Welcome to the Grimm Study and I'm glad you're here. Anyway for anyone that knows my work rejoice… or not. Well for the big point I'm not dead. The reason I haven't uploaded is general laziness. Plus add on the fact I had a lot of projects and midterms in the same period as well as kept me on a bad writers block on my story Who Needs Luck? Honestly I want to continue it but I may end up changing his class or something since I have found out recently that spell casters make me sick to my stomach. Welp that's all fine and dandy but for those who don't know me you've come here to study up on Grimm so let's get into shall we.

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY

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"Godly Talk"

'These are thoughts'

(These are PoV's)

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Prologue

(Jaune PoV)

Peter Port. Most people fall asleep in his class but I can't see why. I know his stories are a bit… over the top and crazy, BUT that doesn't mean you can't appreciate someone turning a dark scary story into something light hearted.

"As I crushed the Beowolf with my arms all the ladies swooned and threw at me praise. The Grimm was easy to crush after I broke one of its legs with a perfect shot the front of its knee-"

That right there. With a quick look around the room I notice 95% of the class was asleep or doing something else. 95% of the class just missed important information. I'm incredibly behind everyone so I need to pick up on these things. This is life and death with info like that. While there is bone on the knee there is a week point. If you can hit it right being its curved spike the leg can easily break.

"With a mighty crack Bessy blasted into the Ursa's bone covered face. While it may of not done much damage I swiftly jumped in with a beautiful war cry if I might add and ended its life while it was dazed-"

Another point. While Ursai generally are tanks they can be easily taken out if you apply a lot of force it knocks them incredibly dazed. Once again 95% percent of the class missed this.

I can't really blame them though. Professor Port may be exciting to listen to if you can see it correctly but not everyone is that interested in Grimm. The Arc family is famous for a lot of things. We fought in the war and were one of if not the best Warrior families, we are known for our generous aura reserves 'I really wish they taught me about our aura before I ran away', and finally my favorite ancestor Joan Arc. He wrote the book knows as The Grimm Study. It may be an old book but all the evidence in it is useful. Sadly it was never published and could be extremely useful to everyone around me but the family always decides to keep it only for us. My parents don't allow us to read the book because they never wanted any of us to become huntsman. I (un?)fortunley had the pleasant idea to go behind their backs and read the book anyways. I really did enjoy gaining the knowledge but I only learned a bit about beowolves before my parents found me with it and they ended up burning the book to make sure I couldn't read it again.

I don't regret gaining my interest in the grimm but I do regret how… absent I started to become to my parents. Sure I stilled talked with my sisters but I never really stayed happy with them. They destroyed something so precious just because they thought I could never become a huntsman. They destroyed it when I was 13 so running away four years later wasn't that bad right…? Yeah I know I'm pathetic. I've known it for a while now. If I'm pathetic and useless at least I can learn to be useful still. I've been getting better at fighting Grimm and Pyrrha is really helping me out with all this.

While I am glad that she is helping me I kinda feel like she wants something out of it… w-well more t-than just helping out the t-team. Is it bad of me to think like that? Whatever she wants I hope isn't too bad. I kinda wish Weiss accepted to take me under her wing though. I mean Pyrrha is great but I just want Weiss to notice me without her just berating me. Though that doesn't matter now. I should be listening to my favorite professor not dozing off about girls.

"Ah that's the bell class. Next class I want a four paper essay about beowolves and their weaknesses. Extra credit if you make at least a paper about Ursai. Now get out of he-"

Before Professor Port could finish his sentence the world kind of grays around me. The world seemed to come to a complete still. I stayed frozen for about a minute before a let out a… manly scream. Yeah manly. After that scream I stand up and look around. The world is completely frozen. I look around and notice everyone around me is frozen.

'Oh Oum what's going? Can Grimm stop time? I wish my parents didn't burn that book. How the hell do I fix this? Is the entire school frozen?'

Those were the thoughts running through my head as I ran across the school. I really didn't know where to go now. I ended just going back to the room where it all started to check if anyone stopped being frozen and to no one's surprise everything was still frozen.

'FUCK! Am I stuck in a frozen period time forever now? How am I-'

"Hello There Jaune" I hear from behind me. When I look to it my eyes widen. I see a being made of pure white and the other of pure black. The white one is quite tall and muscular. The black one is on the smaller side and kind of looks like a stick.

"I know you must be scared because of the time stop but us gods need to talk to you."

GODS? THEY'RE GODS? 'Oh wait. These must be the two brothers. I forgot they existed because of my panic… but why would they want to talk to me.'

I try to calm myself and look at them and ask. "Why do you need me? I'm not that important."

The white brother laughs and holds up a book… wait is the The Grimm Study?! I thought my parents burnt it. "How did you get The Grimm Study? I thought my parents destroyed it."

The dark one takes a step to the white brother and grabs the book for himself. "While you are right Jaune this isn't technically your copy take a closer look at the book."

I grab the book of the god and my eyes widen. 'Why is everything so new looking. It looks like it came from the… past. They got it from the past?!'

"Did you get this from the past?" I say to them trying to hide my excitement from holding the book once again. The gods nods at me and teleport the book back to their hands. I won't deny feeling a tad bit sad when they did that but they are gods so I won't complain about it.

"Well Jaune back to what we said at the start of this. We need to talk to you because we need your help. A god from the past killed your ancestor Joan Arc before he could finish The Grimm Study. This is where you come in. We plan to send you back in time when the book was being first created. What you do after that point is up to you."

