It was a light rainy afternoon…

All of Beacon Academy…

All knew one of the greatest persons of the world…

Was gone…

And that event, made everything that changed the lives of many…

Several Days earlier: January 21st 2015: Beacon Academy Briefing Centre

"Alright guys listen up, today we are joined with four other teams to patrol the Emerald Forest, however Me and the other team leaders have been told that there is a deadly pack of Beowolves are lurking in the zone" Jaune Arc briefed his team "But we'll do our job the best we can"

Team JNPR, put all the hands together, and all said "One Team, One Goal, One Future"

Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora and Ren enter their Bullhead, and are dropped off to Patrol Zone Delta where they begin their patrol.

"Alright Jaune and I will head north and east, Ren; You and Nora take the west and the south" Pyrrha advised

"Understood, let's go Nora!" Ren tells his friend Nora, and they head off, to patrol the region.

January 21st 2015: Emerald Forest Patrol Zone Delta: Several Hours Later

The Patrol goes as planned, as soon all teams are to report to their extraction point, to return to the academy.

"Well that wasn't so hard" Jaune tells Pyrrha as the two walk onwards.

"I dunno, it think it needs something" Pyrrha states, happily to her leader.

"Like what?" Jaune asked oblivious to her actions, soon Pyrrha answers his question by holding his hand, which he responds with a blush, but the two continued onwards.

Soon the two meet up with Ren and Nora at the extraction point, and the Bullhead approaches.

However as it arrives, the VTOL is suddenly attacked, by a sudden force and it crashes into the ground.

The team look at each other till hearing a light growl; the team snap to the sound and see red eyes in the dark bushes and the come out revealing a pack of Beowolves, but what they don't know it's the deadly pack that all teams were warned about.

"Defensive Formation!" Jaune ordered, soon the four members take their defensive stance, and the Beowolves engage at them.

Three of the Beowolves surround Pyrrha and Juane, "Like we practised" the two, then charged at the Beowolves and the three are completely wiped from existence.

Nora began firing Magnhild's grenades at the main pack of Beowolves, but one manages to get behind her. The Beowolf charged at her and disarms her, and Nora looks at the Beowolf face to face, it charges at her, but at the last moment, Ren dives and takes the attack, to which the Beowolf bites Ren's neck-shoulder joint rather violently till being impaled by Pyrrha's javelin.

Nora quickly runs to Ren and turns him over, and see Ren bleeding heavily, Jaune quickly calls for an emergency response medical team, and soon everything became silent…

As the four other teams arrive along with Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch, to extract Team JNPR, who all see Ren's dire situation.

All Ren could hear was faint voices disoriented

"Quick get him on board!" a voice ordered

"He's losing too much blood!" a voice yelled in panic

"Why isn't his aura doing anything!?" a voice yelled in concern and confusion

January 21st 2015: Beacon Academy Medical Centre Roof Top – Two Hours Later

Soon everyone is extracted and taken back to Beacon Academy, where Ren is taken to extensive care and no one, net even the remaining members of Team JNPR could go see him, all that everyone could do is wait.

January 21st 2015: Beacon Academy Medical Centre waiting room – An Hour Later

Team RWBY and JNP wait in the waiting room, hoping to hear news from the Academy's top doctors, Doctors Mogar Jones and Creeper Free, Nurses Ray and Linda, soon Nurse Linda comes out.

"What's his state nurse?" Nora asked hoping that her best friend is okay.

"Well, he's still alive, but barely, because unfortunately what Ren was bitten by was an evolved Beowolf, and it's properties are that, any form of being that is bitten by it, it released a toxin that feeds on the aura and after it finished devouring the Aura, it causes the body to shut down completely, and his aura has depleted to critical levels" Nurse Linda breaks the news to teams.

"He's going to okay, right?" Yang asked.

"We aren't sure, we are currently creating a serum, that will help replenish his aura, but we aren't sure it will work, since the experimental medical dust shipment hasn't arrived from Atlas" The nurse states "Also Professor Ozpin has allowed your teams to take the next week off, you are all free to do what you want" soon the nurse leaves, and the team head off thinking about Ren's condition.

January 21st 2015: Beacon Academy Cafeteria – 20 Minutes Later

The hunter and six huntresses, walk to the table, barely touching their plates, all feeling sad, but hoping that what the Beacon doctors come up with, will work. But currently, everyone just felt miserable.

Weiss sighs "Yang, got any puns I can hear?" she asked desperate to rid the thoughts in her head.

"Can't too sad" Yang responded by laying her head on the desk.

"Want some cookies Ruby?" Jaune asked sadly, holding a bag of cookies in front of her.

"No thanks, too sad to eat" was Ruby's response and Jaune then just throws the bag on the table, soon Team CFVY arrives and sees the downed members of Team RWBY and JNP.

"You guys alright?" Coco asked everyone, and no-one responded. Soon the team takes a seat, to help comfort them.

Velvet goes and grabs everyone a glass of milk, to which everyone drinks but doesn't make them any better.

"You guys seem so upset, I'm sure he's going to be okay" Velvet chimed.

"Thanks Velvet" Nora tells the Rabbit eared Faunus.

"I'm glad to help" Velvet said with a small smile, till turning her head, she sees Team CRDL approaching.

"Hey, how's your teammate?" Cardin asked

"We aren't sure" Blake tells them

"Well, we just want to tell you guys that, we hope he pulls through, and that we're on our way to give him some get well cards" Sky states showing everyone the cards.

