Schwarz didn't get much sleep last night. Even though she decided to be honest with the other students and not hide, she still stuck out even among most of the faunus. The sleeping bag wasn't quite comfortable either, so she decided to roam the school building. To her disappointment, most of the doors were locked and so all she could really explore was the scenery outside the windows and whatever areas were designated for recreation in between the periods. In one such room though, she found a hidden treasure.

There it was, a white piano and an assortment of other instruments, probably intended more for decoration than usage. She crept closer to the antique instrument and tried tugging on the cover of the keys. To her pleasure it creaked open. The piano looked like it wasn't used in an eternity, as evidenced by the dust it collected. If Schwarz had to guess, she would say not too many here would keep the delicate fingers necessary to play it. She was worried for a while it wouldn't work, but as soon as she pressed down one random key, her face lit up as it was perfectly tuned.

Pulling the chair up, she flexed her fingers and took a breath, trying to recall the song she wanted to play. Closing her eyes, her fingers started working their magic on the keys. It was quite a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW4hwUVsGls]sad piece[/url], but it was reflecting her own feelings perfectly. It didn't even came to her mind that she might wake someone up. The ball room was quite far now though, and she really wanted to keep playing. She figured this was going to ber her favorite spot in the whole school.

Finishing up the piece, she sighed. The clock shown close to midnight, and she figured she better try to get at least some sleep before tomorrow.
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Nearly arriving too late, Schwarz saw the other students lined up at the edge of a cliff. The only spots left were of the far side, and she lumbered over to the farthest one. Then, as professor Ozpin spoke, students started flying. Her face turned into a grin - this couldn't have gone any better! As the headmaster said, all she had to do was to find the temple and grab a relic. Oh, right, and find a partner on the way. One that despite everything reason called for was apparently going to be determined randomly. Well, at least she didn't have to think about whom to pick.

Soon most everyone was launched, and now it was her turn. Schwarz's wings unfolded with a fluffy sound and she leaned forward on the platform, Swansong ready in her hand. Then she felt the push. She was a little bit surprised at the force that launched her and the air resistance made her wings trail behind her for a while before she slowed down enough to force them into position. Schwarz set her wings to take her up, bleeding off speed and conserving some of the kinetic energy in altitude. Her wings might have not been big enough for het to take off and fly, but they were good enough for maneuvering and gliding.

As she came to a stall, she let out a happy giggle, enjoying the moment of weightlessness. Pulling her wings closer, she strted falling and picking up speed again. When she had enough, she unfolded the wings again and started leveling her glide, hoping to cover as much distance back as she could in the air, while nervously checking the sky for any danger. She didn't have to wait long. Already she could see an ursa sized nevermore nearby. Briefly the two fire cristals on her staff lit up, but soon Schwarz realized the winged grimm didn't notice her yet. Not wanting to alert it to her presence, she calmed herself down and continued her flight, turning north to avoid the Grimm creature..