Chapter 1:The worst day

It all started with the worst day of my life. I can still remember it as clearly as if it was yesterday.

"Jaune." My mom was calling me from down stairs. "Come down here, your father and I need to talk to you."

This can't be good. I thought as I left my room and headed down stairs. "Coming mom."

As I entered the living room I saw my parents sitting on the couch. My dad, an intimidating man of around 2 meters with broad shoulders and scars covering his arms and a prominent one going along his cheek, had an empty look on his face. Next I saw my mother, rather small in comparison to my dad yet oddly enough with similar scars. She looked like she was on the verge of tears.

I dreaded what was coming but I asked anyways. "Whats wrong?"

My mom just stared at me for a second before speaking. "It's about Sapphire, Jaune."

My blood ran cold.

Sapphire Arc, my sister. The oldest of the eight Arc siblings and in my opinion the strongest person in the world. Maybe second only to my parents back in their primes.

"What happened, is she hurt?" It had to be something really bad for my parents to be reacting like this. Huntsmen and huntresses got hurt all the time, so hearing something had happened to her wasn't as big a deal as it normally would have been. The scars adorning my parents bodies was proof enough.

My mom was trying to find a way to continue but before she could my dad spoke up. "She was on a search and destroy mission with her team. Apparently a large group of Grimm was spotted in the area, however someone failed to report the actual numbers of the Grimm and... they were outnumbered. She... she died, buying time for her team to escape."

I didn't know how to respond.

In that moment all I remembered was how she always protected me from the bullies or watching her train. She was the best. No matter what she did, her instructors and trainers always said she was amazing even going so far as calling her a prodigy.

It can't be true, my sister is unbeatable she can't be…

I decided to stay quiet.

I didn't want to ask my next question.

"Did they recover her body?" It came out barely above a whisper.

Thankfully my dad heard me and I didn't have to repeat myself. "They went back the next day with back up but… they found nothing." My mom tried to stifle a sob.

I was expecting it, Grimm aren't exactly known for respecting the dead. Hearing it still felt like a knife to the gut though.

I hadn't noticed I was crying until the tears fell on my hands.

The funeral was held a week later out in the Arc family plot. We buried an empty casket. There were more people than I expected. Our family was big so I expected the first row to be full, my parents my sisters and me, but I didn't expect for the rest to be full as well.

There were many huntsmen, huntresses and old family friends. I spotted my Sapphire's team more towards the back. They all had guilty looks like they felt they shouldn't have been there.

As I continued my sweep of the crowd my eyes fell on one person I recognized and my eyes widened. It was Ozpin. Before I could think on why he was there the ceremony started.

I barely remember what happened next. It was a blur of people going and speaking about Sapphire and how they remembered what a great person she was and how she would be missed.

After the ceremony the people came up to us with their condolences. When my sister's team came up they kept apologizing for what happened. My mom smiled at them and spoke. "Please, you are her team. We know that you wouldn't just abandon her like that. It was necessary, rather than all of you dying she made a choice to save the most lives. Please just promise me you won't take that for granted. Okay?"

They all looked like they were on the verge of tears then and thanked her about a hundred times before moving on.

The next person to come up was Ozpin.

After speaking quickly with my sisters, he reached my dad. "Jack, I am so sorry about what has happened. You and your family have my deepest condolences and I can assure you that the incident will be investigated thoroughly." They shook hands.

"Thanks Oz it mean a lot."

Next he went to my mom and oddly enough he hugged her. "Joan it is good to see you again. I wish it was under better circumstances however."

"It's good to see you too Ozpin. I'm glad that you could come. It means a lot."

He started walking towards me then. "Of course, however that is not the only reason for my coming here today."

Finally reaching me he spoke. "I've been meaning to speak with you for a while now Jaune."

"Nice to meet you sir, it's an honour." I didn't know what else to say. THE Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon, the best Hunter academy in Remnant, and possibly one of the most powerful huntsman in the world.

"I hope you will forgive my bluntness but I was wondering weather you would be applying to a primary combat school or not? Time is running out after all. You will only be able to send your application until the end of the month."

"I had no idea that time would be running out so soon. But of course I plan on-" My dad cut me off. "Actually we've been talking and we've decided it would be best if Jaune didn't try becoming a huntsman."

"What?! When did we decide that?"

"Jaune please keep your voice down. We'll talk about this when we get home."

"I see, then please forgive me. I may have overstepped. I suppose it would be best if I left then." And he did.

I didn't know what was going on but I didn't want to cause a scene right then and there so I decided to keep my mouth shut until we got home were my sisters could back me up.