"Yeah, we'll see you guys around" Cardin states, till leaving with Team CRDL.

First Team CFVY was confused with CRDL, they never been like this until now, but the others didn't care, and decided to create some get well cards themselves to help him.

Soon over the next couple of days, while the serum is being created, Team RWBY and JNP begin, sending cards and gifts to their friend, and this filled everyone one with hope, that Ren will be okay.

February 1st 2015: Beacon Academy Dormitories: 9 Days Later

Team RWBY and JNP, come back from a mission in town, but as soon they arrive back at the academy, they are called by Professor Opzin with a message from the medical centre.

"Team RWBY and JNP, you have been requested to head to the medical centre" was the call to both team leaders and without hesitation, the seven of them head for the centre.

February 1st 2015: Beacon Academy Medical Centre Waiting Room: 4:35pm

The teams wait in the waiting room, and Nurse Linda and Ray come out with very sad expressions.

"Is Ren okay? Please tell me he's okay" Nora said with tears about to come out.

"I don't know how to break it to you, but he's gone…" Nurse Linda breaks the bad news to them.

"What?!" was a lot of the members reactions, while some were simply shocked.

"How did he die? You said that the serum would help him survive" Jaune yells in sadness.

"Unfortunately, Ren had a major allergic reaction to the serum, due to the reaction, it sped up the toxin's actions, killing him, we're so sorry, we did the best we could" Nurse Ray tells them and hugs Nurse Linda as she began to weep.

The Teams didn't know what to do, he was gone, Nora fell to her knees, knowing her best friend was gone, and began to cry. Pyrrha had finally broke, the five time Mistral Champion, invulnerable to any opponent, had broken down, by the loss of Ren, she is embraced by Jaune as she cried into his shoulder but could also hear Jaune's faint weeping. Team RWBY all begin to cry, Ruby slumps back into her seat with her head in her hands crying, Weiss sit next to her, with her hand on her back trying to hold her tears, but is unable to and lets them out. A sadden Blake sees Yang almost baling her eyes out like Nora, so Blake hugs Yang, but also began weeping.

February 1st 2015: Beacon Academy Headmaster Office: At the same moment

Professor Ozpin sighs, and puts his cup of coffee down.

"Professor Ozpin?" Glynda Goodwitch asks the headmaster of Beacon "Are you alright?"

"As hunters and huntresses, we know that we put our lives on the line, but you'd expect that after they graduate, not before" Ozpin states with sadness.

"I know… but part of me wished we could have done more" Goodwitch responds.

"You and me both, schedule a funeral, and rename the Memorial Cemetery, to the Lie Ren Memorial Cemetery" Ozpin tells Goodwitch

"Already on its way" she responded till starting to weep, Ozpin hears and embraces her.

"Let's all hope he's in a better place" was Ozpins words to her.

February 6th 2015: Lie Ren Memorial Cemetery: Present Day

All teams from Beacon take their seats, absorbing the light rain, all ready to pay their respects to the fallen hunter in training.

Nora's thoughts

Why is worst of us spared, while the best are taken? Even I can't answer that question. Everyone tells me that death comes for us all, eventually and as a hunter or huntress it's easy for one death to become just another number. But… all I knew was my best friend was gone, and a part of me wished that I had been taken instead, I don't know what I'm going to do without him… Goodbye Ren… I'll miss you…

Soon Nora's attention turns back to the funeral of her best friend; Nora turns and sees Pyrrha and Jaune still weeping, and a small speech from Jaune, as its tradition for a team leader to say a few words, on his friend's behalf.

Soon Professor Ozpin gets on the stand, to begin. "We are gathered here to pay our respects to young hunter in training, Mr. Lie Ren. He was a young but determined student of our academy, not once he has disappointed us, and showed us all, he embodies out concepts here at Beacon; Determination, Skill and Responsibilities, more than any other, student we've had at our academy, unfortunately on the 1st of February of this year, was the sad ending to a young man who had a whole life to fulfil, and so it's time to say goodbye to Mr. Lie Ren, a student I had the honour of teaching and housing, it's a sad day to see so much potential in a person fade away, and by the academy standards, Lie Ren was one of the very best" he tells the crowd, "Now, a few words from Lie Ren's team leader, Mr. Jaune Arc"

Jaune then takes the stand and begins "Ren was more than just a comrade, more than just a fighter, more than a student, more than a hunter, he was a friend, a friend not to me, but to everyone who knew him, from our academy to the far region of Remnant, but today he leaves behind, family…" he turns to Nora, Pyrrha and Team RWBY till continuing his speech "Friends, fellow Hunters and Huntresses and a better world".

Soon everyone begins to pay their respects, beginning with Professor Ozpin, followed by Goodwitch, Port and Oobleck. Soon Jaune pays his respects followed by Pyrrha, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Ruby then finally Nora. As Nora walks away, Team CFVY walks up to her "I'm sorry for your loss, listen we take care of our comrades, you need anything, please let us know, you're not alone in this" Velvet tells her, till walking up to pay their respects, and Nora begins to go into deep thoughts again.

"Not Alone in this? I'm pretty sure I am, no one aside his family, know him better than I, I'm gonna miss him, no matter… what I wish for… he won't come back…" Poor Nora thought, then she sees Professor Ozpin and Goodwitch talking with a strange figure.