Premise: Dr. Jaune Arc became interested in anthropology and history from a young age due to his ancestry, and stories told by his father about the Arc growing up. He wanted to become an archaeologist, but his parents trained him and his seven youngers sisters to become huntresses. His parents, both a hunter and huntress, were respected amongst their colleages, and some of the strongest hunters on the continent of Vale. As Jaune grew up, he trained in several forms of combat, and became a role model and somewhat parental unit to his younger sisters. He was a prodigy, and taught himself history, anthropology, and several languages in his spare time when he wasn't watching his siblings. When he turned seventeen, he was accepted to Beacon, as a graduate student carrying out a dissertation under Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck. Due to the odd numbers of student in his year, Headmaster Ozpin granted him a unique position, and trained as a solo hunter instead of on a team. He finished his doctoral dissertation under Oobleck last semester, and Ozpin hired him as a professor of Archaeology, and will teach a course designed to teach many students about the dangers of artifacts found throughout Remnant. He is still in the third-year combat classes, as he has not completed his huntsman training, although he does his own archaeological work from time to time, which can lead to complications. His younger sister, Joan Arc, was going to be a first-year student at Beacon in the coming semester.

On a snowy peak in the north of Atlas, a small group travelled up the mountain, in search of an ancient temple. A young archaeologist named Dr. Jaune Arc travelled with a small group of people, hoping to gain entrance to the temple in the high mountains. The twenty-year-old became one of the leaders in the field of archaeology and history over the past several years, his genius and tenacity carrying him far in the field. Right now, he was focused on the expedition at hand, hoping to recover an idol of a civilization lost to time.

It was a cold day on the mountainside in Atlas, the mules carrying Jaune Arc and his mountain guides through a foot of snow, in the middle of a blizzard. Each person bundled in heavy jackets, hoping to stave off the cold after a three-day trek through the mountains, looking for the temple. An alpine forest was seen below them, a picturesque view, in a region where the sun never went down.

The human guide, Daniel, hopped off his horse and knelt, and looking in the snow, as several footprints littered the ground in front of him. "The White Fang are near. The footprints are still fresh, they're three days old. They're following us." The human guide told Pluto, the wolf faunus guide said in a hushed tone, both still staring at the footprints.

"If they knew we were here, they would've killed us already." Pluto told Daniel, while watching Dr. Arc traipse ahead, looking at a mural covered in snow, Jaune took off his wide brimmed fedora, and was scrapping snow offf of the mural, looking at the clues the wall provided. Daniel approached to help, and the two went at it, while Pluto approached slowly from behind, pulling out his pistol in the process. Pluto pulled the hammer back, making a small cocking sound, which alerted Daniel and Jaune.

Jaune sensed something was off, his semblance kicking into action, dodging the bullet aimed for his head. Before Pluto could pull the hammer back again, Jaune quickly used his whip to disarm Daniel, a loud crack resonating across the mountain side. Pluto, disarmed and scared, fled down the mountainside quickly. Daniel looked at Jaune in a quiet, dignified manner, as if judging Jaune.

Jaune and Daniel walked slightly up the hill, in between two giant statues of Beowulf Grimm was an entrance to a temple embedded in the mountain. Jaune turned to Daniel, "This is it. This is where Hammond cashed in."

"A friend of yours?" Daniel asked, combing his eyes around the mountain for any dangerous Grimm.

Jaune picked up some sand collecting near the side of the temple, it being slightly exposed from the snow, and put it in a bag, hoping to guess the right amount of weight. "A competitor." Jaune replied, slightly distracted by looking around at the statues of the Beowulf Grimm. "He was good. He was very, very good." Jaune turned to Daniel and smirked, "Good thing I'm better."

"Dr. Arc... nobody's come out of there alive. Please..." Daniel pleaded to Jaune, before Jaune grabbed a torch from Daniels pack, and entered the temple. Using his lighter, Jaune lit a torch, looking around at the walls, seeing if there were any signs of Grimm activity.

The duo walked through the temple, observing carvings and paintings throughout the temple. They both noticed two tracks on either side of them as the approached a smaller tunnel. Once they entered the tunnel, light shined through the ceiling, creating an eerie scene. Daniel started to proceed across the obstacle before Jaune put a hand on his chest. "Stop. Stay out of the light." Jaune told Daniel in a stern tone, illustrating his point by dipping below the light, and quickly raising his hand.

Spikes quickly shot out of the wall, exposing a dead body. Daniel started screaming in terror, a look of horror plastering his face as the body and spikes remained for a few seconds. Jaune turned to Daniel, and said "That was Hammond. Let us hurry through the rest of the temple." The two explored the rest of the temple, coming across a large chasm, where the bottom couldn't be seen. Jaune pulled out his whip, and saw a stone roof support, and with a quick crack, swung to the other side.

