nora with a bit of confused looks on their faces. "What are you talking about?" Jaune said, "You saw them a few hours ago…"

"FEELS. LIKE. FOREVER." Nora stated right in Jaunes face, making him jump a little.

Pyrrha soon took notice of Cristal and Destiny; Cristal couldn't help but freeze up while Destiny buried her face in her shoulder.

"Um…" Pyrrha began to say awkwardly, "... Who are these two? They weren't with you when you guys left for Vale."

The whole team started to get nervous, as they all started to sweat, as they looked at Cristal who was just as nervous as they were. "I'm--" Cristal stammered, "We're---Uh---" She looked over to RWBY before she said in a hushed tone of voice, "Help me out here!"

RWBY did try to help as best they could, though each of them had different things to say.

"She's our cousin!" Ruby said.

"My sisters twice removed!" Weiss immediately said after Ruby.

"Old… Friends of the family?" Blake said more confused than it was a statement.

"Adopted sisters!!" Yang soon said.

Everything was silent as they heard the sound of the wind, as JNPR just looked confused, and Cristal was just speechless as she couldn't help but make a face.

"THE HELL WAS THAT!?" She couldn't help but exclaim.

As they looked back to JNPR, they could tell solely by the look on their faces that they weren't buying it, not even for a second. "Alright…" Jaune said, "What's going on?" The four girls laughed a bit nervously as they ultimately slumped over in defeat, while Cristal slapped herself in the face, knowing that they had been found out.

***

-Present-

Team RWBY and JNPR plus Destiny and Cristal had finished up their lunch as they were all stuffed and satisfied. Although the four girls were feeling just fine, as well as Cristal, Pyrrha, Nora and Ren, Jaune and Destiny looked, and felt a bit sickly.

"Are you sure it's wise for us to eat before the match?" Ren asked.

"Of course!" Pyrrha said with a confident smile, "It will give us energy!"

Both Nora and Destiny let out a tremendous burp surprising everyone; Nora sat there with a smile while Destiny couldn't help but turn red from sheer embarrassment. She laughed awkwardly as they all looked at her; Jaune put his head on the table as he groaned.

"If I barf… I'm blaming you…" He groaned.

"Oh! Aim it at the enemy!" Nora said with a grin as she moved her eyebrows in a funny way.

Destiny couldn't help but laugh, "Ew, that's gross!" She said between her giggles.

"But if you really do feel the urge…" Ren said to Jaune.

"Got it…" He replied groggily.

"So, do you think you guys are ready?" Ruby asked the team.

"Of course!" Nora replied with a smile, "We've got world renowned fighter on our team, ones basically a ninja, and Jaune--" She stopped herself as she looked to Jaune, while the group did the same; Nora soon picked it backup, "--We trained all year and our weapons are AWESOME! Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh… Jaune!"

"Ouch… Now that's what I call harsh." Cristal said as she put her hands behind her head.

"You're not gonna take that, are you Jaune?" Destiny asked as she patted him on the back.

"... She's not wrong." Jaune said with another groan.

Nora let out a laugh, "I'm kidding! Don't worry, he knows I'm kidding!" She soon said still with a smile, though she slowly started to lose her color, "Don't be so nervous guys! The worst that can happen is that we lose! Than it's just a few more years walking around school with everyone knowing we're failures, our friends will slowly abandon us and preserve their social status, no one will sit with us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we'll be officially renamed Team-- LOSE-PIER!!!"

Just like that, she stuffed her face into the table as she started to sob quietly.

"So yeah…" Ren said, "... We're feeling pretty good…"

"That went unexpectedly deep…" Destiny couldn't help but say awkwardly.

"Don't fret." Pyrrha reassured them, "If anything we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines and well… Not murderers."

"Yeah, don't sweat it." Yang said, "We've all faced worse stuff before the Vytal Festival even started."

"Let's see…" Blake said thinking to herself, "... Grimm Invasion, violent extremists, a destructive sociopath."

Destiny's eyes widened a little as she suddenly had a sad look on her face, while Cristal's expression softened; Blake and the others took notice of this, "Oh sorry! I didn't mean to--"

Destiny smiled reassuringly as she shook her head a little, "It's okay Blake. I know you didn't mean it."

"Yeah…" Cristal said, looking away from the group.

Ruby was quick to change subject as she said with a smile, "But that was all when we were still in training! Just imagine what it's going to be like when we graduate!"

"Maybe then I'll be able to pay for a meal." Weiss mumbled to herself.

It hadn't been long before the PA came online; They heard Professor Ports' voice followed by Oobleck's.

"Would team JNPR please report to the arena immediately?" Port said.

"Yes!" Oobleck said, "Like they were scheduled to… SEVERAL. MINUTES. AGO!"

"Well, it looks like this is it." Pyrrha said. Team JNPR stood up from their seats before they proceeded to the arena. "GO GET EM!" Ruby and Destiny said.

