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[Somewhere in Atlas, Remnant]

Whitley Schnee couldn't understand why he existed in such a tragedy (as he called it), being the only son of the CEO who owns one of the largest producers and exporters of Dust in the world of Remnant yet has some "scandal" of using Faunus slaves to mine for the said Dust, has the picture perfect "family" yet barely interact with one another, and now his classmates (particularly the Faunus kind) were giving him the ol' stink eye just because he walked into the hallways of Whispering Pines Institute, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in Atlas.

"Ignore them, maybe they'll ignore you back." This is what Whitley would often think when people were giving him looks as he entered the bathroom to clean his hands. While there, he wonders if there's something out there other than those terrifying Grimms, Huntsmen and Huntresses with their flashy outfits, semblances, and weapons as he always saw a vision about a glowing light with an hourglass symbol.

Of course, that trance was interrupted by a loud slam from the door, and a duo of tall yet beefy kids blocked the door—possibly Whitley's only escape. The kid with short black hair and whose head was similar to a football was Cash Murray, the brawn of this duo. The brains of the operation, Jasper Trevor (J.T. for short), had some glasses and hair so messy that you'll probably be wondering if he even washed his hair.

"Well well well, look who we have here..." Cash said as he cracked his knuckles and looked at Whitley "If it ain't the ice prince himself." Whitley didn't pay any attention to them yet let out a deep sigh as if he was annoyed by this. "What do you want, Murray? Did your "ATMs" run out of money again?"

The two bullies looked at one another in disbelief, not used to anyone talking smack about them and this, of course, made them a bit mad. "Watch your tone, Schnee. You don't know what happens when wimps like you finally stand up for themselves." J.T. warned as he and Cash were about to grab Whitley by the shoulders but was stopped by a third party.

The mystery savior in question was none other than Devlin Erin Levin, Whispering Pines' local "lone wolf" (both figuratively and literally) as this pony-tailed wolf faunus would rather spend his time on breaking school property, fixing said school property, threatening kids and do his work than so socialize with the rich kids. His attitude and nature made students wonder how this "poor Mantle freak" even enrolled in such a school, let alone went into the city all on his own.

"Leave the little snowflake alone, Ug and Lee," Devlin warned him as his grip on Cash and J.T.'s wrists was getting tighter. "Because trust me, things will get uglier than your face if you two don't listen to what I say." And to prove a point, Devlin tightened his grip on their wrist, smiling when he saw Cash and J.T. squirming in pain.

And my friends is how Whitley felt relief for like the 113th time (yeah this happens A LOT) till he saw Cash and J.T. rubbing their wrists in pain and they left him and Devlin alone while calling the latter names due to his faunus heritage. Devlin and Whitley looked at each other for what seemed like 5 minutes and…..

"Snowflake? That's what you're going to call me, Levin?" Whitley asked before moving away so Devlin could wash his hands on the sink, "What? It makes sense to me." Devlin answered as he washed knuckles and nails "You're white in a literal sense, small yet adorable." He finished as he then dried off his hands.

What is the relationship between these two exactly? Whitley doesn't know either, all he knows is that they were randomly assigned seatmates a year ago and Devlin's all like: "You know what….I'm going to be your best friend and there's nothing that you could do about it." (At least that's what Whitley thinks about what happened).

Whitley blushed at the answer and tried his best to not look cute by crossing his arms and glaring at Devlin (in Devlin's eyes, he looked like he was pouting) "The future owner of the SDC is not adorable." Whitley said but he became a blushing mess when Devlin ruffled his hair.

"Of course you're not, Snowflake." He chuckled but stopped once he asked Whitley a very important question. "So…you know how this book prison sometimes says that we're going to a very special place this weekend."

Whitley raised an eyebrow, oh does he mean the field trip where they'll visit Forever Fall? AKA, a very red forest where the majority of the students are so rich and privileged that they don't have basic survival skills? Yeah, what about it?...wait, don't tell me.

"...We both know we don't swing either side." "Whitley warned and this was Devlin's time to blush as he panicked for a second. "NO, NOT THAT LIKE DUDE." He exclaimed before calming down.

