Chapter 0 - Prologue Part 1

Author's note: i wasn't able to put this in the description, but i just want to say that in this fic you will see references galore. They could be from books, movies, or even other fics. So ya know, if you recognize something, good for you. if you disapprove of such things, just know i don't actually care. i'm doing this because i want to make this story as good as it can possibly be. So if I should see something that i like then I'll mirror it in my own story if i want to.

Now on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY, if i did i wouldnt be writing a fanfiction.

Jaune POV

Jaune fell to the dirt for what seemed like the hundredth time that night. He could feel the aches of his bones and bruises screaming at him to stop, to give up. " That's enough for today." His father said, refusing to look at his son. But Jaune could still see the look in his father's eyes, and he immediately knew what it meant. It wasn't a obvious but he'd seen it enough in these past few days to know that he was disappointed, almost ashamed of his son's performance.

Jaune had always dreamed of becoming a hunter, a hero who got to save the day, and that everyone would admire for being brave and strong. So far he was neither of those things. He and his father, who was once a professional hunter himself, practiced for days on end, trying to unlock Jaune's potential. But sadly, it never came. As they neared home they could see the lights glowing through the windows, and all Jaune could think of was that every part of his body was in pain.

When the two walked through the door, the Arc sisters helped Jaune to his room where they would help with his injuries. After each of the training sessions jaune only ever seemed to feel more ashamed of his abilities. By this time his sisters had already shown far more potential than he could dream of having. However, despite the fact that He failed again and again, he would always tell himself the same thing. That no matter the cost, no matter how much pain it takes he would become a hunter worthy of the Arc name, like my father and his father before him.

As jaune prepared for bed as per usual, he walked past his parent's room, but in doing so he heard something he'd wish he hadn't. "He is ten years old and he still hasn't shown any signs of skill whatsoever! When I was his age i was already able to kill a beowolf!"

Jaune's mother turned to face him with a pained expression on her face. "He's still just a child John! You were a prodigy from the day you could first use that sword of yours, how is Jaune supposed to compete with that! For god's sake you haven't even unlocked his aura yet!" His father seemed to only get more annoyed at this.

"It doesn't matter! Members of the Arc family have always been able to unlock their own auras. I've been training him for weeks to see if he can unlock his aura, but he has still shown no progress." After that, I heard the words that i'd been dreading since this conversation started come from my father's lips.

" From this moment on his training ends, I will no longer waste my time on trying to turn that boy into hunter material! It's time to face facts, he's hopeless." Jaune could tell this was not the end of the conversation, but he couldn't bear to hear anymore.

The small village of Arondight, normally beautiful at night as the village seems to catch the moonlight in just the right way, this was not the case tonight, at least not for Jaune Arc anyway. Everything he'd wanted, everything he hoped to become was gone in the course of a single night. So with hot tears running down his face, he ran and he kept running until he could run no more.

Eventually he found himself in the forest near a small clearing, when he entered the clearing Jaune noticed it was flooded with moonlight, brightening the entire area. The peacefulness was nice and helped calm him down.

"You know, children really shouldn't be wandering alone, especially at night." The eleven year old Jaune nearly had a heart attack in that moment. He looked back to see a man who seemed to be a man in his forties at least as his black hair did seem to have a few streaks of grey that shined in the moonlight. He had a black cloak over top of his coat of the same color, along with what seemed to be a pair of white dress gloves.

He simply laughed at jaune's reaction, but not the evil kind of laugh, but more of a warm genuine laugh. However he stopped laughing when he saw the tear tracks on the boy's face. "You seem more than a little troubled, son. Have a seat." He said as he offered jaune a seat next to him on the log he was on. At first Jaune was reluctant to do as he asked, but he simply had this air about him that made you feel comfortable in his presence, and before he knew it Jaune was sitting beside him.

"So are you a hunter?" Jaune asked out of genuine curiosity.

The man looked at me and smiled. " No, just a wanderer. But I have my own set of questions for you, for starters who are you and what you've been crying about?" So Jaune explained everything about how he dreamed of being a hero, and how his father seem to see him as a hopeless cause" He seemed almost saddened when I told him what happened.

" Hey I never did ask you who you are?" Jaune asked.

" Of course, how could i forget to introduce myself. You can call me...Sieghart." he removed his glove to shake my hand, he smiled and jaune smiled back, as the two shook each other's hands. And then to Jaune, the world seemed to fade to black.

End of Prologue part 1

Extra: Takes place just after Jaune left.

John Arc let out a soft sigh, clearly laced with stress. "Elaine, I understand that Jaune wants nothing more than to be a hunter, but you have to understand that he is simply incapable of becoming a hunter." His wife looked back at him, almost on the verge of tears "But why? Because he cannot unlock his aura on his own?" "That's exactly why. A male Arc cannot have his aura unlocked for him; it has always been that way. If he were to face a grimm he would no doubt be killed."

After what seemed like an eternity of silence Elaine spoke. "I don't care. Don't get me wrong no one cares more about his safety than I do, but I will not give up on him. If no longer wish to train him that's fine, i'll do it myself." John was left shocked. "B...but..I.." "You won't be able to stop me, but you're welcome to try. I do so miss the sparring matches we use to have back at Beacon, or don't you remember?" Recalling his memories of Elaine's "training" with him and the rest of team EDJE (edge), actually made him shudder. Seeing this, Elaine couldn't help but give her husband one of her trademark devious smirks. John sighed once again, knowing that once his wife set her mind to something he had no way of changing it. " Very well then. From this moment onward you are in charge of Jaune's training, I almost feel sorry for him." Elaine rolled her eyes at this. As John was about to head towards Jaune's room to inform him of the recent development, he found his wife's hand on his shoulder holding him back. "He's already exhausted enough for one day we can tell him in the morning." The two gave each other

I hope you guys enjoyed it, however this was more of test but if i find out that people enjoyed it and want more i'll continue.

P.S. For those of you wondering what the extra was for i just wanted to show that Jaune's father never intended this to happen, and i feel if i had left it out people may have gotten the wrong idea about him.

P.S.S. After the prologue chapters will be significantly longer.