Mess up on the chapter placement XP
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'Gonna be late! Gonna be late! Gonna be late! Gonna be late! Gonna be late! Gonna be late!"
A blonde haired, blue eyed boy was sprinting down the road, his shoes untied, collared shirt ruffled and not buttoned, revealing a white shirt underneath. A piece of toast was being held by the persons teeth as he put his arms through the straps of his backpack haphazardly before yanking the toast from his mouth.
Was it his fault he overslept? No. His stupid alarm clock was faulty and no matter how many times he asked for a new one, his father would go on about how it worked fine.
'Fine' being a rather loose term as if kept going off two hours early./span/span
Dashing around some people he stuffed the toast back and took a bite before beginning to button up the collared shirt.
Stupid School Dress Code.
Throwing himself around the corner, he crashed into a person who was walking that same way. They both fell to the ground in a heap.
"I am sososososososo sorry sir but I really need to get going!" The person said as he got to his feet.
The boy was saddened at the fact he lost his breakfast but he picked up his bag and continued his sprint.
The man picked himself off, before picking up his fallen cane; he smiled at the retreating form.
"You may just be the one," Ozpin said softly, "Jaune Arc."
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"JAUNE ARC!"
Jaune cursed his luck, there in front of him were the school bullies; consisting of Emerald and Cardin Winchester.
Jaune never really got along with Cardin Winchester, mainly because of their opposing views of Faunus kind; add that to how Jaune never fought back against bullies and you have the recipe of chaos.
Emerald was another story, to make it easy she was a straight up witch minus the 'w' and replace it with a 'b' but Jaune never called her that because of manners…and he didn't like cursing.
Jaune trudged up the steps, might as well get it over with.
Cardin immediately pushed him down the steps; his bag cushioning the ground before Cardin stomped in the blonde's gut. Letting out a wheezing gasp, Jaune rolled on the ground with pain before he felt a hand grab the back of his head.
Nails scraped against his scalp as he heard Emerald whisper, "Still pathetic as ever Arc. Don't forget that."
With that she let him go as she and Cardin walked away laughing.
They went easy on him for some reason.
Getting to his feet, he tenderly rubbed his head where the nails scraped his head. Might as well hurry to class.
As he walked, he still held himself as if he was a person but he still felt weak, but bullying happens and according to his dad, all he needed for them to stop was to: A) Get a girlfriend, which wasn't going to happen as most of the girls here saw his as pathetic (Except a minor few, but they were off limits) or B) Beat them up. Which was pointless as Jaune had no muscles whatsoever…as all.
So with that, he walked into his first class (World History) before he began to tie his shoes.
"What happened this time?" he heard.
"That obvious huh?" Jaune replied.
Sitting up, he saw his friend Ruby sitting next to him. She was a year younger than him, as this class allowed a mix of older and younger students; she was currently wearing her uniform, but had on her traditional red jacket with a rose emblem on the zipper.
"Well a laughing Emerald and smirking Cardin weren't exactly subtle hints."
Jaune shrugged, "They went easy this time at least."
"Jaune, why don't you tell anyone?" Ruby asked. "I know the teachers would be happy to-"
"Which is why I don't tell Principal Ironwood. If I do, then Emerald and Cardin will double their efforts to bully me. I am better of doing nothing," Jaune stated.
Ruby sighed, "Why do you have to do this on your own?" she asked.
Jaune smiled, "Because you loovvveee me Rubes."
Ruby pouted, "Weiss and the others aren't going to be happy," she said.
Jaune shrugged, "Let me deal with them."
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Jaune exited the class and hurried to lunch, Ports classes were so dull the only reason he kept his job was because he probably bored the investigators to sleep.
Hurrying into the lunch room, he grabbed a tray of roast beef and a sweet tea before making his way to the table in the corner, which was where his entire group sat at.
A moment later, something wrapped him into a chokehold, "Hi Jauney!"
Jaune grinned but found it's difficult to get air, so he tapped onto the persons arm several times, "Air Nora."
A moment later, Nora Valkyrie stood in front of him, wearing a pink skirt and her collared shirt was slightly unbuttoned. She was a very hyperactive girl and Jaune was one of the few people to calm the girl.
As Nora pulled a plate of pancakes out of nowhere (They all learned never to question that which was Nora) Jaune began to eat, he felt a chill creep up his spine, turning he saw the sight a very furious heiress.
Weiss Schnee was the heiress of the Schnee Energy Company in the town, it was a very wide spread business but her father chose to live in Vale to try and get away from the major attention.
At first, Weiss and Jaune did not get along, mainly because of Jaune's numerous attempts to ask her out back in middle school (when he had braces back then) but after numerous failed attempts he realized that Weiss was not for him and arranged her to date a friend of his as a sort of apology, a friend who was currently trying to save his Jaune's life.
