Hey guys so here we are with a new story set in the RWBY universe which is different from my previous 2 stories. The story will focus on Jaune Arc and for the most part skip around to various scenes where I will show him off and probably give him his own scenes in between. The first chapter here is going to start where they have to go retrieve the 'artifacts'.

Chapter 1 The Golden King

The airship that was carrying its new passengers towards Beacon slowly sailed its way through the sky. Upon this vessel were a peculiar set of people. Their names unknown to anyone but themselves and related ones. They were Yang, Blake, Weiss, and Ruby. Although there was another upon the ship, he was a young looking man with blue eyes and scruffy blonde hair. He wore very light armor and carried a basic sword and shield. Along with this he wore forearm length gloves and a semi-long sleeve shirt with pants and some heavy duty shoes. He was currently looking out the window and was looking over to the forest and he felt the rock in his pocket start to resonate. He took it out and looked down on it. it was a flat piece of rock although it was engraved with the shape of a piece from a chess game. The King. He looked back over to the forest and thought to himself.

'I have finally found what I have been looking for. The question is, will I be able to control it and finish what my older brother started?' he pondered to himself as he looked at the forest while rubbing the rock.

He felt the airship start to descend so he put the rock back in his pocket and made his way for the door.

Flashback

Jaune was just a little kid with a dad and a mother who both shared similar characteristics to him. his mom had the blonde hair and brown eyes while his dad had blue eyes and black hair. They were both relatively young as they recently birthed Jaune. He was 7 at the time and his older brother was a huntsmen. He always talked to Jaune about his work since he had nothing better to do and he like to see his reactions to his story telling. He looked almost exactly like Jaune except some different facial features but still had blue eyes and blonde hair. He was currently in his office when Jaune.

"Hey Big Bro!" he said in an upbeat tone as he walked over to him

"Hey Jaune, what are you doing?" he said with a smile while looking at him

"I just wanted to see what you were doing, you've been in here a while like you usually do but I got concerned." He said with a slight frown as he walked up to his Big Brother's desk.

"Well I had to fill out some extra reports since I kind of trashed a certain area so I have to file for some things. Also I think I have a lead on some things." He said with his analytical voice recalling what happened

"What are you looking for?" asked Jaune

"The Golden King, a rare artifact said in a few ancient legends that a certain king was able to control some of the heavens when they brought wrath upon this world. Although this was before Atlas, Vacuo, Vale, and Mistral even existed. Before we even had machines. Dates at least 5000 years ago."

"Whoooooa, cool! So where do you think it is?" he said with a shimmer in his eyes

He chuckled slightly before answering "Well right now it's just a hunch and some vague evidence but we have reason to believe it resides near the academy Beacon in Vale. A clue that we got was this stone that held a perfectly carved out hole for the King piece in chess." He took the rock and handed it to Jaune

Perfectly engraved right in the middle of a round stone was in fact a slot for a king piece. What Jaune that was off was the rock felt almost alive. It scared him but made him curious so he handed it back since he didn't want to break it.

"So what are you going to do when you find it Big Brother?" Jaune asked in inquisitively

"Hopefully when we get this power, remove all the Grimm from the world so humanity can come back and we can take back our land instead of losing it." he put the rock on his desk and noticed the clock

"You should probably get to bed Jaune, its getting late." He said as he let out a yawn

Jaune started to walked and as he was walking off, he turned around.

"You better sleep too, Brother." He called out as he closed the door

He chuckled a little before looking out the window and noticed some people in the tree branches giving him a signal. He put on a serious face as he put on some gauntlets and light armor on the shins and forearms with a breastplate before grabbing his sword and opening the window. He looked back and closed his eyes.

"Forgive me Jaune, I won't be seeing you for a long time." He said with a sigh as he jumped out the window and into the night.

And just like that, Jaune's big brother, Jacob, was gone.

End Flashback

When Jaune stopped recalling his memories, he found himself at a cliff with some other people and two people standing in front of them. One of them looked a middle aged man with grey hair which was weird and a young blonde hair woman with a teacher uniform on. He figured they were the top dogs at the academy he was going into. He never looked at anyone else except for those two and he could feel something was off but he shrugged it aside. It was then that the man with silver hair spoke.

"Good afternoon and welcome everyone, to the entrance exam for beacon. I am the headmaster Professor Ozpin and this is Glynda Goodwitch. Today you are tasked with finding rare artifacts and returning with them. Be warned this is no fake scenario. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die. Any questions?"