"I meant that….you should come with us. It'll be fun and you of all people especially need that." Devlin explained and Whitley thought about it for a moment, honestly? This furball's right, he spent a lot of time following his father's footsteps that he sometimes forgot that he's just a kid…..but then he remembers who his father IS and fun is banned on the SDC (unless you're a sadist).

"I will convince my father about this, but not because we're "friends"." Whitley made his decision and it's either going to be the best mistake of his life or the worst decision he ever made.

[Meanwhile somewhere in Space]

Somewhere in outer space, a flying mechanical ship that had some weird landing gear design that was almost shaped like a turkey was flying beside another ship, this time looking a bit longer with a ring behind its back, acting as both thrusters and landing gear. Whatever they were flying away at, they chose to fly into a trail full of asteroids. I imagine this would go well (spoilers: it does not).

Inside the first ship, a large shadowy humanoid struggles to balance himself but fails as he lands on what seems like a very big pile of jelly (grapefruit flavor I might add), which seems to chirp in pain. "Gluto, status." The shadowy man said as he heard the same chirping sound from the pink blob while two mechanical arms were pressing random buttons, as multiple digital screens were shown.

Status? The ship's heavily damaged, one of the thrusters is not thrusting, and something behind them is not slowing down. Another screen popped up to reveal a larger shadowy humanoid trying to repair the damages of the weapons all while muttering curses.

"Great, JUST GREAT." The larger figure said the voice was a bit feminine. "Oh, let's help Xylene deliver this powerful piece of scrap to a third-world planet, nothing will go wrong." She said in a mocking tone while rearranging wires and hoping that at least one of the weapons was back on track. "Such an excellent idea, captain! What else-"

"FOCUS ON YOUR JOB!" Her captain cut her off as he kept on pushing buttons to see if there was anything that could help them in such a situation, "You can complain later once you figure out how to get the weapons back online." He pushed a button to reveal the pilot of the other ship.

The pilot was a mint green-skinned woman with three pink eyes and two tentacles on her head. She too was struggling to balance herself due to the damage to her ship (I wonder why) but kept on doing something: changing some code on a pod thingy.

The pink blob was confused about what the alien was doing but the captain might be aware of what was happening, "Xylene, what on Primus are you doing?" He demanded an answer but the now named Xylene ignored him as she kept on pressing digital buttons on the grey pod.

So you might be asking, "What the eff are they running away from exactly?" Well, they were running away from a HUGE- wait that's not it…HUMONGOUS- now I'm just exaggerating it….AN IMMENSE brown spaceship that resembles a taser (a weapon used on me the other day for self-defense class) and a stapler, and has multiple orange egg-like constructs all around. Also, did I mention that this load of junk has some weapons? Yeah, they have the right to fly away from this one.

Whatever the hell this thing is, it's getting closer and those asteroid belts are not stopping it from its way, the giant ship releases some sort of drone as it attacks both of those small ships. Why does the immense ship want these two? Who are these people? And what was the woman doing on the pod thingy? FIND OUT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE OF DRAG-...

I'm still catching up on that...

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Ah, what a night at Forever Fall A.K.A animals sleeping with their adorable offspring, a perfect time to stargaze, a campfire with your friends, and Devlin panicking due to him strapping himself to a giant sasquatch-like man as the said monster was generating electricity out of its palms to electrocute the nearby Ursas.....wait crap I forgot this is the second chapter, wait hold on.....

[What Happened Earlier…..]

The students and their very suspicious teacher (due to his weird fashion sense and a literal skull tattoo embedded on his face), [Professor Zaar] , a person whose subject involves magical history and artefacts , what does the subject have to do with the trip to Forever Fall? Nothing really, the professor just wants these students to go outside once in a while instead of being so focused on their Scrolls and being inside of their houses 24/7 (you people can relate, right?......right?).

What’s supposed to be a quick “educational” visit to Forever Fall turned into an unprepared camping trip as they heard that the Bullhead they were on, somehow lost its engine and they’re going to have to wait until tomorrow to get it replaced with a new one.