"Now wait a minute Weiss, let's just calm down and work on this rationally alright?"
Neptune Vasilias, had blue undercut hair and was wearing his leather straps on his arms along with his rolled up sleeves, and he was trying to calm his angry girlfriend.
"No! I specifically told him that if he was harmed again, I would not only report those despicable beings but injure him as well."
Weiss was a great person and became a sort of mother hen for Jaune; after Weiss did discover that his mother was dead, she took it upon herself to try and teach Jaune about how to act.
Jaune took this opportunity to quickly finish his meal; if he was to die, he wasn't going to do it with an empty stomach.
"Look. If it was very bad, Jaune would tell us, wouldn't you?"
Jaune quickly nodded his head, "Yes I would."
Weiss glared at him before sitting regally at the table and pulling out her lunch from home, Neptune sat down next to her with a smile.
"Did you hear the crazy news?!"
A moment later, a monkey Faunus flipped over their heads, his tail snagging a banana from Neptune's tray, the blue haired boy not surprised at all.
"No Sun, what news?" Neptune asked sarcastically.
Jaune blinked, "I don't know about this news?"
All the people at the table winced, "That's because…erm…"
"Hey guys!" Ruby said as she walked up, "Talking about the Combat Tournament?"
Oh.
Ruby then noticed that Jaune was at the table, "Uh…heheh."
Jaune understood.
You see, in the town most people here were trained in combat. In years past, the wildlife, filled with creatures known as Grimm, often tried to invade the town. So a majority of the people knew how to wield weapons, each living person in town specialized in a certain weapon.
Everyone was trained on how to properly use their own specific weapon, Jaune was not.
Jaune seemed to cause catastrophic events every time he would pick up his family weapon, Crocea Mors, whether destroying mailboxes or scratching up cars.
Combat was a big thing in the town…and while others spent hours training with their weapon, Jaune usually was in the library working his part time job.
However it did sting, as all of the people he knew were amazing at fighting while he was not.
Jaune put on a smile and quickly said, "Don't worry about me. Go on…talk about this…Tournament, I could really care less."
So while all of his friends talked about the Tournament and the possible prize, Jaune sat there depressed for the rest of lunch.
He hoped his mood would improve at the library.
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Jaune had concluded that today was the worst day of his life.
As he entered his final class, Combat Theory, he noticed that the original teacher, Mr. Moody, was not in and there was instead a woman with blonde hair in a tight bun.
Jaune didn't have time to continue his observations as Cardin shoved past him into the classroom. Sitting at his seat, he was joined by Sun, who was still munching on a banana and crouched in his chair…which was backwards.
"Who's the lady?" he asked.
Jaune shrugged, "No idea…and why are you still eating that?" he asked, "wasn't lunch about an hour ago."
Sun smiled at Jaune, showing off white teeth with banana bits clinging to them, "Good source of potassium."
"So attractive," Jaune deadpanned, "i wonder how your girlfriend will react as she sees that"
Before Sun could respond, the teacher said, "Settle down."
…
Nobody said that in ages, it was always 'Sit down!' to the students.
"I assume most of you are confused as to why i am here. Your previous professor has been injured badly and cannot continue teaching for the rest of the year. So I will instead be taking his place."
The woman turned, revealing square glasses and piercing green eyes, "My name is Professor Goodwitch. You may refer to me as 'Miss' 'Ma'am' or 'Professor' if you wish and- is there something funny Mr. Winchester?"
The class looked at a snickering Cardin who said with a cocky smirk, "Aren't you a bit old to be a teacher?" he asked.
The crowd broke into some uneasy laughter, Professor Goodwitch narrowed her eyes, "Aren't you a little too primitive to possess that thing in your head called a brain?"
Cardin flushed before snarling at the teacher, who raised an eyebrow, daring the boy to continue.
Cardin backed down and slouched in his seat.
"Now then, I understand that this is a theory class," she leaned onto the desk, "I think it's pointless."
The class blinked, and several murmurs broke out, what was this teacher getting at?
"Instead I will be putting you into various combat matches and situations for the rest of the year. You will be put in these simulations either by yourself, or with a team selected, so I hope your combat skills are on par."
The class broke out excitedly, however Glynda noticed a blonde student quiet and down as he stared out a window…the one looking at her earlier, not Sun.
"Until then, here are your specifications…"
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Jaune quickly left the school and went down the street.
He as very upset, him?! Fighting in the class? He would be so totally whipped by. . .well everyone. Everyone has years' worth of training while he had practically none.
He shook his head, no sense worrying about it; Jaune just embraced the idea that he was going to get totally beaten up.
He sighed before looking at his destination with a grin.
'Books of The Ancient and The New.'
He walked into the book store, the bell tinkling slightly as he entered.
"Jaune?" he heard.
"Yeah," he said, "Need some help?" he asked.
"Hurry!"