"Good luck!" Cristal said as she waved.

***

-Three Weeks Earlier; RWBY's Dorm Room-

After they had gone to the dorms for the night, RWBY had explained to JNPR exactly what happened earlier that day. They had the same reaction as they did when Cristal and Destiny told them their story about what happened. They all sat in RWBY's room while Cristal and Destiny were in the bathroom provided, cleaning themselves up.

One of the girls insisted that they help them since Cristal had a couple of fresh injuries and Destiny had been a special case considering she had an IV connected to her chest, though Cristal insisted they were fine and just to let them have their privacy; though not before they provided them with a set of PJs that RWBY had bought before they had returned to Beacon.

A couple of members of JNPR sat on the chairs provided as they took in this newfound information.

"... So they've been really out in the streets since the Grimm attack in the city?" Jaune asked.

"After they escaped from the White Fang, yeah, that's pretty much the full story." Ruby added.

"I can't believe it." Pyrrha said, "It must've been hard for both of them… Especially for that little girl."

"What I still don't understand is what the White Fang wanted with the two of them." Blake said, "It's bad enough they allowed a human into their group, but to go and kidnap a couple of them… It's crossing a line, and that's saying a lot considering all that's happened."

"Maybe they had something against their father?" Ren suggested.

"Maybe." Ruby said, "But that would have to depend on the line of work their father did."

"Well considering all that they've been through, I think it's best that we don't force this kind of thing on them." Pyrrha had said, "If we let them get used to us, than maybe one of them will give us an answer in time." The team looked at each other as they were confused, at that point as they looked back at team JNPR.

"We?" Weiss said.

"Wait, you want to help us?" Yang asked.

"Of course we want to help!" Nora said with a smile, "You're our friends, and it's gonna be a lot of trouble to take care of cute little Dessie!"

"Huh? What are you saying?" Blake asked.

"Dessie?" Ruby said with a raised eyebrow.

"I guess that's her new nickname." Yang said.

"Well Cristal can obviously take care of herself, and is fine with helping you guys out when setting up the Vytal Festival." Jaune explained, "Though on the other hand Destiny can't be alone, so while you guys might be busy with the preparations, and even when the Vytal Festival comes around you're gonna be in matches. So one of us can keep an eye on her for you."

Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang looked to one another as they realized that Jaune made a good point. Not only would they help out with setting up the Vytal Festival, they were going to be in matches in the very near future. They originally had intended to leave them both in the room, but than again Cristal didn't really trust them and probably would leave with Destiny the first chance they got.

They didn't want to think about the worst case scenario if they had been caught by the White Fang again.

"You know, now that I think about it, you guys make a good point." Ruby said, and her comrades nodded in agreement.

"I guess that means, a yes to us helping you." Pyrrha said with a small smile.

"So how long are they going to be staying here?" Ren asked.

"Just until their father is found." Weiss replied.

"And if you guys are gonna help us, you can't say anything to Ozpin." Yang told them.

"Really? Ozpin doesn't know about those two!?" Nora exclaimed.

"Is that a good idea?" Pyrrha asked.

"Not really." Blake replied, "But it's the only idea we have."

They soon heard the bathroom door open and Destiny and Cristal came out wearing standard PJ's. Though Cristal had walked out casually with a towel over her head, Destiny was hiding behind her, having a nervous look on her face, which took JNPR back a bit.

"Sorry, she's not really used to strangers." Cristal said, as she finished drying herself off.

"No worries." Ren reassured her, "It's understandable as to why."

Pyrrha soon stepped forward as she knelt down to her level as she soon said with a comforting smile, "Hi there. My name's Pyrrha, from JNPR, we're friends with Ruby. What's your name?"

Destiny looked to Pyrrha before she replied nervously in a hushed tone of voice, "... De… Destiny…"

"That's a beautiful name." Pyrrha commented, causing Destiny's face to turn red, "Did your father come up with it?"

"N-no… Mom did."

"I see. She really has good taste in names."

Pyrrha soon held out her hand to Destiny for her to take, "I hope we can get to know you better."

Destiny looked over to Pyrrha and back to her hand. She reached out to her and gave Pyrrha a handshake which team RWBY couldn't help but smile at as did the rest of team JNPR. Blake soon looked at the clock and noticed the time, "It's getting pretty late, we should turn in for the night."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Jaune said, before the rest of his team stood up, "Good night guys."

"Night Jaune!" Ruby said as she waved.

Thus RWBY changed into their sleepwear, once JNPR left their doom room. Cristal sat on one of the many chairs provided in the dorm while Destiny fidgeted nervously. "Um…" She started to say, getting RWBY's attention, "... Cristal and I don't have to sleep on the floor do I?"

"Nope!" Ruby replied with a smile, "Blake won't mind if you bunk with her, and your sister can bunk with Weiss."

"What!?" Cristal and Weiss exclaimed.

"Are you sure that's okay?" Destiny asked.

