Yeah been meaning to do a story like this for a while so hope you guys enjoy it!

Emerald Forest

'Is this really all I can do? Am I really that weak?' thought one Jaune Arc to himself as he and others could only watch as the Deathstalker moved to kill Ruby and Weiss.

Ruby had rushed the Grimm blindly without thinking but had been pinned down by her cloak from one of the feathers from the Nevermore flying overhead. Weiss had tried to save her partner by freezing the Deathstalker but she had underestimated the strength of the ancient Grimm which quickly broke free. As the Schnee heiress tried to freeze it again the Deathstalker had smacked her with it's pincer sending her weapon from her grasp and leaving both her and Ruby at its mercy.

While all of this happened the others were running and trying to save the two but they all knew they would be too late. Though sorrow and fear were very prevalent at the time one Juane Arc was more infuriated by his helplessness to do anything.

The Arc teen had disobeyed his family and ran away from home to illegally join Beacon Academy in order to fulfill his longtime dream of becoming a hero. Yet now that he was here he couldn't help but hate himself for his stupidity and weakness.

Common knowledge like 'aura' and 'semblances' were foreign to him until his partner Pyrrha unlocked his. At the time Jaune figured he was one step closer to achieving his dream and was a but happy, but standing where he was he was anything but happy.

For one he was about to watch the first true friend he had made since coming to this Academy be skewered by a Grimm and no matter how bad he wished it wasn't so he was powerless to stop it. As these thought's swirled through Jaune's head he didn't notice his sword Crocea Mor's begin to pulse sounding almost like a heartbeat.

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'Why?! Why do I have to be so weak!?'

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'I want to be strong! Strong enough to protect those I care about!'

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'I can't just sit back and watch Ruby die! I need strength and I need it NOW!' roared Jaune inside his mind and all at once the world seemed to stop all around him. The whole world looked grey and frozen in time save for the now confused Arc. Who was now observing his change in surrounding's.

"W-what the hell? What is this?" he asked himself as he glanced between his classmate's unmoving forms and the forest around them.

"This is what's allowing us to talk." said a booming voice from behind Jaune.

The young knight quickly whipped around with his sword and shield at the ready but was frozen stiff in awe and quite a bit of fear at what he was seeing. It was a giant demonic looking dragon! At first Jaune thought it was a Grimm due to the red eye's but after looking over the entire creature he realized it wasn't a Grimm at all as it lacked the mask and the black mass that made up a Grimm's body.

"What the hell are you?" said Jaune surprisingly calm for reasons not even he knew. The question however made the dragon's fanged smile grow just a bit and that made Jaune involuntarily shiver at the scary image. This thing didn't need anything else to make it more terrifying!

"Glad you asked. I am Tyrant the Last Alpha class Danger Beast! However at the moment I am currently the sword you hold in your hands boy." spoke the now named Tyrant while gesturing to Crocea Mor's which was still being held tightly in the Arc teens hand.

"Huh? Your Crocea Mor's? But that doesn't make any sense!" cried Jaune as he was having trouble believing that this giant 'Danger Beast' was somehow his families old sword. He didn't even know what a Danger Beast was for Oum's sake!

"Do not call me by that name! The blade you hold is Incursio which was made from my very body and essence! Your family only called it by a different name to better hide it's identity. They even changed it's appearance just to be sure! But enough of that as we have much to discuss and very little time." said Tyrant as he stared down the young Arc who stowed the new information away for a later time.

"And what do we have to talk about? Cause if you haven't noticed I'm in the middle of a crisis here." said Jaune as he looked back at the terrified visage's of a still frozen Ruby and Weiss as the Deathstalker closed in for the kill.

"And that is exactly why we must speak boy. I have heard your desire for strength and have come to grant it."

"WHAT!? Well what are you waiting for give it already so I can save them!" pleaded Jaune desperate for a way to help his first friend at Beacon and the Heiress who was her partner.

"Silence boy and listen! This power is not without cost. I offer you this cause I see the same potential in you that I saw in my last wielder but sadly he perished before he could truly release it. With you however I seek to remedy that mistake. Now I have two options for you but you must choose wisely. The first is I can start you fresh with the standard power my bearer wields upon first summoning me. You will be significantly more powerful however you will have no knowledge of how to use your new abilities and basically be running in blind and work for years in order to increase your power." said Tyrant giving Jaune the first offer to think over.

The Arc could admit that having a fresh start and a chance to build upon the newly acquired power would be the right thing to do and certainly the morally better route but he wasn't so sure it was the best for this situation. Sure he would gain power but without any knowledge on how to use it then how could he hope to save Ruby and Weiss? He could actually make things worse than they already were!

"...what's the second option." asked Jaune cautiously to the giant dragon.

"The second option... I fuse my essence with yours giving you all of the memories of myself and previous wielders as well as much more power than any of them has ever received before." said Tyrant plainly while waiting for the question he knew would be coming from the boy and fearing what his response would be to the answer.

"And what's the catch for option two?"

"The catch is that not only will you never be able to unlock your semblance, but you will also lose your humanity. You will be neither human nor faunus but a creature with power this world has not known for many millennia. So what is your choice boy?" asked Tyrant as he stared impassively at the now shocked Arc waiting for the boys decision.