Jaune quickly dropped his bag and ran through an archway, to see that a girl in black was currently balancing multiple books in her trembling arms. Jaune hurried to her side before taking almost half the books from the woman.
"I got it," he said.
The girl blew a strand of black hair out of her face, "Thanks Jaune."
Blake Belladonna had dark black hair pulled into a ponytail and horn-rimmed glasses, where her amber eyes flickered in the light. She had graduated school already and was eighteen, but had been dating Sun since they met back in high school, when Jaune was still a freshman and so was Sun, while Blake was a sophomore. She too was a Faunus, as she used to have a bow covering her ears, but now she wore it around her neck, leaving her black cat ears on display for everyone.
"No problem," he said.
Together they carried the books back to the front counter, "So…how was that book I recommended?" he asked.
"Oh my gosh I loved it!" the cat Faunus gushed, her cat ears twitching in excitement.
"Right?!" Jaune exclaimed, "I loved how Leo planned the whole thing!"
Blake sighed, "It was soooo adorable with the reunion with Calypso."
Jaune chuckled, "I just like how he went into a flaming frenzy."
Blake scowled before playfully smacking his shoulder, "Typical boy."
Jaune smiled sadly, "Not really…"
Blake didn't notice as she was returning the books to their proper places, "Well anyway, these books aren't going to fix themselves."
Jaune smiled, "I'm on it!" he exclaimed with a salute.
"Don't knock over the bookcases again, like last time!"
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Jaune whistled as he walked down the road, the sun was beginning to set in the distance and the wind blew faintly.
This was his typical day; he would return home and fix himself dinner again, as his dad wouldn't be returning home until several more months.
His dad was actually a big business official and was missing a lot from home, not that Jaune minded; he didn't want his father to know much about his-
"Why hello there Arc."
Jaune turned and felt his blood run cold as Emerald, Cardin and his cronies stood there with smirks, it was obvious that they were going to beat him up. So Jaune did the smartest thing he could.
He dropped his bag and sprinted to the closest thing he could see.
The forest.
"Oh he thinks he can lose us?" Emerald laughed, "Fool."
"Grab him!"
"Get him!"
"Let's have some fun!"
Jaune delved into the darkness of the forest.
He darted in random paths, avoiding the loud cheering and whooping noises he heard. Breathing heavily, he leapt over a log before taking a hard left, branches cut his cheeks and tangled themselves around his feet.
Jaune slowed down as he didn't hear any more noises, minus his panting. Sucking in a few more breaths he calmed his racing heart as he looked around the area, it was then that he realized why they had stopped cheering, and why it was so dark.
He was deep in the Forever Fall.
It was rumored that monstrous Grimm lived here, and the people that entered this part of the woods, barely made it out again. What made it worse was that it was near nightfall and he didn't know where he came from.
He was up a creek without a paddle.
Swallowing, he made slowly made his way around, the moon faintly visible through the crooked branches of the dead trees.
Why in the name of Remnant would he do this? Why did he have to run into the woods?! At least if he didn't he would have an idea of where he was after he had been beaten by-
SNAP!
Jaune froze, wincing he looked down at his feet, praying that it was he who made the noise.
There was nothing there. No branch or fallen twig.
His eyes darting around the edges of the woods, he tried to see what had made the noise; however the darkness made it impossible to make out anything.
Then he heard the soft growl.
Looking to where the noise emanated, he saw a form melt out from the darkness, its fur was matted with blood, and its claws were a dark black. Jaune began to step away but the beast kept advancing.
'This is it. Oh man i am going to die here!' Jaune thought in despair.
His back his a tree, and the approaching monster had him cornered, Jaune closed his eyes as it was too close now.
He waited…
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What was going on?
Jaune opened his eye a crack to see the beast a bit far from Jaune, letting out a puff of air, it jerked its head before walking back into the brush.
Jaune blinked, did it just…gesture for him to follow?
Then the beast came back, and repeated the gesture.
This was really weird.
Jaune hesitantly began to follow, the creature managed to stay a distance away as they walked through the woods; it was then Jaune noticed that the former dead trees began to sprout leaves and the ground was being filled with green grass to replace the formerly yellow plant life.
The creature let out another noise, Jaune became focused again to see light!
Lights from the lampposts along the street!
He made it back!
Quickly sprinting forward, he looked around happily around before kissing a streetlamp.
He would never take light for granted again.
He then remembered the thing that brought him here.
"Thank-"
The remark died on his lips as he saw nothing behind him, just empty woods.
Jaune frowned, "Just what exactly are you?" he murmured.
The curiosity burned inside him; tomorrow he needed to search for answers.
A/N
i have been busy with the military so i haven't been treating you guys/ and gals. to any of the stories i have been working on.
hope you all enjoyed the story. AND this story was given to me by the other owner.
So a good fuck off to the people going to say "You stole this story" Blah blah blah.