Chapter 01 : Snow Angel Sing.

(Atlas, Schnee's Manor)

A nine year old Jaune Arc was currently standing beside his mother in front the large double doors of castle waiting for one of the servants of the house to open the large doors and let them in, as they wait he looked up to his mother and gently pulled on his mother's right hand to try and get her attention, thankfully it worked since his mother turned towards him.

"Is something wrong sweetie?" She asked kneeling down so that she was face-to-face with him. "You're not freezing are you?"

"N-no mom, it-it's just… why am i here?" He asked before pointing to his suit. "I don't like wearing this penguin suit." He whined while trying to loosen up the collar of his suit but unfortunately his mother stop him and readjust the collar and making him to whine again. "Mom…."

His mother simply giggled after she finished readjusting his clothes. "Oh hush now sweetie, whining isn't something what a gentlemen or a huntsman would do you know." She said. "And beside, you wanted to protect me from the creepy old man don't you? What better way to protect me than coming with me as my date." She said, smiling as she sees that her son looked exactly like his father. "And if it help, you're the most dashing penguin i've ever seen and im pretty sure you beat your father on that." She joked and making her son to whine even more.

Thankfully for them not long afterwards the doors finally opens up revealing a bald man with a thick brown mustache and a pair of amber eyes. "My utmost apologies for making you wait outside Mrs. Arc, most of the servants are preparing for Miss. Schnee's play but there should've at least a servant here waiting for any more guest to arrive but worry not! I'll have to look into it later and found the servant who had abandoned his post."

Jaune's mother laughed a bit before waving the man off. "Oh it's alright Klein but did you say something about a play?" She asked.

The man, now known as Klein looked proud for a moment before his amber eyes turned to oceanic blue. "Eh?!"

"Oh! I'm so proud of her! The little snow i raised are starting to turned into a shining star in the night sky, oh how it warms my heart seeing her right now." He said, tears rolls down his right cheek before his oceanic blue eyes returned to the previous amber ones. "Oh! Where are my manners, please come in and let me take your coats." He said, moving to the side to let the two Arcs to enter the manor.

"Well Jaune, looks like this is your lucky day since you get to hear Weiss's singing and let me tell you sweetie, Weiss have the most angelic voice i've ever heard." His mother said making Jaune to wonder just how amazing this 'Weiss' really is.

As the two Arcs were lead to a large room where the party being held, there the younger Arc could see fancy decorations lining up on the walls or tables, a soft calming jazz was playing and some of the guest are dancing with their partners. "Wow…" He said making the two adults to laugh silently.

"Come now, Mr. Schnee is just this way." Klein said walking towards one of the larger table in the room. "Sir, Mrs. Arc has arrived." Klein told the man sitting on of the chair.

The White haired man with a white mustache turned towards them and stands up. "Ah, Charlotte, so good for you to finally joined us at one of these event, my dear." He said while walking towards them as his mother slightly bowed down at him. "And who is this?" The man asked while pointing at Jaune.

"Oh this is my date for tonight, he's name is Jaune Arc, say hi sweetie"

"H-hello…" He said.

"Well then my boy, i hope you enjoy this evening." He said before another brown haired man tapped his shoulder.

"Jacques, i think it's time for our little talk don't you think?" The man said.

"Why of course, excuse me Charlotte, Jaune but i have some business that needs to be taken care of. Please do enjoy yourself this evening." He said before leaving with the brown haired man.

When the man left, Jaune look towards his mother and ask something. "Mom… just who was that man?"

"That Jaune, was Jacques Schnee, current C.E.O of the SDC… or as most of us like to referred him as the white snake but don't him let know that we call him that." She said not caring about the looks she was getting from the people near them.

As Jaune was enjoying the cake that his mother gave him, the music and the lights slowly died down and leaving only a single spot light at the stage where a white haired girl was standing on. As the pianist started to play a soft tune the white haired girl looked towards the crowds and started to sing.

Mirror can you hear me?

Do I reach you?

Are you even listening?

Can I get through?

There's a part of me that's desperate for changes

Tired of being treated like a pawn

But there's a part of me that stares back from inside the mirror

Part of me that's scares that I might be wrong

That I can't be strong

Jaune's jaw hung open upon hearing the girl's angelic voice, as if her voice alone had drown out every single noise in the room leaving only her voice to be heard.

I've been afraid

Never standing on my own

I let you be the keeper of my pride

Believed you when you told me I was nothing on my own

Listen when I say I swear it here today

I will not surrender

This life is mine!

Sheer determination could be seen on the girl's face just before she sings the next part of the song as the rest of the performers joins in.

Amazing how you conquered me

Chained me in servility

And made me see

The world the way you told me to

But I was young and didn't have a way to know the truth

Born to live your legacy

Existing just to fill your needs

A casualty

Of this so-called "family"

That you have turned into a travesty

But I don't intend to suffer any longer

Here's where your dominion falls apart

I'm shattering the mirror

That kept me spilt in pieces

That stood between my mind and my heart

This is where I'll start

I'm not your pet

Not another thing you own

I was not born guilty of your crimes

Your riches and your influence can't hold me anymore

I won't be possessed

Burdened by your royal test

I will not surrender

This life is mine!

And just like that the music died down signaling that her performance was over just as quick as it begun, the girl gave a short bow before stepping of the stage. Most of the guests in the room were simply baffled at the girl's performance not knowing what to do anymore, seeing this Jaune decided to stand up and clapped his hand, the girl seems to have heard him since she look directly at him and smiled before stepping out of the room.