Jaune passed the whip back to Daniel, who attempted to copy the graceful hunter. The stone pillar gave a little way, making Daniel fall a little short, and Jaune quickly reacted by grabbing his shirt, and pulling him back on the ledge. Once Daniel was safe, the whip was put against a stone statue on the wall.

Daniel and Jaune continued ahead, seeing a long hallway with a circular chamber at the end of it. The circular chamber held a golden Beowulf idol, the head size slightly exaggerated, and was encrusted with many different types of dust crystals, some of which, could be considered extremely rare. Daniel saw this idol, and with a look of greed on his face, quickly started walking forward, saying, "There is nothing to fear here."

Jaune, getting annoyed at the obnoxious guide, grabbed his shirt and threw him against the wall, saying, "That's what scares me. Stay here."

"If you insist Dr. Arc." Replied Daniel.

Jaune bent down, and looked at the different colored plating on the floor, with slight hesitance, applied force on the plate using the edge of the torch. Less than a second later, lightning shot across the hallway, creating a bright arc and large bang, which echoed throughout the rest of the temple.

Jaune looked toward Daniel, eyebrows raised slightly, in a 'I told you so' type of way. Jaune then said, "Wait here Daniel, I'll retrieve the idol."

Jaune proceeded to walk forward, wondering what exactly he was getting into, he carefully passed the rigged plates, hopping up the side of the stairwell, to avoid any traps, carefully observing the markings on the wall and the floor for any more traps. Jaune slowly approached the idol, and noticed a mechanism that would trigger a trap once the weight of the idol disappeared. Jaune, having planned for this, started to judge the size and mass of the idol, so he could quickly switch the sand bag.

While carefully judging the weight, Jaune started to place both hands in a position where he could quickly switch out the idol for the bag of sand, hoping it wouldn't trigger the mechanism, and since he had no idea what it did, there was no way he wanted to find out.

My family would not be happy with that outcome at all, especially since they don't like the profession I entered… He fully concentrated on the task ahead of him, knowing one false move could kill both him and Daniel.

He quickly switched out the two, and for a few seconds nothing happened, but then his semblance activated, his senses and reflexes increasing hundredfold. Jaune heard a slow rumble, but quickly figured out the temple was going to start falling, Jaune started running down the hall in full sprint, lightning narrowly avoided, creating havoc with his eardrums. The flashes blinding him, but he kept running until the he was out of the traps, taking a quick second to regain his senses.

Jaune noticed Daniel disappeared, and Jaune turned realizing that Daniel crossed the chasm, the whip dislodged from the support beams and in his arms. Jaune quickly realized how much shit he was currently in, and yelled "Give me the whip Daniel! This whole place is coming down!"

Daniel yelled back, "Throw me the idol!"

Jaune looked around, trying to see if there was any other way to escape the idol feeling heavy in his hands. Both Daniel and Jaune watched a stone wall starting to descend down, the view of the rest of the tunnel shrinking, knowing both had limited time to escape.

Daniel yelled, "There is no time to argue! If you throw me the idol, I'll throw you the whip!" Jaune quickly contemplated his decision, and tossed the idol across the chasm into the waiting hands of Daniel, who gained a large smirk as soon as it was in his hands. He looked at it for a brief second before turning to Jaune.

"Give me the whip!" Jaune yelled out in a slightly desperate voice, knowing this might be his only chance to escape.

"Goodbye, Dr. Arc." Daniel yelled, turning and running underneath the wall as it descended. Jaune had a few seconds to quickly get some running room, and jumped across the chasm, only grabbing a crack in the stone floor, and quickly pulled himself up, and ran through the door. As the door descended, he grabbed his whip, and attached it back to his belt. As he turned, he saw a sight he did not want to see, Daniel impaled against the spikes that also claimed Hammond. Jaune bent down and picked up the Beowulf idol,

"Goodbye Daniel." Jaune said, before soon running at full speed, toward the exit, avoiding the light that shone through the roof, and avoiding the rock falling out of the ceiling. He quickly entered the area with the stone tracks, and heard a distant rumbling. Jaune turned and was shocked to see a giant, spherical boulder rolling toward him.

Jaune quickly regained his bearings, and activating his semblance, started running out of the temple, holding the idol in his hands. He saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and dove out of the temple, tumbling several meters through the snow, as he regained his bearings, he noticed he was not alone.

