Leia Burns

This was written by BEN THE BEST456, please do no edit this page without consulting with the author first."Hey, at least you had good parents. Mine always wanted me to be like a Schnee and represent the family well. That's why I trained, not to protect people, but to get away from my parents.  Saving lives just happens to fit into that category."

- Leia's motivation for being a huntress. Leia Burns is the only child of Maximillion and Cream Burns and the heiress of the Burns Industries Corporation. Her family is the equivalent of the Schnees in the Kingdom of Vale, but accept Faunus people. Leia's weapons of choice are two rifles named Gryffindor and Slug which can also turn into clubs for close range combat. While at Beacon, she joined Team FLME with fellow students, Frederic Scorch, May Fumi and Ember Ignis.

Early Years
Leia was born into a rich lifestyle thanks to her parents and their company. From an early age, Leia's life was almost planned out for her, until she decided to deny her parents of what they wanted and began training to become a huntress. Her parents were quick to jump to the idea and used it to better their image, even though the Burns family was at their best ever since the War. Leia did not approve of this but had no choice in the matter. Leia pushed herself in both her studies and abilities.

Sometime before being accepted into Beacon, Leia went touring around small villages outside the kingdom and assisted in local defenses, and even upgraded some towns defenses of free. Eventually, Leia mounted a defense of a town being overrun with Grimm and saved it. While doing so, seemed to inspire a little girl in the village before retuning to Patch and later Beacon.

First Semester
Once Leia arrived at Beacon she talked to her old friend, Weiss Schnee but left rather abruptly when she saw the CCT Tower. Though it was off limits to first-years prior to the Initiation she still enjoyed seeing the outside of the building. She later attended Ozpin's speech and went to the ballroom as instructed. While she was there, Leia began to run some experiments, mostly with Dust Infusion into her weapons and the chemical make up of Dust. While she was working, a cork was launched from her station and hit someone in the head. Leia rushed over a apologized several times to the person, who brushed it off as nothing.

The boy then introduced themselves as Frederic Scorch. The two seemed to form a stable friendship and shared a love for books and science. Leia invited Fred over to assist to which he accepted and the two continued with Leia's experiments. They two stopped when Fred's brother/best friend, Ember Ignis, came over and introduced himself and the three agreed on sleep was more important.

The following day, Leia along with the other first-year students were launched into the Emerald Forrest for their initiation. When Leia landed, she was engaged by a King Taijitu. Though she was able to kill on head, she was quickly outmatched by the opposing head. However, she was saved by a mysterious figure in pink who was now her partner. Leia introduced herself and the figure did too, telling her name was May Fumi. The two took off in search of the temple but were constantly stopped by Grimm until they reach the area and were greeted by Fred and Ember. However, their reunion was cut short by more Grimm coming their way. Leia told May to get the relic, afterwards, the four took off with Leia creating a small compass to guide themselves out of the forrest. The group was stopped by Grimm, but pushed forward and made it to Beacon. Once back, the four were forever bound by Ozpin as Team FLME, lead by Fred.

As classes began, Leia was quick to make an impression to everyone on just how intelligent she truly was. This surprised both FLME and Professor Peach who held no objections to the increase of intelligence. Leia was clearly the smartest of the team, but was trumped when she entered Doctor Oobleck's class with Fred as he clearly shined in the class. This sparked a playful rivalry between the two, furthering their friendship.

About a week later, May and Ember went missing from Beacon during the weekend and seriously concerned Leia and Fred. As a response, the two went on a hunt for them throughout the city of Vale and questioned shop owners and and pedestrians alike. Fred decided to go to Patch to find Ember there and see if he could track May through her scent. While Leia and Fred were driving through Patch, they noticed White Fang Bullheads heading towards the docks of Patch. Putting their search on hold, they decided to investigate the Bullheads. When the two arrived, they saw Ember and May battling White Fang and May's stepfather, Shadow Ombre. Fred and Leia moved in to assist and engaged the White Fang and their commander, Nolan Runderen.

While Fred battled the White Fang commander, Leia helped Ember fight off White Fang members while May battled her step-father. When May was injured, Ember used his semblance and saved her and knocked out Shadow while Leia created a shield around them and helped May to her feet. After the battle and Shadow's arrested, the team retuned back to Beacon with their victory.