Now Jaune was torn. Both choices had their ups and down sure but only one would have him sacrificing his entire species in the process. Any other time he would have instantly chosen option one and worked himself up like a true Huntsmen would do. However as he kept looking back at the others and more specifically the two girls about to be killed he knew he didn't have the time.

It was in that moment Jaune made his decision, if he couldn't be a hero as a human than he would become a hero by turning into something else. He could only hope that whatever happened that he wouldn't lose his new friends because of it.

"I want the second option Tyrant. If giving up my humanity is what it takes to achieve my dream and save my friends then so be it!" declared Jaune with conviction getting a small nod of respect from the towering dragon.

"Very well, but just to warn you... this is gonna really hurt." said Tyrant before he lashed out and bit down on a stunned Jaune. Once he did so time had resumed its flow once more.

"Ruby!" yelled Yang as she tried desperately to reach her sister as memories of their childhood raced through her mind. Namely the Beowulf incident that was caused by her.

The blonde didn't even make it three steps before there was a loud demonic roar and a cry of, "Incursio!"

As soon as those words were uttered a loud boom was heard along with a shockwave that nearly threw everyone off their feet and even halted the Deathstalker in its approach as everyone looked to see what was happening. What they saw was a large pillar of black and crimson energy along with the shadow of a giant dragon of some kind originating from where Jaune had been standing.

Then all at once the energy dispersed leaving everyone in awe at the figure that now stood before them. The figure was tall, around six feet and donned in dark silver armor that had crimson highlight's around the edges along with a matching cape. The armor itself had a striking resemblance to the dragon they had seen beforehand as it even had claw like appendages on the feet and hands. In his right hand was a long spear like weapon that was slightly taller than he was with serrated edges along the blade facing downward giving it a sleek yet savage appearance.

No one spoke or moved as they could only stare at the sudden appearance of the knight with said knight just staring right back at them as still and silent as a statue. After a few moment's one of the group decided to speak up, sadly that someone was the girl wielding a giant hammer and had a knack for getting into trouble.

"Wow look Renny its a real knight come to save us! Though we really don't need any saving but then again those two by the Grimm look like they need saving-" rambled off Nora seemingly without end as Ren was too stunned to respond to his hyperactive friend.

Those words seemed to be somekind of signal however as the Deathstalker screeched in anger before attempting to drive its stinger into Ruby and Weiss before going after the other's who had dared challenge it. But to it's and everyone else's surprise the knight was suddenly in front of the Deathstalker holding it's stinger with his free hand with no trouble at all.

While the Grimm tried to remove it's stinger from the knight's grasp said knight turned his head to look back at the stunned Ruby and Weiss.

"You girls okay?" he asked and despite the slightly deeper tone Ruby could still recognize the voice of the first friend she had made since arriving to Beacon whom she and most everyone else had dubbed 'vomit boy' much to said boy's chagrin.

"Jaune? Is that really you?" asked Ruby in disbelief making Juane smile under his helm at the shocked expressions everyone was now donning as they couldn't believe the once dorky knight had become the figure before them. Most of them would definitely say it was an improvement but they couldn't help but feel intimidated by Jaune's new look on a primal level.

Blake for one was having the hardest time as her instincts were screaming at her. They wanted her to either run as far away from Jaune as possible and hide in the deepest hole imaginable or submit to the overwhelming presence he exuded. She knew what this feeling was but she was too busy trying not to follow her instinct to think about it at the moment.

"In the flesh Rubes. Now you and Snow Angel might want to get out of here while I deal with the overgrown bug." said Jaune.

Before anyone could protest the Arc knights order the Deathstalker having run out of patience in trying to pull it's stinger back tried to slam the armored knight with one of its pincers. Without even looking however Jaune lashed out with his spear easily cutting the limb off and making the Grimm screech in agony to which Jaune finally released its stinger allowing the Grimm to move away.

"This is not up for debate now get a move on before that Nevermore comes back." ordered Jaune more forcefully making everyone flinch at his tone before they all started to move back to the cliffs. Ruby and Pyrrha however stayed a little longer not completely sure if leaving their friend/partner all by his lonesome with the Deathstalker was a good idea.

"It's alright Rubes, Pyrrha, I'll see you both back at the school." said Jaune trying to reassure the young reaper as well as his partner and it seemed to work as they offered the armored Arc a small smile.

"Alright but you better make it back alive or else!" said Ruby trying to look serious but to Jaune she just looked adorable.

"I second that Jaune. I don't want to lose my partner on the first day." agreed the Spartan with the young reaper.

"And you won't. Now get a move on you two." said Jaune as he turned back to the Grimm who was now glaring at him with utmost hatred shining in its crimson eyes.

Juane waited a moment as Ruby and Pyrrha both left the range of his new senses. With his friends now out of harms way Jaune hefted his personnel version of Neuntote and got ready to make quick work of the Grimm before meeting up with his team

'And here is where my new life begins.' thought the former human as he quickly rushed the now charging Deathstalker fully intent on killing the soulless question.

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