Beta Reader: Champion of Fate
In the city of Vale they hunted, in the city of Vale they waited. Three of the four riders searched for the fourth and final member of their family in hopes of reuniting it once more. The three of them had been searching for their brother for almost two weeks searching all over Vale. They could sense him but knew not where he was he was.
"Damnit! Conquest has to be in this damned city! There's no other place he could be!" the red cloaked rider said anger seeping from his voice.
"Calm down brother. We won't get anywhere if we go around searching blindly." the black cloaked rider said in an attempt to calm his brother.
"Brother we've been looking for two fucking weeks! I'm sorry if I'm pissed that we've had to do so." the red rider said.
"Enough! This arguing will get us nowhere." the gray cloaked rider said silencing the other two.
The red and black cloaked riders stopped arguing as their brother rose from his seat and walked over to a table that had the map of the city of Vale laid out on it with possible locations of where their brother could be all over it. None of the locations worked.
"Death?" Famine asked.
"I do believe I know where he is." Death said.
"And where might that be?" War asked.
"Here." Death said as he flipped the map over showing the map of a prestigious school for young aspiring hunters.
"Beacon. So Conquest wishes to be a hunter. I'm not surprised. Now let's go and find our brother." War said as he began to exit the room.
"No. I will go alone. The two of you will wait here for me to signal you to come." Death said.
"I see your point Death. You are the only one qualified to enter that school without causing a fuss on the campus." Famine said.
"I don't like it but Famine has a point. I would prefer it if we could go together in case something were to happen but I will honor your orders brother." War said.
"Good. It shouldn't take me long to find him if he is indeed in the academy. I will speak to the headmaster to arrange it and once it is done I will send you both a signal to let you know it is done." Death said.
Famine and War nodded in agreement as Death left the room and shut the door behind him.
Death found himself atop the roof of an old apartment complex and looked up at the shattered moon. He then looked off into the distance at Beacon Academy as he ran towards the edge of the building. He whistled and as he got to the edge his horse Despair appeared and he hopped onto him. He then rode his trusty steed on the tops of the buildings until he got to the river and he then rode his horse atop the water. He made his way to the Beacon cliffs and unsummoned his horse and scaled the cliff till he got to the top.
Death brushed himself off as he stood atop the Beacon cliffs and caught his breath. He then made his way towards the headmaster's office.
"Soon my brother. Just a bit longer." Death said as he made his way into the building and rode the elevator up.
Jaune awoke from his slumber to feel a bizarre chill surge throughout his body as if a blast of cold air just hit him. He wondered if it had anything to do with that dream he just had about the three mysterious riders. Jaune then just brushed it off as being a coincidence as he rose from his bed. He grabbed his scroll from his bedside table and found that it was eight twenty. Jaune hurried into his team's bathroom before his teammates awoke.
After about ten minutes he emerged from the bathroom wearing his uniform ready for the day to come. He found his teammates waiting for him to get out of the bathroom and watched Nora quickly rush into the open bathroom door before Ren or Pyrrha could go ahead of her. Jaune smiled as he heard both Ren and Pyrrha let out a heavy sigh as he went over and sat on his bed.
"Ready guys?" Jaune asked.
"You bet fearless leader!" Nora said in her usual mood with her fist in the air.
"Ready as ever." Pyrrah said.
"Good to go." Ren said with a thumbs up.
The four of them left their teams room and met up with their sister team, team RWBY in the hallway. The eight of them then proceeded to their first class. Professor Ports class. Jaune didn't know what was worse Ports stories, or Ooblecks lessons which were way too fast for him to be able to pay attention to. He eventually stopped trying to take notes and just started recording the man so he could slow down the video and listen to it at a somewhat regular speed.
The only actual class Jaune kinda liked was the combat class, even though he sucked in that as well. At least he had a chance in that class. A very small chance mind you but still.
But as Jaune entered the class he once again felt a chill surge throughout his entire body. He couldn't figure out why it was happening as he tried to
"Jaune, you okay?" Pyrrah asked as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah. Just a chill in the air is all." Jaune said as he walked and sat down in the stands.
Jaune felt a pair of eyes were on him so he looked up and found that a man shrouded in a gray cloak was sitting next to the headmaster and it appeared he was staring at him.
It was one of the figures in Jaunes dream.
Jaune felt something strange surge in him and he twitched as the chill surged throughout his entire body again. He couldn't stop his body from shaking as his friends grew more concerned. But before they could ask him what was affecting him professor Goodwitch came out and started class.