Jaune looked around, and noticed at least ten white fang members, all wearing heavy jackets to protect them from the weather. They all had weapons, ranging from crossbows, to guns trained on him. However, there were two people who stood out in this crowd, a petit woman with pink and brown hair, holding an umbrella that was attempting to stop the snow hitting her face. The other man standing next to the petit woman Jaune knew though, several times he had been thwarted by this man, having his artefacts stolen out in the field. He was a well-dressed man, with a heavy white coat, a black bowler hat, orange hair that covered his left eye, and a cigar sticking out of his mouth, with an arrogant grin on his face. Torchwick somehow followed me all the way to Atlas. "Dr. Arc." He said mockingly, knowing that I could do nothing. "Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away. And you thought I had given up. You chose the wrong friends." My mind quickly passed to Pluto, who I could see was standing behind the White Fang goons. "This time, it will cost you."

Torchwick raised his hand up, expecting Jaune to give him the idol, and he had to since he had no choice. I chuckled slightly, saying "Too bad the White Fang don't know what you're actually like Torchwick."

"Yes, too bad." Torchwick replied, looking at the idol reverently, most likely thinking about how to remove the dust crystals, the most valuable part of the idol. He turned back to me, "You could warn them, but I doubt they'll believe you over me." He turned toward the his female associate

Jaune quickly activated his semblance, helping him create a plan quickly. Before the White Fang could react, Jaune turned used his dust revolver and shot a lightning round into the area above the temple. Before the White Fang could react, Jaune got up and run, holding his hat down and running down the side of the mountain. Torchwick and the White Fang tried to shoot Jaune, but kept missing him, as Jaune's semblance helped him dodge all the bullets that came his way. As Torchwick turned around, he realized Jaune's plan.

"Run Neo!" Torchwick yelled, realizing that an avalanche was quickly approaching their position. As soon as Neo started to run all the White Fang members disappeared except Pluto.

Jaune, turned around, and noticed that all the White Fang members were gone, mumbling "Son of a bitch, it was an illusion!" and kept running down the side of the mountain escaping the two criminals who fled the avalanche. Jaune then trekked on for the next two days to the extraction sight, where an airship flown by a bush pilot touched down.

Jaune summed up his trips in two words, "Fuck me…" as he entered the airship, taking two pills to aid his motion sickness. Once he was aboard, the airship took off and started taking him back to populated regions of Atlas.

-A week later on, an Airship to Beacon Academy-

Jaune, wearing a tweed suit, complete with suspenders and tie, walked on the airship with his suitcase, hoping this trip wasn't going to cause his air sickness trouble. As he walked through the cabin of the airship, he looked around and saw a familiar face. She was about average height, with shoulder length blond hair, a sword at her waist, and a shield attached. Jaune confirmed her identity as his younger sister, Joan, he didn't know she applied to Beacon Academy this year. She looked slightly green, but that may be due to the collective motion sickness the Arc family has in general. I haven't talked with my family in several years, since the falling out, no one has tried to contact me.

Joan looked up, looking slightly sick, and noticed my presence, her eyes got really wide, and I heard a whisper, "Jaune, is that really you?" Jaune nodded slightly, and she quickly ran up to him, her motion sickness suppressed for the time being. She embraced Jaune in a death grip hug that was quickly returned. Jaune lifted her away for a second, noticing some hears in her eyes, and quickly wiped them away with his thumb.

"I'm here Joan, it's okay I'm here." Jaune told her in a surprisingly soothing voice, Jaune himself shocked that he could quickly turn back into the parental unit and role model, the role most of his family saw him as. "Lets take a seat and relax, it looks like you'll be sick at any moment." Jaune said as he smirked down at Joan. She proceeded to punch him in the shoulder, cracking a small smile.

"How have you been the last few years Joan?" Jaune asked, a slight tone of trepidation evident in his voice.

"I've been doing well," replied Joan, "as you can see, I'm going to be first year at Beacon soon. Dad gave me Crocea Mars, Everyone back home is doing well, but they miss you terribly." She paused for a moment, "Dad and Mum are even sorry that…"

Jaune quickly schooled his features, a slight grimace on his face, and interrupted Joan, "Don't even talk about that right now Joan, they haven't tried to get into contact with me over the past three years. They can tell me they're sorry all they want, that doesn't necessarily mean I'll forgive them anytime soon."

Joan looked down toward the floor, a slight frown marring her face, "If you say so Jaune, I hope you'll try and talk to our sisters though, they're the ones that missed you most of all."

Jaune sighed quietly, and looked at Joan, giving her a one-sided hug. "I guess I have screwed that up, I'll call them as soon as I get the chance Joan, I just need to get the year started."

Joan looked up at Jaune and gave him a radiant smile, making me happy about my response. "So big brother, how have you been over the past few years?"