No one said a word as the wind blew lightly and ruffled everyone's hair as he looked back between everyone. He then continued

"You will be launched into the forest behind us and you are going to find these artifacts. Also the first person you looked at will be your partner and the pieces you pick up will determine your team so choose wisely." He stepped to the side with Glynda as the first person was shot from a springboard and into the forest. It continued down the line until it finally came upon Jaune. He looked at Ozpin who looked at him for a brief moment before Jaune was launched into the forest.

"Glynda." He spoke quietly

"Yes, Ozpin?"

"Keep an eye on that last one, he may prove to be interesting in more ways than one."

"Does something about him say something?"

"No, Glynda, just, I have a feeling that I have seen him somewhere before."

The two walked back to Beacon as the sound of fighting could be heard distantly in the forest.

Jaune landed pretty roughly but thankfully he was trained by a swordsman who knew his brother and taught him for free with good lessons as well as tips and tricks for real life scenarios. When he got up, he pulled out the rock and felt it resonating towards a certain direction so he started walking to what he hoped would be the piece.

Time skip 20 minutes

Jaune finally came upon a rather large tree that stuck out and seemed at least 3 times larger than the rest. It also had red leaves despite it being the middle of summer but after he searched around and not finding anything, he sat at the tree trunk with a thump which shook loose a certain object. He pulled out a water bottle and drank about half of it before stowing it. he looked up to the cloudy sky and then closed his eyes.

'I hope its out here otherwise I just wasted my time and that is something I need to not do.' Thought to himself until he felt something light hit his head.

He opened his eyes and looked up to see nothing then he looked down and his eyes widened significantly. There in his lap, was the Golden King! He grabbed quickly and he was shouting internally but he didn't want to attract unwanted attention so he settled with raising his fist into the air and smiling. Then he took the Golden King piece and put it into the socket of the rock. His widened again and he had a shocked face as the whole rock started to glow and he could feel some pain radiating from it. it kept increasing yet he couldn't let go and he tried to shout but found that no noise came. In the end just when the pain seemed unbearable, it all was washed away by the feeling of strength. He opened his eyes and saw that the King piece and rock were gone but now there was a tattoo of a king piece on his left palm which was outlined in gold and filled with a steel color and seemed to glow slightly. It then shined brightly to the point where he was blinded and he fell unconscious.

At the artifact site

All the contestants who were originally at the starting point were now at the spit where the artifacts are. Everyone picked their respective pieces and started to move towards the bridge. However as they were, a red haired woman came running out of the forest with a very large scorpion following her. Conversely, Ruby and Weiss fell from a rather large Black bird that was also trying to attack them.

"Great, now we can all die together." Spoke Yang sarcastically

However when Weiss was about to interject with a smart remark, they noticed that the scorpion and bird turned around and were no longer facing them. Just looking aimlessly at the forest.

"Ooorrrrr, maybe not?" said Ruby as she was sneaking up behind them. However she stopped as well and looked at the person walking out of the forest. He had jet black hair that was spiky and combed back with golden eyes. He had the same armor and gear that Jaune had but no one knew this. His sword was a black hilt and handle while the blade was golden and there was no shield to be found. Jaune continued to walk towards the scorpion and drew his blade to which the scorpion came charging at him.

"Look out!" Screamed everyone as they were about to witness someone die

But that moment never came as the scorpion drew right upon Jaune before Jaune ducked under the right claw and cut off its entire right section of legs. He jumped up to its tail and severed the stinger from the rest of the tail before jumping down and impaling the scorpion through the brain. He dragged his sword out and looked to see the bird circling around before dive bombing him. he brought his hand with the sword to his chest and inhaled deeply, focusing on the blade and its sharpness. Then at the last second before impact, he opened his and swung his sword upwards. What followed was the bird turned into finely minced cube piece of meat and discarded feathers that fell around him as his sword point to the sky. Before the feathers finished settling he moved quickly to the top of the cliff behind them all. When the feathers fell to the ground they looked to see the scorpion and bird dead. With awe struck and hanging jaws, they simply looked upon the scene of carnage and brutality that lay before them. They then snapped out of their gaze by the sound of some more beasts coming. They all ran towards the bridge before the orange haired girl turned her hammer into a grenade launcher and blew up the bridge behind them as they ran back towards Beacon. With that 'Jaune' lost his black hair and went back to normal blonde and his eyes returned to blue and his two pieces of equipment returned to their normal state. However when Jaune came back he just fell over still unconscious.