"Alright, class settle down. Today the headmaster will be watching the matches today so make sure you do your best. Now let us begin! The first match will be Jaune Arc vs. Cardin Winchester." Goodwitch said.
Jaune let out an audible sigh as Yang patted him on the back and he got up from his seat and he made his way down to the locker room. He grabbed his families ancestral blade and strapped it to his waist as he put his armored hoody, along with his brown fingerless gloves.
Jaune made his way to the arena floor first ahead of Cardin. Jaune stood in the arena and drew his blade and opened his shield waiting for his foe. But before that could happen the cloaked man who sat next to Ozpin jumped down into the arena and stood across from Jaune. The man stood at six foot six and that alone made him intimidating. Jaune didn't want to think what he looked like under that cloak.
"I have finally found you, my brother. I have waited for this for a very long time." The man said his voice like a rumble of thunder.
"I think you have the wrong guy." Jaune said as he started backing away. But before Jaune could get away the man rushed him and grabbed him, pressing his thumb to Jaune's forehead as he held him up against the wall of the arena.
"Awaken now...rider of conquest." the cloaked man said in a whisper only Jaune could hear.
Jaune then felt an overwhelming amount of pain shoot through his body that made him fall to his knees and grab his head in pain. At this moment Cardin walked out of the locker room with his mace resting on his shoulder and walked towards Jaune.
Jaune looked up and saw the cloaked man standing over him looking down at him. His red eyes shined under the hood of his cloak as he looked down at him. He then jumped back and landed on the walls of the arena so that he could watch the fight.
"Mr. Arc, are you able to continue?" Goodwitch asked.
Jaune began to say he could not compete but as the thought of saying it entered his mind he heard a voice say, "Stand up..."
Jaunes eyes went wide as the voice echoed within his head and he couldn't tell where it came from. "What was that?" Jaune asked himself.
"Stand up...and fight." the voice said again. Jaune felt almost compelled to do as the voice commanded. He stood up with his weapons in hand as the pain still surged throughout his entire body. Regardless he stood up on his feet and readied to fight.
"Very well then. Begin!" Glynda said.
Cardin charged and slammed his mace down onto Jaunes shield hoping to send him flying but to his amazement and everyone else's Jaune stood his ground and didn't even flinch.
Jaune, more then anyone else was shocked. He knew not how he did that but at the moment decided to use it to his advantage, He pushed forward, forcing Cardin back until he was nearly at the wall. Jaune then stabbed his sword at Cardin's head.
Cardin then rolled out of the way of Jaunes sword as it stuck into the arena wall. He then swung his mace and made contact with Jaunes back and it exploded on impact.
"Jaune!" Pyrrah and Ruby yell.
Glynda was about to call the match but before she could Jaune shield shot out from the smoke caused by the explosion and hit Cardin in the face causing him to fall to the floor holding his face in pain.
Jaune exited the smoke with his hoodie almost completely blown off, revealing his toned upper body. He held his family blade in his right hand and made his way over to Cardin who was still rolling on the ground in pain. Jaune stomped his foot down on Cardin's chest plate and then put the tip of his sword to Cardin's throat.
"Yield." Jaune said in a commanding tone.
Cardin looked at the sword then back up at Jaune. He looked as though he wouldn't give two shits if he were to slit his throat right then and there in front of everyone.
"I...I yield." Cardin said aloud.
Jaune took the tip of his sword away from Cardin's throat and began to stumble back before a hand on his shoulder stopped him. He turned around to find the cloaked man standing there with Jaunes sheath in his hand. Jaune took it and sheathed his sword and placed it back on his hip. He then grabbed his head as the pain and voices intensified tenfold causing him to yell out in agony and fall to his knees.
"Who...are you?" Jaune asked.
"Worry not about that now. For now, my brother, rest." Death said as he placed a finger on Jaunes head and he fell forward but was caught.
Death picked the young Arc up in his arms and carried him out of the arena and into the locker room, and then towards the Beacon infirmary.
AN: Alright guys I hoped you liked it. This is me and my friend Champion of Fate newest project and I hope you guys liked it. I have plans for this story and I hope you all stick around to see where it will go.
This story is, as you may have guessed, based on the four horsemen of the apocalypse. This story is based more on the biblical tales of who they are and not so much from the game Darksiders where you get to play as the horsemen. The other horsemen's identities will be revealed later on and their identities have already been decided. If you liked it leave a review and follow this story.
See you guys later!