AN: Just in case it isn't clear going in, this story diverges from canon during season's one and two which affected the timeline until they came to Skyrim. I'll try to have every change explained in the first chapter or two but don't expect every event to be the same before they came looking for Jaune.

Forged in Dragon's Fire

Chapter 1

-Ruby-

Frowning, Ruby sat around the campfire with her team and Professor Ozpin, the massive pine trees around far different from what she was used to seeing back on Remnant. Her friends looked just as uncomfortable with where they were as she did, this cold harsh land lacking the amenities they were used to with Remnant, even the air smelt different.

Hearing a twig snap, Ruby's head shot up, eyes wide and fearful of what they might have to do if more bandits had found them, of the stains that she had feared would never come out of Crescent Rose's blade. "At ease." Hearing the voice of the stern but caring professor Goodwitch, Ruby relaxed, her team doing the same as the deputy headmistress of Beacon entered with Nora, Ren, and Pyrrah.

"Glynda." The gray-haired headmaster sighed in relief at seeing the powerful huntress, "Did you have any luck in your search?"

"No. There was no sign of him in Whiterun with the 'Companions' we'd heard about." Professor Goodwtich shook her head, "By your question I assume you had no luck either?"

"The dunce hadn't gone to the magic college like Ruby thought he would." Weiss scoffed, ignoring the angry glares from some of those around the campfire, the Atlas native having never given up her disdain for Jaune even after his expulsion.

"So we have nothing." Ozpin clenched his fists tightly around his cane, the man's expression stormy at having an answer but no solid direction.

"I wouldn't say that." The voice of the third and final fully trained huntsman in their repertoire called out from above them as Ruby looked up to see her Uncle alighted on a branch, flask in hand, "Found out about the country's local hero. Someone called 'The Dragonborn' who has the power to permanently kill a dragon by devouring their soul."

"That could solve our problem." Ozpin's eyes gleamed, "That has to be it! Do you know where they are?"

"Only other thing I heard besides what they could do was that they lived in a village called Shor's Stone. We can take a carriage to 'Riften' and then head North." Qrow smirked, "I found a bandit camp and liberated them of enough gold to get us that far."

"Finally, some good news." Glynda looked relieved before snarling as she slapped at a bug when it bit her neck, "We can find Mr. Arc and get back to civilization." While everyone around her dissolved into debate and argument, Ruby thought back to the situation that had led them to being where they were.

-Flashback-

Sitting around the table of Professor Ozpin's Mistral home, Ruby and her friends looked forward eagerly as Professor Ozpin pulled out a blue and golden lantern from his bag, a tiny seemingly insignificant trinket that they had all travelled halfway across the world to find. "Alright Oz, we're all here and we have the lamp. Will you tell us what the damn thing does already?" Uncle Qrow sighed, taking a deep pull from his flask.

"This is one of the four relics," Ozpin paced the room as the lantern began glowing, floating out from their aged headmaster's hand and growing in midair, "specifically the relic of Knowledge. Everyone hundred years it can answer any three questions that aren't about the future. We still have two."

"We could find out how to kill the Grimm Dragons." Professor Goodwitch picked up why they had come for it first. The Grimm Dragons, the most horrifying Grimm Ruby had ever seen. Cinder had let one loose during the Vytal festival, the massive beast able to create Grimm with its very presence as they dropped from its skin like sweat. The worst part though, was that even if you killed them, they just put themselves back together eventually. Salem had only woken up two so far, but Ruby was positive that there were more coming.

"Precisely." Ozpin nodded and put his hand on the lamp, "Djinn." He spoke clearly and firmly as blue mist began to escape the lamp and formed a very pretty and very naked blue lady. Ignoring her Uncle's whistle at the sight, and Professor Goodwitch hitting him for it, Ruby focused as Ozpin approached the spirit who just frowned at him.

"Hello again old man." She seemed to be almost scowling at Ozpin, "Come to use me again before tossing me into another hole?"

"I have questions Djinn." Ozpin ignored her barbs, "How do we slay the Grimm Dragons?"

"You can't," Djinn smirked, "none of you can."

"Who can?" Ruby blurted out desperately, realizing only after she did so that she had just used the last of the questions for the current century.

"A much better question." Djinn nodded to her, "You must head to the land known as Skyrim, a world beyond your own. Head to the ruins of the Emerald forest to activate its portal, head to that frozen war-torn land and find Jaune Arc. Find him, and you find your salvation." With that, Djinn faded back into the lamp as the room exploded into a flurry of shouts and questions.

-End Flashback-

Shaking herself, Ruby looked about, having been lost in her memories for so long she hadn't realized they had gotten onto one of the carriages and were heading to the south eastern corner of the country. "I'm telling you, Jaune's the dragonborn." Nora was insisting to Weiss as they sat in the back of the carriage, "Our Fearless leader has become a Bonafide badass! A legendary hero! Don't be jealous you missed your chance with him back at Beacon." The orange hammer master stuck her tongue out at Weiss who scowled with disgust.