After the girl left the room, Jaune sit back down and looked at his mother. "Mom… t-that… that was amazing! You were right! Her voice really is amazing!" He said.

"Well… what are you waiting for?" She said. "Go and introduce yourself to her."

"EH!? N-no, i-i'll probably just embarrassed myself in front of her." Jaune said. "A-and she'll think i'm weird."

"Oh none sense dear, some girls like boys who are funny." She said, trying to cheer up her son. "And beside, remember what i always say?" She asked him.

"You'll never know if you never try." Both of them said at the same time.

Reluctantly Jaune nodded and stands up again. "F-fine, i'll go and say hi to her." He said. "Wish me luck mom." Jaune said before leaving the room and trying to find the girl, thankfully his search wasn't a long one since he spotted the girl on one of the balcony. Carefully he walked towards the girl as not to alarm the girl. "H-Hello." He called her.

The girl turns around to face him and smiled. "You're the boy that clapped earlier right?" She asked.

"Y-yeah, that was amazing. My mom told me that you're voice was incredible but i didn't know it was that good." He said. "Umm… my name is Jaune Arc… umm…." His face has turned slightly red and an awkward silence arrived between the two.

Weiss for her part was using her "Nice girl" mask as she try to read the blonde boy's characters, wanting to see his true intention but unfortunately all she could get was that the boy was a simple minded goof. That made her slightly more worried about the boy since it means that either he is even better at hiding his true intention or that her skill weren't as good as she once believe and the mere thought of her unable to read people actually made her slightly angry since many people had tried to buy her favors before, from buying her expensive gifts all the way to introducing their children to her. It hurt her when she realized what their true intention was, to only she her not as Weiss Schnee but to only see her as an opportunity to gain some financial benefits, after that revelation she had donned the "obedient and kind hearted" persona for the whole world to see. Internally sighing, Weiss decided to test her earlier assessment of the boy to see if it was true or not.

Seeing the girl simply staring at him made Jaune even more nervous than before, carefully he think of something to say but the girl beat him to it.

"What did you think?" She asked.

Confused at what she meant Jaune ask her instead. "I'm sorry… what?"

Weiss blinks before sighing. "My song, what did you think about my song?"

"Oh… well um… at the start of it was sad since the way the song goes is as if you're suffering because you were being controlled but by the end of it you fight back against your captors trying to be free and that's definitely a good message to have since it would get people to fight for their freedom and if not that it was a good song to listen when you wanted to relax and. Erk…. I-I'm rambling…. Umm… I really like it?"

Weiss simply stare at the boy, his answer was simple enough unlike any other compliments she used to get and it seems to match with her earlier assessment of him. "Maybe he really is just a simple minded goof unlike the others." She thought. "Ah, i'm sorry it seems that i've forgotten my manners. My name's Weiss Schnee, second daughter of Jacques and Willow Schnee." She introduced herself like usual.

"Umm… my name's Jaune Arc, umm… fourth child of Julius and Charlotte Arc… umm… hi?"

Weiss's eyebrow was raised at the mention of his position in his family. "Fourth? Just how many siblings do you have?" She asked.

Jaune's right arm went to scratch the back of his head and his cheeks turns slightly red again. "Well… There's my oldest sisters, Serena and her twin Selena, they are our mother figures since mom is usually busy at the office. After that there's Lyra my third sister, she's the smart one in the family, all of us are sure that when mom step down from her position Lyra is the one to replace her. Then there are triples, Iris, Lily, and Juniper. All named after the flowers that bloomed during Autumn and are also the pranksters in the family."

Weiss could only blink after hearing what Jaune just said, he had not one, not two, but six sisters. Gods she couldn't even began to imagine how noisy his house is since her own experience with her own siblings was very scarce since Winter is always busy with her studies while Whitley didn't exactly share a common interest with her. "I see… six sisters… your house must be very… fun?" She said, not knowing what else to say.

Jaune laughed meekly at that. "Y-yeah, you could say that... but most of the time i was used as their personal toy, both Serena and Selena are making me into their "personal butler" While Lyra is using me as her test subject for her experiment and the triples just play pranks on me."

"Your life seems very exhausting."

"Well they're family, what can you do right?" He said and the awkward silence soon returned between the two. "Umm…. Well it was nice meeting you Weiss but i'm going to go back to my mom now… bye Weiss." He waved at her before leaving the girl alone.

As the boy leaves Weiss could only ponder her next action, the boy seems genuinely nice without any other intentions and that made her think that maybe she can finally have a true friendship with him. With that in her mind Weiss decided to throw caution to the wind and call the boy. "Excuse me, Jaune!" Thankfully the boy heard her since he stopped walking and turned to face her.

"Y-yes?"

"Do you have any plans for this Friday?"

"Umm… I don't think so, why?"

"Well, my family are doing a charity event for the people of Vacou who was attack by White Fang last week maybe you would like attend as my guest?"

"Of course, i'll make sure that i don't forget about it. Guess i'll see you there Weiss." He said before resuming his walk.

Weiss smiled while looking at the Jaune's retreating form, part of her was hopeful that this is the start of their friendship but the other part of her was wary that she might just made a mistake.

Well what do you think about this first chapter? you like it? hate it? or indifferent?

This is going to be a harem fic so if youre not into that, im sorry but youre free not to read it other than that please enjoy.

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