Prologue part one

"..." Not a single moan escapes me. My vocal organs stopped working long ago ever since that day despite being in perfect condition. My body has been carefully preserved and chained down to multiple pillars of light and darkness.

"..." For a long time, I have been left in this cavern right by her side, a constant reminder of my failure and the role I had to play in his legend.

"..." It is hope at its highest and despair at its deepest. To be so close as if I could just reach out to her if I struggled hard enough and yet these hands could never reach her for she always lied just outside of my reach by mere millimetres.

"..." How idiotic. It must be some detestable figment of my imagination. A misunderstanding coming from my insufficient awareness and inadequate experience. Nevertheless I repeat the never ending cycle of hope and despair.

"..." My soul is on the verge of life and death, while desperately wishing to die, I frantically wish to continue living.

"..." I couldn't do anything to save her. I couldn't feel anything for I have failed her. I was forever stuck in this contradiction known as hell, a perpetual loop of a small flame known as hope covered by all the worlds evil, for that was the role forced upon me. A fallen hero that has lost his path and humanity only to become the new god of darkness.

"..." To be honest I still wish to become a hero.

"Argh my head." My voice coming out as a soft murmur as a piercing headache assaulted me.

"Where am I?" I opened my eyes only to find myself in a middle of a dense forest filled with beings of darkness that felt strangely familiar but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

"AHHHHH" I jumped to the side in an instant in response, pushing out my hands as if I was grasping something and taking on a forward stance.

"... What am I doing?" I didn't know what I just did and why but I could hear someone screaming and judging from my senses he was heading right towards me.

"Trace on?" I uttered these words but nothing happened... Strange I thought for sure those lines would have done something.

"AHHHH." Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone heading towards me with extreme velocities along with a spear sticking out of his hoodie.

"..." I didn't know what to say at this random sight but something about him felt important and yet at the same time repulsive.

In a flash the oddly shaped spear sunk itself into the trunk of the tree with great force, leaving the guy to dangle from above.

"Hey there, mind helping a fellow man out?" He gave a small nervous laugh as he attempted to pry the spear from himself to no avail.

"...Sure" Judging from the force of the impact that the tree just suffered from the flying spear, a couple more should do it. I clenched my hands to form a fist before repeatedly striking the base of the trunk in a flurry of hits.

"Wait, lets think this through for a second." Ignoring him I continued beating down the tree, each hit causing it to shake more and more before finally collapsing under my blows.

"AHH HELP." He screamed loudly as the tree collapsed along with him.

"Don't worry I got you." In an instant as the tree was falling I pulled out the spear with slight difficulties as it was deeply embedded within the wood.

"Thanks for the help. But did you really need to destroy the tree."

"...Yes it was necessary." I couldn't tell him that it was a sudden impulse, but why did I have it in the first place?

"Well anyway the name's Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it." Jaune dusted off all the leaves from his clothes before offering his right hand.

"... Archer Sakatsuki" I took his hand with my own giving it a firm shake. I wasn't sure that was my name but it felt right?

"Well, hot stuff you just joined up with the winning team."

"..."


Author notes

Lazy bad author that only writes first drafts.

This came to randomly when I was thinking about a story in which Shirou has failed and Julian succeeded in writing his legend. I thought about it briefly when I was scrolling through fanfiction and so I came upon RWBY.

I have never watched the anime but I read fanfiction of the stories, and so I looked up its setting in the wiki and with some slight variation it could be made to work. BE AWARE THAT I HAVE NOT WATCHED THE ANIME, meaning I have little knowledge about this.

This story would probably never be worked on, I just wanted to get the idea out on paper hence why it was quite brief.