"You won't be taking up space if that's what you're worried about." Blake reassured the child.

"Why do I gotta sleep next to the Ice Queen here!?" Cristal exclaimed.

"Hey!" Weiss said feeling offended.

"Because, Weiss always wanted a bunk buddy." Ruby reasoned, making Cristal's jaw drop at this as did Weiss's.

"RUBY!!" Weiss couldn't help but shout angrily.

"Oh just suck it up for one night." Yang said to her, "Having a bunk buddy isn't going to kill you."

Weiss was about to retort, but knew that she couldn't win the argument when Ruby and Yang teamed up with each other. "You better not kick in your sleep." Weiss said.

"Same to you Ice Queen." Cristal said to her.

The whole team soon went to their designated bunks, with Blake helping Destiny up onto the bed, after she climbed in, and tucked her in. Weiss slept with her body facing the wall while Cristal slept on the outside, and thus the lights turned off with a flick of a switch from Yang, before she climbed into her own bunk.

A full hour had passed and Destiny didn't go to sleep right away as she looked to the bed above her. She tried her best to go to sleep but had a hard time doing so as she looked at the bag at the corner of the bedside, looking at the bag pocket. She unzipped it, and pulled out what looked to be three photographs each of them labeled on the back; she looked to the one in the middle as her eyes were transfixed.

"Hey."

Destiny picked up her head when she saw Cristal laying on her side looking at her; her red eyes seemed to have glowed in the reflection of the moonlight.

"Can't sleep?" Cristal asked her in a hushed tone of voice.

"No." She replied, letting her arm hang on the side of the bed.

"... You're still thinking about him, huh Princess?" She asked her as she rested her arm underneath her chin.

Destiny merely nodded her head in reply as she looked at the photograph. "I miss him…" She told her looking at her again, "... It's strange to be without him. I keep expecting this to all be a dream, and to wake up to a regular morning, eating breakfast but…" She clenched the photos in her hand, "... He's not here… And this… None of this is a dream…"

Cristal could hear her voice, she was trying to prevent herself from crying again; her expression softened a little. "Cristal…?" She heard the child say, "... Do you… Do you think we'll find him? After the Grimm invasion… Do you think--?"

"Now listen here Dessie." Cristal said, cutting her off, "Don't you start thinking about stuff like that. You know how your old man is, he's strong and stubborn. If the world wants him dead, than he'll fight back with everything he has, and he'll tell whoever's watching above, 'You're not gonna take me today'. You and I both know that's just how he is."

Destiny couldn't help but laugh a little at this before she had a sad look on her face again; Cristal let out a sigh as she rolled over on her stomach, "Don't get all pouty on me. We made a promise the day we got out, remember? Don't tell me you forgot that already?"

"No, of course I didn't." Destiny replied as she let out a sigh, "I just want this all to be over, and see him again."

"And we will." She said as she rolled over on her back, still looking at her, "We'll find him. No matter how far apart we are, even if the world tries to separate us, we'll find him. Just do me a favor, hang onto that hope and don't ever lose it no matter what."

Destiny held the pictures close to her and gave Cristal a smile, she in turn smiled back to her. Though both were left unaware that a certain silvered eyed girl was wide awake and had listened to their conversation.

***

-Present-

Team RWBY entered the stadium with Destiny and Cristal by their side, as they were going to their seats to witness the next match. Just as they turned to go to the front row, they passed by Mercury and Emerald who were just coming from the snack bar provided in the stadium.

Destiny's shoulder bumped into Emerald's hand; though this had gone unnoticed by Emerald, the child stopped in her tracks. She looked at Emerald with a peculiar look on her face, as she watched them enter a certain aisle; she felt her eye underneath her eyepatch hurt a little as she cringed slightly.

"Destiny?" She soon heard Blake call out, "Is something wrong?"

Destiny turned to her and smiled, "No, it's nothing. Let's hurry, before the match starts!"

Destiny ran to her side as she took Blake's hand, and practically dragged her to where they were going to sit, taking her by surprise.

Mercury and Emerald found their seats no problem, as Mercury himself ate from a large bucket of popcorn.

"I wonder who's going to win." Mercury said with his mouth full.

Emerald let out a scoff, "As if we don't already know."

A hand soon came up from behind them, reaching into the bucket of popcorn before taking out a corn kernel; it was revealed to be Cinder as she said with a smile, "Oh come now, even if you know how the story ends, it doesn't make it any less fun to watch." With heat emanating from her hand, it turned into popcorn with the sound of a pop, and she popped it in her mouth, before taking a seat just behind them.

Port soon announced the match via PA that had been provided.

"Up next is team JNPR from Beacon, and team BRNZ from Shade!"

The stage soon started to set itself, with one half being a forest and the other half being mountain terrain; the teams got in position.

"3… 2… 1… BEGIN!"

At the end of the countdown, RWBY, Cristal and Destiny watched as JNPR engaged team BRNZ.