Jaune smirked a little bit, "I've been doing well Joan, can't give too much away, I need to keep some surprises you know!"

Joan pouted, and then gave me another punch to my shoulder, "You dork! Also, what's with the tweed suit?" she asked teasingly, "Also, I hope you've kept up your X-Ray and Vav comic collection, because I need to cat-!" Jaune quickly put his hand over Joan's mouth.

"Shhhh!" Jaune told her, a finger over his own mouth. He withdrew his hand from his sister's mouth "I have a reputation to uphold you know!" As Jaune straightened my tie jokingly, knowing she'll get the hint. Jaune's eyes softened slightly, "It's so good to see you again Joan."

And the two siblings sat there in a comfortable silence, enjoying each other's presence and observing the world around them. They noticed two girls, one blonde haired and one black haired with red highlights, having a conversation, but soon everyone's attention was diverted. The two siblings soon overheard the Vale News Network playing nearby,

The newscaster displayed a picture of a store, followed by a picture of a familiar looking face. "Torchwick" Jaune growled out, and his sister, along with the blonde and black haird girls, shot him a confused look.

The newscaster on the screen said, "The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa."

Joan, still confused, asked Jaune, "How do you know about this Torchwick guy?"

"That's a long story… that I don't want to get into at the moment." Jaune said, hoping his sister would drop it, she just entered back into his life, he didn't want her to know about his… extracurricular activities.

Joan still looked confused but dropped the subject, knowing her brother had a reason behind his distaste. Both pairs of siblings continued to watch the news.

Another newscaster was put on screen and said, "Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..."

"It's a bloody shame that the organization turned violent, they did some good work during the organizations founding," I told Joan, who nodded slightly in agreement. The girl a few rows down dipped her book slightly, and Jaune looked at her questioningly, she quickly turned red, and went back to reading, Jaune noticed her bow twitch slight… Did her bow just twitch?! She must be a faunus if that's the case. Jaune from that moment on decided to keep a closer eye on the black haired girl.

Jaune turned to his sister, "Wake me when we get there." Jaune leaned back, placing his wide-brimmed fedora over his eyes, blocking the light. Joan, then realizes her air sickness is slowly coming back. Over the rest of the trip, Joan was sick, and after listening to the introduction from Glynda Goodwitch, and approaching the airship dock, woke her brother up.

Joan felt immediately sick, and threw up in a trash bin on the dock for the airship, Jaune slowly approached behind her. Joan turned around, "You jerk!" Joan groaned at me while leaving the airship, "The only reason I wasn't as airsick was because I was talking with you, but then as soon as you nap, 'boom' its back."

Jaune and Joan both stepped off the dock, Jaune adopting a small smile on his face, while Joan had a look of awe. "Welcome to Beacon Academy!" Jaune told Joan, carrying his leather duffel bag and messenger bag with him, hoping he could just go to bed and relax before classes start in two days.

Jaune and Joan overheard a conversation between two people they were near on the airship, "Ruby, come on, why don't you go try and make some friends of your own?"

The young girl with the black hair and red highlight, now identified as Ruby, responded "But... why would I need friends if I have you?" She looked up at her sister, with large eyes, it was quite sweet.

The blonde girl with the large assets responded, "Well..." looking a little bit guilty, "actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up. 'Kay, see ya, bye!" And left Ruby in the dust.

"Wait, where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms?" A slight pause is heard by Jaune and Joan, "I don't know what I'm doing..." Ruby then proceeded to fall over into a luggage cart after her bout of dizziness, and sent some cases flying.

A white-haired girl, who Jaune previously identified as Weiss Schnee, responded "What are you doing?!" Jaune wanted to observe the first years, as he would have to be dealing with the dynamics of different people throughout the semester.

"Uh, sorry!" Ruby responded in a slightly panicked tone, unsure on what she did at first, before she could regain her bearings.

"Sorry?! Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?" The angry Schnee girl responded, in a slightly aggressive manner. Jaune

Ruby bent down and picked up a case, attempting to fix some of the damage acciednetly cause by herself, "Uuhhh..."

"Give me that!" The Schnee responded, and proceeds to pull out a bottle of "This is Dust - mined and purified from the Schnee quarry!"

"Uuuhhhh..." Ruby responded unsure on how to respond the Schnee girl in this situation.

Weiss growled, "What are you, brain-dead? Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!"

Jaune at that moment noticed the slightly leaky bottle of dust, and knew something bad might happen, so proceeded to run toward the two teens, and stop the situation from escalating. "Wait here." Jaune told Joan, getting ready to run to the two teens.

"I... I know…" Ruby responded, slightly dejected. She looked like a kicked puppy.