"Bah! That buffoon is likely just this hero's servant. There's no way anyone as incompetent as that cheat was able to become a hero." Weiss scoffed, the dust heiress having taken the revelation of Jaune's transcripts, and subsequent expulsion from Beacon and disownment from his father, as proof of how much Jaune was worth in her eyes.

"Well we'll know soon enough so pipe down." Qrow grumbled, the man running a whetstone down the edge of his weapon Harbinger in its sword form, "What we should be focusing on is how we convince him to help us."

"We could offer him a date with Weiss-Cream?" Yang offered only to flinch at the murderous glare Weiss sent her way, "Okay, that's a no."

"I will speak with him," Ren contributes much to Ruby's shock, the ninja of team JNPR having stopped speaking to almost everyone but his own team after Jaune's expulsion, the two having been like brothers, "I will ask him to help."

"We will." Pyrrah shakes her head, as Nora laughs happily and hugs her friends, the orangette having been in a nonstop cheer since learning they were going to find Jaune. The rest of the journey to Riften was spent in silence as everyone contemplated what they would do once they met Jaune again.

"Alright, everybody off." Their driver called back once they finally got the large walled city.

"Can you point us to which direction Shor's Stone is?" Professor Goodwitch asked the driver for the carriage as the man got out to check his horses, other riders and carriages surrounding them at the city stables.

"I can take you." A new voice pipped up as they looked over to see a beautiful woman loading some bags onto a carriage. She had ebony black hair and pale skin, her pants were leather with boots coming up to her knee while her top was seemed more aesthetic and less like the leather armor of her pants or the jacket she wore given the thicker portions and pockets they had. At the woman's back were a pair of black axes. One final detail she saw that she knew would just make her Uncle sad was the shiny wedding ring on her finger. "Name's Sylgja, I'm heading there myself, so I don't mind dropping you off at the town."

"We would greatly appreciate it." Professor Goodwitch smiled gratefully to the woman as everyone loaded into the back of her carriage which was full of chests and sacks, tossing the woman the rest of the gold Uncle Qrow had taken from the bandits. The drive was spent in near silence as everyone wasn't sure what to say with the apparently friendly stranger, hoping it wasn't some bandit trap that would lead them to having to k…to kill her. Ruby shuddered at the thought of all the blood she had seen spilt since they had come to Skyrim.

"Here we are, Shor's Stone." Their benefactor smiled as they pulled up to the mining village that lay nestled in the shadow of a large fort.

"Thank you." Ozpin nodded as everyone disembarked, heading towards the town tavern to try and gather information on where to find the local hero while the woman drove off somewhere else in town. In the tavern, they let her Uncle take lead as he bought drinks and chatted up the bartenders, finding out that the Dragonborn lived in town, was a woman, and that she lived with her family and their retainers just at the edge of town.

"Look for the shop next to the collection of houses, can't miss it." The bartender nodded to them, pointing which direction it was, apparently not surprised at all of people coming to ask something of the hero.

"Thanks." Qrow tossed the man an extra couple gold pieces as they walked out, Weiss smug at the notion of Jaune being a retainer while Nora was sulking that Jaune wasn't the big hero. They found the shop without too much difficulty, the building was large and beside an absolutely massive wood and stone house, a collection of carriages and horses at the stables.

Steeling herself, Ruby walked toward the door, her steps growing faster at the thought of finding her fist friend at Beacon again, said friend's teammates joining her as they opened the door. The shop inside was full of everything she had seen in Skyrim and more. She saw weapons and armor, potions and books, food and alchemy ingredients, gems and jewelry. But most importantly, standing behind the counter in a black fur trimmed cloak was Jaune…a Jaune who was older than he should have been.

"J-Jaune?" Pyrrah gasped out at seeing the taller, older, and clearly stronger Jaune Arc.

"Guys?!" Jaune was just as slack jawed, "How…what?!"

"Jaune, you know them?" a familiar voice asked as Sylgja stepped out of the back room, adjusting a necklace she was putting on, now out of her armor and wearing a very form fitting and accentuating outfit. Her wedding ring was still there, a ring Ruby saw a twin for on Jaune's finger. The pieces began piecing themselves together in her mind as she stared wide eyed.

"They're the people I told you about from my world, the ones I went to school with." Jaune turned to the woman who narrowed her eyes.

"I see. So tell me, why have you come to find my husband?"

AN: to those who want to know, Sylgja's armor was custom (the jacket was a thief guild jacket I found an image for, will be on Facebook page for my stories) and her axes are both black but in the design of glass one handed axes. Sylgja's casual clothes are the tavern clothes Jaune's outfit looks like Ulfric's black fur trimmed cloak.