So there they were with Professor Zaar, ignoring the annoying pleas from his students while reading a weird book with an unfamiliar language, while the competent students used their skills to make this forest manageable. 

So there’s Whitely, sitting at the campfire with Devlin by his side while roasting marshmallows as the rich boy sensed that the boy was happy, well, everyone did due to the boy’s tail kept on wagging in SUPER SONIC SPEEDS . Everyone was asking one thing: Why in Remnant does a faunus want to befriend a Schnee of all people? Sounds like a recipe for disaster that’s best served cold.

Now, you folks might be asking, how in Remnant did Whitley convince his father to let him join this trip all the way to Vale? Well he didn’t….because he only told Klein, the Schnee’s butler and the person Whitley considered a father-figure, that he’s going on a trip with his classmates…..yeah it’s clear that Whitley trust their butler more on keeping secrets than any members of his family, like how I trust my mailman more than my own brother.

“You are awfully happy about this predicament,” Whitley said to Devlin, who just shrugged as he tried to give Whitley a smore. “Eh, I see our obnoxious 'mates suffering, you get to be here, and I get to eat my smores. It’s a win-win.” The wolf boy explained, happily munching on said smores as Whitley decided to take the messy smore and ate it. " It’s…..acceptable " Whitley thought as he gazed into the stars, What a lovely evening.

[Meanwhile......]

WELL WELL WELL, Let’s see what the Two Ships, One Space Ship are up to. Screw the dialogues, as the great Momma Lillie once said: ACTION~ .  A.K.A  possibly the shortest action scene I ever wrote.....

So I'll decide to name these ships to avoid confusion (even if my writing is also confusing), we'll call the robo-turkey  [The Resolute] , the other small ship the  [St. N] and the big piece of ship  [Chimeran War Hammer] . Ya'll get that? Let's a-go.

So The Resolute and St. N were not only dodging the incoming asteroids they were in, they had to dodge several lasers coming from the drones and the Chimeran War Hammer itself, and oh boy were they EVERYWHERE.....like the amounts of strays I encounter in my life.

The drones themselves were these small yet fast UFO-like robots, but they have the arsenal that takes quite a punch as they successfully hit their targets (unlike some stormtroopers) and damaged them. The Resolute was trying its best to fire back while dodging the incoming asteroids, while the St. N was dodging it with STYLE™  as it somehow performed a triple somersault in SPACE, and this is a SPACESHIP may I add.

But it seems that if one of those UFO-like drones got destroyed, it seems like the Chimeran War Hammer sends another one and given that they started with only 10 drones.....they are now facing 718 of them and good lord almighty they might've replaced the asteroid belt itself if they didn't stopped this madness.

Out of a very bold yet confusing move, St. N launched something not out to the giant spaceship but to somewhere else......AND STRAIGHT UP FLEW ITSELF INTO THE GIANT  SPACESHIP AND  KABLOOEY- ..... I mean...it sacrificed itself by flying straight into the Chimeran War Hammer, causing a humongous explosion that made Michael Bay wet blush....blush okay?

The Resolute stopped for a moment to see the huge destruction from such a small act as it thankfully deactivated the drones but no time for celebrations just yet, because the ship has to chase down whatever St. N just fired out........only for The Resolute to get smacked by some metal debris and flew to the other side of the galaxy.

[Now, Back to Remnant]

Now, what the hell is happening right now with our protagonists? Well, Professor Zaar somehow found a still functional cabin in the middle of the forest. Did everyone stay there tonight? By the Gods, no, because the majority of the students were cramped inside the cabin while Prof. Zaar somehow found another one and stayed there as Whitley and Devlin were nowhere to be found......I'm just joking, they asked permission if they could go out so they can stargaze and the Prof. Zaar complied to the request as he read his favorite novel.....[Aabra Ka Daabra].

Now a Schnee and a Faunus sat on a cliff and began stargazing as these two are more awkward than I, trying to make small talk with my friend. Devlin was easily distracted by a pretty shiny butterfly while Whitley drew some constellations, there was this one particular star that shone brighter than most than the other stars. It looked beautiful, it looks bigger than others, it looks......like it's coming right at them....um, hello?

