"We will be docking at the landing bays shortly." Came the feminine voice from the airship loud speaker over the talk of the students on board as they talked among themselves. "Please prepare your belongings."

A short girl with multicolored hair by the name of Neopolitan looked up towards the source of the voice, specifically at a speaker that was positioned in the corner of the main airship lobby. Seats protruding out from the metallic walls allowed passengers to take a seat and large clear windows allowed said passengers to get a great view of the outside from within the safety of the ship.

Neopolitan, Neo for short, sat on one of the seats that lined the walls, having to managed to snag a row of seats somewhat towards the back where she and her "team" could sit. In actuality, Neo wasn't even a student of Atlas and neither were any of her associates.

"Team CNEM", short for Cinnamon, was the name the four went by with Cinder being the leader of the made up team. Through pulling a few strings and performing some shady tricks they had managed to sneak their way into the Atlessian student exchange program with Beacon Academy. All apart of the plan, Neo was told. All they had to do in the meantime was blend in with the lot of them. Such a mundane way to pass the time if you asked her.

"It's about time we got here." Mercury Black said as he sat laid back, his arms resting behind his head up against the wall.

Next to him sat Emerald Sustrai, the green haired thief that was the "E" of the team. "Yeah," she agreed with her silver haired partner with a nod. "I'm not sure how much longer I could stay cooped up in this metal death trap." She glanced to her left where their so called leader sat.

"I expect you two to not draw attention to yourselves." The older woman warned, her almost fiery gaze on the two partners. "This is a delicate operation and there will be consequences if it is compromised."

In return Emerald gave Cinder a quick, almost awkward smile. "We got this Cinder. Trust me."

"Yeah, what she said." Mercury chimed in, shifting his position so he was no longer resting his arms behind his head.

Cinder turned her attention towards the main exit doors, which other students were beginning to pool around as the airship began to pull in for docking. Mercury gave a grin, beginning to stand up. "Well? About time we got this show on the road."

Seeing the other three begin to rise from their seats to join the others, Neo did the same- allowing her heels to touch the metallic floor as she stood. Closed parasol in one hand, small bag of belongings in the other, Neo found herself pretty set to go. She hadn't forgotten anything she was pretty sure, as she wasn't up and about during the flight from Atlas. Instead she stayed in her spot listening to what Cinder, Emerald and Mercury had to say to each other. Truth be told, she was amused by the other three. At times, they worked perfectly - while others they were dysfunctional. Delightfully so, in fact.

Neo had a feeling her time at Beacon would be an interesting one.

Eventually, the four made their way off the airship, moving through the slough of students who then began to spread out once they were given room. Atlessian airships lingered nearby and overhead, certainly giving the military a presence at the school.

"Looks like Atlas is bringing out the heavy duty equipment this time around." Mercury commented, looking up to see a ship fly by and the roar of the engine fill the air before fading away.

At that point, Neo proceeded to tune out the trio's talk, instead focusing more on what else was going on around her. It's not like anything that they were talking about was necessarily important anyway.

The school was... large, to say the least. Tall structures towering overhead in the distance, including the main Beacon spire. The place was huge - it certainly looked like a delightful place to explore when she got the chance.

As they strolled along, Neo lost in thought, the other three began to head towards one of the main school lobby buildings. Neo paused, watching them walk towards their new destination. Perhaps it was important, but then again it probably wasn't. If it was, they'd be sure to make sure she was following.

Neo would catch up to them later. Instead, she decided she'd take a look around. Maybe stop by their assigned dorm room.

And who knows, maybe she'd come across this "Team RWBY" she had heard so much about.

A/N: About two weeks ago or so I asked the RWBY subreddit for ideas for a fic I would write for on a consistent basis to challenge myself in a sense. I got a lot of suggestions and some of them I really liked. However, I wanted to only pick one to start off with and after some time thinking about what inspired me most to write... I decided on this. A Neo centric story. An AU of sorts, if you will. Shoutout and credit to users /u/Pozsich, /u/Jonathan_the_Nerd and /u/Zacky007 for the idea and base concept.

I plan to try and follow a release schedule for this as much as possible (as long as my IRL schedule doesn't go wonky). A chapter each Thursday is what I'm aiming for here. I'm not too sure on what the average length will be though, so I suppose we'll just have to see how that goes.

FULL COVER IMAGE CREDIT TO いえすぱ ON PIXIV ( member_ ?mode=medium&illust_id=46300044 )