Weiss was still angry, and ranted, "Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself?!"

As Ruby took a deep breath, Jaune pinched her nose and stopped her from sneezing. Jaune then proceeded to move the bottle away from Ruby's face.

"Okay, let's calm down before someone explodes." Jaune told the duo, while Weiss had a slightly angered look on her face, Ruby looked at Jaune questioningly, turning slightly red in embarrassment. "Ms. Schnee, please make sure that all of your dust bottles have proper containment specifications, as that bottle has a slightly loose cap."

Weiss proceeded to look at the cap of the bottle, and noticed that it was, in fact slightly loose. She turned slightly red in embarrassment, "Who even are you?!" she asked Jaune, hostility laced in her tone.

"Well, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue - ladies love it!" Jaune proceeded to rattle off, old habits die hard.

Both girls looked skeptically at Jaune, and asked at the same time, "Do they?", and then they both proceeded to look at each other, both faces turning red in embarrassment.

"Ugh!" Weiss exclaimed, and proceeded to leave with her luggage in tow.

Jaune waved Joan over, and asked Ruby, "Well little red, what's your name? Since we haven't properly been introduced." Jaune stuck out his hand,

Ruby looked at Jaune, blushing slightly, and mumbled, "I'm Ruby" and shook his hand.

"Well Ruby, it's very nice to meet you, the girl coming over here is my sister, Joan, I'm sure you two will hit it off!" Jaune said enthusiastically, hoping both girls could make a new friend today. The three of them then proceeded to walk toward the orientation hall, discussing each other's weapons.

"So… I've got this thing?" Ruby asked hesitantly, and proceeded to pull out a device that turned into an eight foot scythe.

Both Jaune and Joan jumped slightly, not expecting a weapon of that size to appear. "Whoa! Is that a scythe?" Asked Joan, quite happy to discuss weapon's taste with the younger girl.

"It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle" Ruby said proudly, confidence slowly building over the course of the conversation.

"That's cool" Jaune said, taking a closer look at the weapon, it looked familiar to another weapon used by a friend of his, "Who trained you?" Jaune asked, already guessing the answer.

"My Uncle Qrow taught me!" Ruby exclaimed excitedly, "Wait… Do you know Uncle Qrow?"

Jaune smirked slightly, "I do know a man named Qrow, we go out for drinks whenever he's in town, he gets into some crazy situations let me tell yo.." Jaune quickly realized he was talking to a younger girl and proceeded to stop with the story. Jaune quickly tried to change the subject, "Joan, want to tell her about your weapon?" Joan didn't expect me to bring up her weapon quickly so was unprepared for the question.

"Oh! I… I got this sword!" Joan said, turning toward Ruby, while drawing the sword.

Ruby had stars in her eyes "Wow!" Jaune was slightly concerned for the young girl, as fifteen year olds should not be this interested in weapons.

"Yeah, and I've got a shield, too! It retracts when you don't need it." Joan said, getting more excited.

"I do enjoy the classics! But... wouldn't it weigh the same?" Ruby asked innocently, Jaune started laughing and ruffled her hair a little bit.

"She's got you there Joan!" Jaune said, still chuckling about the comment.

"What weapons do you have Jaune?" She asked, looking like she would explode if she didn't find out.

"Well Ruby, I use a whip and a dust revolver." Jaune told her, Ruby and Joan got slightly confused,

"A dust revolver and whip?! You didn't originally train with those weapons!" Joan exclaimed, shocked her brother didn't use any of his previous weapons training. Ruby looked slightly confused.

Jaune rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "When I left home I decided I needed a change in weapons, besides, a whip is more useful in more ways than you think!" Jaune jokingly said, winking in jest.

Joan turned slightly red by my comment, while Ruby just looked slightly confused, "What do you mean by that?" she asked.

Jaune proceeded to backpedal after realizing who his audience was, "Never mind, you'll find out when you're older!"

Ruby pouted slightly, and asked, "Wait… are you both first years? Because your brother looks a lot old…" and she proceeded to stop, realizing the company she was in.

Jaune chuckled again, "I'm actually a third-year student, my little sister here is the first year here." Jaune proceeded to look at his watch, "Well guys, you need to hurry up, orientation starts in ten minutes."

The group proceeded to the auditorium. Jaune said, "Well this is where I leave you guys, good luck!" Jaune proceeded to turn away and walk toward the stage. Going backstage and waiting for Ozpin's announcement.

Just an idea I had based on a famous fictional archaeologist. RWBY belongs to Roosterteeth while Indiana Jones belongs to Paramount studios. I do not own any of it, and just wanted to explore this idea.