Thankfully, Devlin noticed this and lifted Whitley by the shoulders, forcing him to stand up. "RUN!" He ordered as he ran away with Whitley following pursuit. Now, remember that one scene from SpongeBob where he and Patrick were running away from Sandy? Yeah, that scene, but replaced them with Whitley and Devlin while a COMET IS COMING AT THEM. "Wait a second...." Whitley muttered as he was trying his best to outrun a literal gliding rock. "LEVIN, TO THE SIDES." He yelled at Devlin as the two dodged to the opposite sides, tumbling into the ground as the comet smashed into the ground.

It was this time that Whitley gained his first ever bruise as he held his forearm in pain, and Devlin was covered in dirt but shook it off (in a literal sense). He and Whitley stood up and wondered what in the ever living hell crashed into that crater, so the two decided to check it out, and the look of their surprise to see.....a metal pod. 

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"WE ALMOST DIED TO THAT TINY THING?!" Devlin exclaimed as he struggled to find the right words for their situation, but then decided to fight the literal air and yelled out the more horrendous curse words than my old drill instructor. Whitley, on the other hand, decided to investigate it as he held his trusty stick (a branch he found on the ground) and slowly went into the crater. 

The pod was nothing special; it looked like a harmless metal grey pill bug, but what's inside that made him curious the most. The pod itself opened to reveal a....large wristwatch? Not only that, but it had this cool design, and what steals the show is the green hourglass symbol as the faceplate of the watch. 

" It...looks cool? " Whitley thought...weird, he never used the word 'cool' before, but it's the exact word to describe this weird watch. He carefully went closer and had this urge to....grab it? He stuck his hand out into the pod, and the watch suddenly wrapped around his left wrist. At first, he was weirdly calm about this by examining the watch now in his wrist and climbed back to Devlin as he showed it to him.

"....Now I admit that's cool." Devlin said as he examined it as well, "Where'd ya get it, Snowflake?" Whitley then pointed at the crater as Devlin looked at him confused...."You got it from there?" He asked, Whitley nodded, "You got it from the comet that almost got us killed?" Whitley nodded again as Devlin had this confused face (kinda like that one meme), trying to process this whole thing, and also- "You are weirdly calm about this."

And that's when Whitley started to count down with his fingers and once that reached zero....HE SCREAMED IN PANIC AS HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE WATCH "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" well Devlin tried to help him as they tampered with the watch, shame it looked cool but one of their fingers accidentally pressed one of the buttons of the watch and the faceplate shot up, morphing the hourglass symbol into a diamond one and encasing a silhouette. The silhouette in question was a tall, yet beefy character that might've looked like a gorilla.

"Woaaaah...." The two boys said in awe as Devlin tried to press it, but got his hand smacked by Whitley, "What in Remnant are you thinking, Levin?" He asked while he was trying to keep his eyes away from the device, but the green glow around the faceplate kept forcing him to look at it. "What? Don't tell me you're not curious about it as well. I mean, look at it!" Devlin explained as he pointed at the watch, I mean.... can't blame the kid, it does look hypnotizing. "Besides, it's not like it's going to hurt anyone." He added, but he couldn't help but sense some danger in these woods. 

Whitley ignored him, but he couldn't disagree with him. What's the worst thing this watch could do? And so, ladies and gentlemen, Whitley pushed the dial down as a green glow engulfed him while Devlin covered his eyes as best he could, his eyes some sparks right now. But once that light disappeared, he wasn't standing beside Whitley, oh no, ladies and gents, he's standing beside a 7'11 foot tall gorilla-like monster with metallic bolts on its forearms and face. What's interesting that the monster was donning a black and white belt with the hourglass faceplate on it.

Devlin and this monster looked at each other in what seems like seconds before Devlin began to scream, with the monster screaming back and now the two of them began to scream at the same time, unaware that they were attracting Remnant's own hidden monsters within.....