The white brother says and my jaw drops. Did he say send me back in time? What will happen to me? What about my friends? I just can't understand what will happen after I disappear.

The white brother looks at me while I'm freaking out and puts his hand on my shoulder and I feel kind of disturbed and that shocks me out my thoughts.

"Sorry for using my power to shock you out of your thoughts but we need you to focus. If it makes you feel better you'll come back to this exact spot after you're done. If you die you'll come back with no memories but if you actually complete the book we will allow you back with your memories. You're going back when aura was scarce in people and magic is still quite known." 'Wait did he say magic?' "After you get there you will need to go on a journey to write about every single Grimm alive. If you're worried about how long that will take once again don't worry. We have enough power left to send you back and give you the ability to stay the same age. I'd say you'd be stuck around 25-30 years old in human years."

That really is too much to take in. I mean living forever if I don't die by the Grimm. Being up close and personal to research Grimm. Not to mention he just said magic exists… wait I'm talking to gods how could magic not exist. 'This is confusing but if the two brothers are asking for help it could end up hurting my friends if I fail. I will be a hero so I HAVE to do this!'

"I'm going to help you. I promise as an Arc to gain all the information possible about the Grimm. And an Arc never goes back on his word!"

The two Gods smile down at me and they both form balls into their hands. "Well Jaune this is goodbye for now. I wish you luck on your jour-" Before the white brother can finish his sentence the dark brother stops the spell. "We should send him back with someone else. Him going back by himself would be dangerous since he can't fight the grimm that well."

I can't really take offense when a god speaks what I've been thinking for a while. Am I disappointed. Yes. Is what he said true. Yes. Who would I take though.

Ruby is my fellow leader and is really nice and great at fighting. She always has my back and would be able to make me feel really happy during the entire ordeal. Not to mention her cookies are great than we could talk about how useful her giant scythe. Ruby would be a good choice.

Yang is quite strong and fun to be around but she doesn't seem to take much seriously. I feel like she may get in the way but she'd be great protection. While she may be beautiful and I may be able to bond with her when doing this she probably just still sees me as stupid little vomit-boy.

Weiss… I really want to pick her just because she's awesome. She's already great in all her classes and can take things seriously and not to mention how great her fighting skills are. Being able to handle dust would be quite useful and I may just be able to break the icy wall to her heart… If she does continue to hate throughout that life it will be hell though. She may be a good choice.

Blake… Yeah I don't see it happening. She's always closed off and doesn't talk to me. I really try to get to know her now and then but she either gives and excuse to leave or just plain out ignores me. I wonder what I did wrong.

Ren is quite a good choice. He's serious and can hide us from Grimm. He's also a great cook and I see him as the brother I never had. I know he would have my back from this whole thing… Nora already has her claim on him and I'm not gay so that's a no on that part. I feel like somebody would ship us during the year… eugh.

Nora… is a good choice. She's one of my best friends. She can fight really well and would easily keep me going with her attitude alone. Her smile really brightens up my day. If Ren never notices her I may try something myself. It's a low chance but a chance is still a chance right? I wouldn't mind picking her… but then I'd separate her from Ren. That makes me ward off that idea but maybe I can ask permission first from the brothers?

Pyrrha is my partner. She truly cares for me but I can't shake the feeling that she wants something from me. I hate being distrustful but I'm beginning to see a really weird look in her eyes. She still is the best fighter out of all of us and makes me feel happy. She even kept my secret for this long. Though the same could be said for Nora and Ren as well though. I should trust my partner more… wait why can't I just take more than one-

"Okay this is taking to long. That Emerald girl could help him stealth around Grimm since she's stealthy let's just send her. You can explain what's going on to her later. Into the portal you go."

I notice the girl in the back with green hair and red eyes with dark skin unfreeze and her eyes widen seeing the two brothers, the portal, and me. She flies out of her chair screaming in fear as she gets sucked into the portal.

"That was really ruuuuuuuuudddddeeeeeeee." I say as I get sucked into the portal… Well it seems a new adventure has started. Though I'm quite excited about writing my favorite book!

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(Gods PoV)

"Was that really needed brother? We could of kept the portal running a little longer." I say to my darker brother.

"You know we don't have that much power left. Giving them both the ability not to age AND sending them both back. Besides… if Emerald dies during the time going back that's one less thing humanity has to worry about since she's working with Cinder. We honestly fucked up giving those two immortality. Salem and Ozma is something needs fixing so hopefully those two can fix up our past mistakes."

I nod to that and sigh "It's still rude to have done that to Emerald. Besides don't be rude. Jaune will be able to turn her around… if she doesn't stab him first. Though he'll probably be angry that we lied about what time he'll be back… should we of told him he'll be back in a month to a year or so?"

(Third Person PoV)

They both sigh and disappear. The world comes back to normal time and becomes colorful again. Cinders group looks around for the now missing emerald and Weiss is surprised at the now missing Jaune who's supposed to be annoying her while he sat next to her… where the hell did he/she go they all wonder.

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A/N Hey guys I hope you enjoyed this prologue. From this point on we will get into learning about the wonderful world of Grimm. Are they truly foe or can they be friend. Will I truly stay dead forever WHO KNOWS. WELCOME TO THE GRIMM STUDY AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY!

Entry #1

I never knew of the wonders of this world. There are so many creatures long forgotten. I've never seen so many normal animals in my life it's quite nice. I'm glad my partner Em can still appreciate this beauty without being sarcastic. I haven't seen a Grimm yet but I promise to keep posted… OH WAIT A GRIMM! Uhhh see you next time reader!

From Joan Arc; The Grimm Researcher