A ball of flame with bronze rings of eldritch design rotated lazily around him was wandering. Or rather, he was wondering why his guests were late. He normally did not plan for these things, but this was a special event.

A loud pop rocked the theater that the orb floated in. Ahh, they've arrived, it thought as it looked at the seven young students. Both Team RWBY and JNPR were here. Admittedly, JNPR was missing the J, so it really was just NPR.

"Ack! Where are we! What's going on! I don't understand what's-" Started a startled and frightened Wiess Schnee, rapier in hand.

"What in the unholy fuck is that!?" was Yangs response, pointing at the ball of floating fire. Ren stood protectively in front of Nora, who was ready to hammer something into a pulp.

"Children, children. Please calm down." the orb pulsated, the vibrations causing for the ball to flare non threateningly. "You are in my domain. I have summoned you here."

"Uhh The flaming ball is talking." deadpanned Blake, lowering her sword. Not in peace, but rather bewilderment. The orb sighed. "Yes, I am talking."

"Ohh, Mister Orb! Question!" bounced the excitable berserker Nora over Rens shoulder.

"Yes Nora?"

"Why are we here?"

The ball rotated a little at this, as though to look at the ginger. "You are here because there is something I think that you all should see. I am going to show you some scenes from the multiverse."

"I'm sorry, what now?" Pyrhha asked, about as confused as everyone else.

"It might just be better if I showed you. Think of it like a movie, or a bunch of them. All staring Jaune!" the ball cheered

"Uhh, Mr… Orb Fire thing?" Ruby asked, hand tentatively raised

"Yes Ruby? And you may just call me Orb." Orb stated, the rings turning slowly again.

"Why Jaune?"

Orb stopped moving and pondered, the rings slowly spinning around him, shifting and turning. "Because I find him interesting. Anyway, I'm about to start the first scene. You all should sit down"

The seven of them sat down, not really sure what else to do. "Man, I want pancakes." started Nora, disheartened at her lack of her favorite food. Her disappointment quickly became excitement. "Renny! Do you think you could make us pancakes? Could you? Please?"

Her poor partner just sighed as he was shaken by the shoulders. His salvation came with a small popping sound as a plate of pancakes appeared. Her gasp of excitement almost drowned out Orbs words of "if you want anything mundane, just ask for it. It will appear."

Several popcorn and soda bottles were summoned immediately. "Anyway, Settle Down! The first viewing will start soon."

The seven teenagers quickly shut up, Wiess and Ren still giving the glowing ball of fire a suspicious side eye.

"Beep Beep Beep" came from the sound of an alarm clock, reading 7:30. A hand stretched out to turn the damn thing off as a familiar grunt of annoyance was heard. From the bed rose Jaune Arc, blowing a strand of hair out of his face. He rose from his slumber, dodging the bed above him. Stretching his arms wide with a yawn, he hits the bed above him.

"Wait a minute, This isn't Beacon." starts Pyrrha, confused.

"It is not." Responded Orb, his attention still on the screen.

"Where is he?" Asked Ruby, munching on a cookie.

"You will have to watch to find out."

Yet another blond rose from above him, his hair being a darker and muddier shade than his teammate, sitting up with a bolt. "I'm up!"

"Good thing Cortez. Don't want to be late again." Jaune smirked, then turned to the other bunk bed, where two other figures were waking. "Come on Nikori, time to get up. Wakey wakey."

"Nooooooo." came a groan from the top bunk as a dog faunus rose without complaint from the bottom bunk.

"Who are these people? Where is Jaune-Jaune?" Nora asked no one in particular. Orb decided to not respond.

"We have classes today Kitty. Now get your ass in gear." Cortez called, pulling over a brown trenchcoat over his newly dawned student uniform. Jaune just sighed, and looked at the dog Faunus pulling on a pair of khaki pants. "Rasheem, could you-"

"Don't worry about it Jaune. I'll get her up."

"Thank you." he sighed, walking over to a drawer. He pulled out the day's clothes, namely the same uniform that everyone wore.

"Wait, those are Shade's uniforms. Why is Jaune at shade?" cried Ruby, munching on another cookie.

"In this universe, Jaune Arc applied to Beacon, but was expelled for reasons. Fortunately, Ozpin was able to get him a recommendation to Shade, where he went to next."

"Why was he expelled?"

"Watch and find out."

"Remember, we have exchange missions today. We are meeting with the team from Beacon." Cortez called to them, pulling a menagerie of firearms from a locker, twin pistol crossed in front of a skull spray painted on the door. Three others stood next to it. One held the twin crescents of Arc, but now a cross? A sword? A T? Went through the top of it. The other was a sun in the iris of an eye, and the final was a moon sitting on three leaves. Jaune opened the one with the double crescents, pulling out a newer set of armor and set of belts. Donning them over his uniform, he held Caroca Mors on his right back, a set of knives and packs on his belt, with a single revolver.

"Hey look! Vomit Boy finally got a gun!" Yang pointed out.

"We should get going." grumbled Nikori, her black cat ears evident for everyone to see. A single stripe of white in her hair identified her as a siamese cat. The team geared up and walked out the door. The camera shifted upwards to what was on the door frame at the top. It read "ARCN", and a mandela circle with various embossed lines and spikes heading off it upwards underneath the text. The screen then faded to black

"Man, that was… weird." Blake stated, looking at the black screen.

"So, if Vomit Boy went to Shade huh?" Yang said, munching on some popcorn.

"Not if. Possibly when. This universe that you saw is a possibility, and still a surprisingly good one." Orb stated, floating over to behind Yang and Blake. "There is a good chance that he does end up going to Shade."

"Wait, in this universe, Jaune gets expelled. What did he do?" asked Ren, his hand to his chin, thinking of what Jaune could do to get expelled.

"Just continue watching. We see more of this universe later. Anyway, we are moving on to the next universe. Take a couple minutes to do whatever. Bathrooms are down the hall on your left."