A/N; Yup another story. I am probably going to only have these four stories out now. I felt like this was needed, and this is four years after Beacon. Everyone graduated, got out, and has separated. More will be explained, but the summary explains a bit to you. Remember this is about the hulk, so Jaune's going to be a bit of an asshole sometimes but still nice. Time to start it up.

Schnee Dust Mines

"Come on boys! That rock ain't gonna mine itself at this rate. Keep it up!" A man shouted at the workers who were using their pick axes to strike the rock at the end of the mine. The mine was full of steel carts full of dust, mostly earth based dust due to their location, and the workers were all striking at rocks at sides of the mines. The workers were all faunus and always worked hard to the point of bones breaking.

However all but one were faunus. This one man was Jaune Arc. He had joined two years ago after becoming nineteen years old and was clearly inexperienced all those years ago, but after a few tips he learned the ropes. He was in the middle of the newest mine at the far right quadrant with about nine other faunus workers.

"So…after I tried getting transcripts, it turned out…that they couldn't make any for Beacon!" Jaune told his fellow miners after finally breaking through another chunk of rock, his blue overalls dirtied once more from the dust that flew off.

"After that I guess you can say I gave up. I mean look at me guys, scrawny, weak, and I didn't even go to combat school. I bet I would have been kicked out the minute I joined even with fake transcripts. Now look at me, working in the mines. My family understood and they didn't really get angry at me, but they were disappointed that I worked here. You know what I'm saying, Mike?" Jaune asked a fox faunus to his right.

Mike was your average build faunus, and was a year older than Jaune, but he had red fox ears and brown eyes. He was one of Jaune's first friends here and helped him with mining the first day. For two years Mike and Jaune had been in the same mining unit and always mined together. However even then it was still depressing.

"Don't sell yourself short kid. You did well, but sometimes we aren't meant for those kinds of things. I mean look at me and tell me what I am." An old faunus on Jaune's left reassured the boy.

This old faunus' name was Eddy and he was about sixty years old with a pair of bunny ears on his head. He had a long beard that went all the way to his chest and was quite big for an old man, but even when old he could still kick the asses of the other faunus here who were sometimes rude. Eddy was considered the wise one of the group and was a good guy with a good heart, but his wisdom was strange. Sometimes it was just so good it was amazing that it helped everyone, but Jaune still needed a bit to go on.

"You're an old worker here, right." Jaune replied to the question he was given only moments ago and struck at a hard piece of rock in his way.

"Yes, but this old worker had so a dream. I wanted to be a hunter, but I was so afraid that I didn't even go to combat school. I thought I would be a failure, but in truth I could have done it. I had the skills, I could have honed them, and I could have achieved my dream. However I let fear guide me, and I ended up here. Jaune you can be so much more, and I see it in you," Eddy stated as he combed his white hair that fell all the way to his back.

"Look, Eddy, thank you but I'm not a hero, I'm not some big time famed hunter, and I'm not destined for anything. I'm just someone expendable in this war of grimm." Jaune stated and stopped picking away at the rock in front of him.

Eddy stopped as well and put a comforting and on Jaune's shoulder. Jaune looked up to see Eddy's eyes shining bright red before returning back to their normal brown color. His overalls stained with dirt and dust.

"You're wrong. I see it in you, a light. A light so fierce that it will burn away all the darkness, and this light will shine your way. The journey will be difficult, but know that you are strong. Now let's get back to work, huh?"

Jaune smiled and looked at the rock in front of him with determination and struck again, but found his tool stuck in a crack he had previously made. He grunted and started to pull but the pick axe would not budge. He growled and put his foot beneath a shard of rock and pulled and fell back with his pick axe in hand, however the crack had grown and this time had emitted a bright green light that radiated from the rock. It seemed to shine throughout the entire mine, gaining the attention of numerous workers who all began putting down their tools to check on the new light.

Jaune got up to see everyone picking away at the source of the light which grew brighter and powerful by the second. Jaune got up and the overseer came on by with his hat shining onwards. The overseer…

Jaune could say that almost everyone hated him, no hate was not the right word. They despised him. He always treated everyone unequally, mocking the faunus and even Jaune. He always gave punishments to those who didn't even do anything wrong. He had gotten a faunus' check cut down by almost seventy five percent just because of a crack he made in a mine of dust was told to be dangerous, but really it was harmless. The overseer was a tall man in his late forties with a beard that wrapped around his chin. He had combed slick black hair that was tied into a ponytail, but his eyes held that of disgust whenever he looked at Jaune.

"What are you all doing? Get back to work and mine that light source. Could be a new type of dust. Now get to it or your salaries are cut AGAIN! Jaune get your ass back to work you slacker! You too old man," Overseer hurried everyone.

