Something to know before you start: this is my first fanfic. I'm just going to that get out of the way. I would appreciate feedback.

The JADF Chronicles-Volume 0:

Green, Orange, Blue, and Pink

Chapter 1:

Jade and Ruby

JADE

"Ruby Rose has it rough. I can vouch for that. I'm one of her closest friends. The two of us go back. The thing is, she's two years younger than me. Because of that, before I end up going to Beacon, I decided to accompany her to her mother's grave. Ruby doesn't really talk much about her, but I've heard that she was an amazing huntress. I wish that I could have met her, but you can't do anything about being dead. As I stood there watching Ruby, I realized that she's almost a different person when she "speaks" to her mother. Her crimson hood covers her face, and she keeps her head down, mourning, but also finding peace. Sometimes I wonder if she is one of the "loneliest of all" that that one song talks about, but I feel like that can't be true. She's got me and Yang, her sister, and plenty of other people that care about her.

"After she finished paying her respects, Ruby turned around and started on the path home, telling me that she was ready to go. We started our long trek through the forest. As we did, we heard rustling in the bushes all around us. We both knew what it was. Grimm. More specifically, Beowolves. They had surrounded the both of us. Just as they began to lunge at Ruby, she disappeared. She had used her speed to dodge the attack. At that moment, she was gracefully gliding in midair. Ruby pulled out Crescent Rose, her personalized scythe-sniper rifle combination of a weapon, and I pulled out my sword. Ruby shot at the first Grimm to approach her. I slashed through three at once. Because of our attacks, we had given ourselves a little space. After she landed, Ruby glanced back at me. I got the message, almost as if we can read each other's thoughts."

"As she started to do her own thing, I swung my sword back and forth, pulling the trigger on the hilt of the sword in a sort of rhythm. The slots in my blade flashed in sync with the rhythm, firing bullets at the Grimm. More had fallen. With even more space between the remaining Grimm, I thought that it was time to make things more interesting. I started to run, letting the Beowolves chase me. While I was running, I returned my sword to its sheath on my back and started to punch in a code on the computer on the back if my glove. After I punched the code in, I reached behind me and tapped the gem on the hilt. I yanked the sword and sheath from my side and held the handle with both hands as it quickly became a scythe, more specifically Ruby's Crescent Rose, except that it didn't fit the name anymore. This one was the color scheme of my weapon, green and black. Not only that, but the gem and computer from my weapon had moved to accommodate to the shape of the weapon. I quickly slid and turned around to face the Grimm, readying the weapon as Ruby would. I swiftly spun the scythe, cutting up Grimm left and right. I plowed through the monsters like it was nothing, mimicking Ruby's skills with my own flair."

"Eventually, after taking down more and more Grimm, I ended back up with Ruby in the midst of all the chaos. We were back to back once again. 'Let's go! Roses and Thorns!' I yelled to her. Knowing what that meant, she smirked as she reloaded and grabbed my arm. I closed my eyes and focused. When I opened them, they were silver, like Ruby's, instead of their usual green, for I had copied her speed semblance. I nodded to her, and we started running in circles as fast as we could. We were practically a tornado, with our scythes slashing and and our sniper rifles shooting. We were controlled chaos. After decimating all of the Grimm with that attack, the two of us stood there, catching our breath."

"'You did great out there,' I said after a while."

"'Thanks! You were amazing, too!' Ruby replied. I smiled, taking her praise. I'm used to it from her. Ruby loves all kinds of weapons and fighting, and she probably wouldn't be able to find a better embodiment of that kind of stuff than me and my powers. It's not the main reason why we became friends, but it was something that we have in common. After a quick breather following that intense fight, we moved on to our destination: home."

"Wow, Jade!" Doli finally said. "What a story! It's just as awesome as the tales you used to tell me when we were younger." Jade smiled. When they were kids, he loved to tell his sister all about the endeavors of heroes from his imagination, mostly because she was the only one that listened to them. The difference between those fairy tales and the one he had just told her was that this one was true. He truly did know a girl named Ruby Rose that fought alongside him in a forest. In fact, Doli had just met Ruby the day before when Jade had been saying his goodbyes to her. Now, they were just at a cafe catching up on things. Doli sat back in her chair. "So, do you got any other amazing adventures that you've been on since I've been gone?" Jade thought about telling her about the other people that he met recently, but decided against it. Instead, he stood up and stretched. "There are more, but let's save them for another day. It's getting late, and I need to get packing to go to Beacon." Doli gave a sigh of disappointment. "All right then." They paid the bill for their food and left for Jade's hotel room.

As they were walking, Jade turned to Doli. "Oh! I almost forgot to give this to you!" He pulled out a small pendant out of his pocket. It had an aqua-colored gem in the center of it, her favorite color. "I've been making these for my friends. Legend has it that these form a special bond between the people that they are given to and the one that makes and gives them. I've been giving these to Ruby and other people that I've befriended, but I've been saving this one for you." Doli took the pendant and looked at it. "It's beautiful," she said. "I love it." Jade smiled. "I guess that's a benefit of being my little sis. You get an awesome brother." Doli smiled back and hugged him. The two siblings continued on to their destination, ready to get some rest for the coming day...

Here's Jade's profile. I'm planning on doing one for each member of team JADF as they are properly introduced.

Jade Loden-

Age: 17

Main Color: Green (Jade)

Eye Color: Green

Handedness: Right

Hair: Dirty Blonde, short and curly

Defining Clothing Item(s): A "Hoodie Jacket", his Green Pendant, A Fingerless Glove on his left hand (Which he inputs the codes in for his weapon)

Good Points of Reference: Link (Legend of Zelda, for weapon style), Soma (God Eater, for clothing), Sora (Kingdom Hearts, for clothing)

Overall Theme: Sci-Fi

Biography: A soon-to-be member of team JADF, and an acquaintance of Ruby, Yang, and some other people. He is heir to the Rainbow Gem, which he has incorporated into his weapon. His sister has mysteriously reappeared after running away many years ago. Despite his shyness, he is great at making friends. Maybe it's because of the beautiful and mysterious pendants he makes and gives to the people he befriends.

Weapon: A sword that also has a firing mechanism in the blade part. It can copy other people's weapons using the Rainbow Gem, his family heirloom that grants different abilities depending on the person. Though this is usually only achieved by being near the weapon in question, Jade has found ways around this. He created a sheath for the sword that he keeps on his back. It has a computer in it, which saves weapons as code to its database and can transform along with the sword. He inputs the code on the back of a glove on his left hand.

Semblance: Jade can copy the semblances of others, though it does have its limits. Semblances can only be copied through touch after Jade has previously witnessed the semblance in use, and he cannot copy certain semblances that are tied to something specific (like Weiss's Summoning Ability). Those that he can copy, however, remain within him. His eye color also changes to the color of the person he is copying while he is using his/her semblance.

Anything not specified, including names of items, can be left to the imagination.

Chapter 1 Trivia:

-Like the original "Red Trailer," this chapter was mostly made to be a weapon demonstration (as the RWBY wiki says), though Jade and Ruby act a little more in character in this version, and it is instead a retelling by Jade to Doli.

-The main reason for this chapter is when Jade is retelling the story rather than it taking place as the action unfolds is because I originally wanted the story to be in the first person perspective of each character. I later realized that it wasn't working as I planned, so I decided to write it in third person (Like The Heroes of Olympus series), switching between perspectives of the four members of team JADF, and possibly beyond them if it gets to that point.

-Jade has yet to come up with a name for his weapon, both due to its ever-changing nature, and simply because he doesn't know what to call it. (That may or may not be my fault, too. ;))