Eddy only smiled which seemed to tick the Overseer off. Once he left everyone began picking at where Jaune did while Mike helped him up. After Jaune was pulled he resumed mining the spot he was originally at and as the crack grew so did some sort of feel to the air. Like a gentle hum which grew with every pick into the rock.

"You okay, Jaune?" Mike asked his friend who gave only a nod.

As everyone hit the rock Eddy's face had a look of worry. He sniffed the air and instantly began shouting at the top of his lungs, stopping everyone from working at the moment. The Overseer returned with a look of annoyance on his face as everyone stopped their work.

"What are you stopping for? It's almost cracked open. Get that new deposit of dust, now!"

Eddy looked at the Overseer and shook his head with defiance in his eyes.

"We cannot. I can tell it is unstable dust, and if picked at will collapse the entire mine. We have to check in with the Schnees to see if we can do anything to make it safer, or maybe have some type of supports build to hold the mines up. Everyone will not mine it until we have a safer way of mining the dust. Everyone, let us go now." Eddy led the other faunus and Jaune quickly followed them.

The Overseer growled and grabbed the pick axe from the ground and began striking at Jaune's crack, the largest of the cracks, and Eddy turned around in shock and ran to stop him. However the Overseer landed one last strike to the crack and with that an explosion of rocks and dust occurred. A rock impaled the Overseer, and the last look on his face was one of shock.

Alarms sounded throughout the mines and with that everything began collapsing. The mines were becoming unstable after the explosion, and a green fire began leaking from the crack. Jaune ran back in shock to get Eddy, and Mike would have followed had the crowds of Faunus not dragged him out. Jaune ran through the falling debris and ran through the cave. He froze as he saw the Overseer's body impaled to the far corner of the wall. He looked around and found Eddy on the floor, his chest with a shard of rock impaled through.

"Eddy!" Jaune ran and got down onto his knees and lifted the old man by his head who had a sad smile with blood leaking from his wound. Eddy coughed out some blood and was looking at Jaune with red eyes glowing. The dust that was slowly building up to combustion began building up with fires tracing in.

"J-jaune…I want you to become a hero…your strength is undeniable. I-i-I'm not going to make it kid. I…need you…to become a hero. You are…strong, and your light shines like a flame. It is for…you to decide what you…want to do. You will have two paths for you, and they will…decide your fate, but do not…let it change you. I have…a granddaughter, Velvet. I need…you to find her…she is in…vale. Go find her…and tell her…what…," Eddy's eyes seemed to fade and with that his body stopped breathing.

"Eddy? Come on, don't fuck around with me! Eddy. Eddy! EDDY!" Jaune shouted, but it was of no use. His friend was dead, and he had failed him. A hero though…

The dust behind Jaune began to build up into flashing lights and the explosion would soon come. Jaune thought about everything in his life, his job, and his failures in the past, and his fear. However he would not let those fears dictate his life, nor would it stop him from becoming…a hero. Jaune closed the eyes of Eddy and with that the mine collapsed, closing off the escape for Jaune.

However instead of fear Jaune looked into the dust mine that would implode and he began walking towards it. His eyes showed no fear, but bravery, courage, and determination.

"You think I'm scared? I won't die here. Not now, not ever! COME ON! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT! I WILL LIVE!" Jaune stomped his boot into the ground and with that the explosion occurred. The mines were blown away by a blast of green dust that burst through the collapsed caves and sent a spire of rocks and metal into the air.

The faunus outside all saw the explosion from a safe distance away and bowed their heads in silence and Mike could only shed a tear with the demise of his friends, Eddy and Jaune were gone. They were all evacuated from the area while Schnee managers and construction workers came in to check for any survivors.

During the excavation they found something peculiar there, and all the workers were confused as well from what they saw. It was from where the explosion had started but what they found was disturbing but strange. There lay the body of an old faunus man with bunny ears, but that was strange. Everything had been incinerated and blown apart, but then came the real shocker. A footprint. A large footprint which was the size of a man's chest. The footprints led up to the exposed hole in the ceiling.

Forests

"RAGHH!" With that roar another Ursa Major was sent to the floor, its jaw ripped open and its entire torso full of holes. In the center of a forest there was a creature the size of an ursa with green skin, and eyes that held power. The bodies of over a hundred grimm surrounded it, and they began fading into dust a few minutes after.

The creature turned back and stepped on the last beowolf, ending its pathetic life there. The humanoid creature released another roar of victory and jumped off. It was heading towards…Vale.

A/N; Hey guys and thank a good review, Benthino, for checking the ideas I listed. Now I won't be posting those other stories until one of my stories finishes. I don't want too many, but when I get the time I MAY try. Now send me some reviews and whatever you like. I hope this hulk thing works out, and let's just say Jaune will meet some bad people that we all love. I'll leave it to your imaginations.