Dreaming of a better future

AN/ Ok so I have a full AN at the bottom so please read that.

BN/ Hey this is Maestro of Madness the beta…. That's it. Not much else…. Sorry.

Chapter 1

In a large stadium like room with an arena like ring. A small crowd of people sit in the stands as three people stood in the middle of the ring. One of the people in the ring was a beautiful middle-aged woman with light blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. She has bright green eyes while wearing ovular glasses.

She was dressed in a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet like cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Along her waist she had on a black waist high pencil skirt with bronze buttons and brown stockings along her legs. She had a black cape that was purple inside. This woman was one Professor Glynda Goodwitch. To her side stood two boys.

The boy on her left had burnt orange hair that was combed backwards with a slight peak in the front with indigo eyes. He had on silver-gray armor with gold trim. Across his chest piece the young man had a bird insignia out stretched over it. Underneath his armor he was wearing a black shirt with red trimming and black pants and boots with a red belt tied around his waist. This brutish looking young man was one Cardin Winchester.

Across from the brute on the right of Professor Goodwitch was another young man with messy blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He had on a short sleeved black hoodie with orange inlay and faded blue jeans with some sneakers. Over top of his hoodie he had on a white chest plate that connected with a back plate by two under arm plates of armor and over the shoulder leather wraps and shoulder armor that hat taste like plates underneath to guard his biceps. He had on two belts that crisscrossed each other with a pair of small pouches hanging from them.

This young blonde knight was one Jaune Arc, and at the moment Professor Goodwitch was preparing to start up a training match between the blonde knight and the brute before him.

"Alright class this will be the last match of the day."

The professor declared loudly so the students in the stands could hear her.

"Alright remember this will be your last class for the semester with the Vytal festival coming up in a month so you will have a break till the festival starts. In that time, I don't want any of you slacking off with you training."

The professor said in a stern tone as she looked to the students who all just gave her nods and smiles. With that the professor turned to the two students before her in the ring.

"Alright you know how this goes but I will go over it one last time. We will be using tournament style rules meaning the match will be decided when one of the combatant's aura hits the red, if they are knocked out of the ring or the opponent is disarmed." The professor paused to see if the students were following before continuing. "I don't want either of you to fight if your aura drops to the red is that understood!"

The professor said sharply as she shot a small glare to the blonde knight on her right who just flinched slightly and turned away. The professor didn't say anything else as she turned her glare away from the blonde knight and to the brute on her left who just stood with a smug smile as he gave a mock hurt expression before returning to his smug smile.

The professor held back a sigh and began to step out of the ring as it was slowly lifted up about a meter from the ground and a force field dome expanded around the ring. The lifted ring was a hexagonal shape about 60 feet wide around. The two young men in the center stood 20 feet from one another at the center of the ring.

The professor stood off to the side just outside of the force field typing into her scroll.

"Alright the match will begin when the timer hits zero, are the combatants ready?"

The professor asked as she looked up to young men.

"Ready and waiting teach." Declared Cardin with a hug smug smile as he rotated his mace in his left hand.

"I am ready Professor." Spoke Jaune in a more calm tone than the brute before him as he drew his sword and extended his shield from its shield form. Glynda gave a nod as she pressed a button on her scroll as the large projector activated above the ring projecting the aura levels of Jaune and Cardin above for the class to see as a timer started counting down from five.

"You can do it Jaune!"

A voice shouted from the stands causing Jaune to give a small sideways glance to see his teammates and friends were there to cheer him on. The one who shouted was one Ruby Rose who was waving a small flag that said 'Go team RWBY' with the team RWBY part crossed out with his name written on it in red sharpie above. The blonde knight gave a small chuckle at that while feeling slightly down seeing as it wasn't really a 'Go Jaune' flag but a 'Go team RWBY' flag.

He just shook his head as he turned back to Cardin as the timer hit zero and the match began while Jaune's team and friends still cheered. As Jaune turned back to Cardin though he was met with the brute easily closing the distance between them already 5 feet from him. Jaune gave a small yelp as he dived to the side dodging the strike as the brute's mace crashed into the ground where the blonde knight used to be just seconds ago.

The blonde knight rolled to his feet quickly turning around just in time to see the brute swinging his mace towards him horizontally, aiming to swipe at his head. The blonde knight jumped back dodging the strike by only a hair as he felt the corners of the mace graze the tip of his nose. Jaune gulped as he began to back pedal as Cardin continued to swing at him.

The blonde knight knocked most of the strikes aside with his sword and shield as he continued to back pedal watching to make sure he didn't run himself out of the ring.

"Come on Jauney, don't just dodge you little rat!"

The brute growled out as he continued his assault quickly losing his temper at Jaune's dodging. The blonde knight just held back a wince as one of Cardin's hits finally landed as it smashed into his left shin knocking him to the ground with a heavy thump. Jaune quickly rolled to the side, dodging Cardin's boot as it slammed into the ground where Jaune's head was as he pushed himself back up off the ground as he dodged another swing from the brute's mace that clipped his left shoulder.

The strike had enough force to lift Jaune up even more even though it just hit his shoulder but instead of throwing the knight off balance it helped him rise back to his feet. As he landed and lanced out with his sword landing a strong thrust into the brute's gut that knocked him back about three feet giving the knight the time he needed to put more distance between him and the brute. Jaune put about 10 feet between him and Cardin as he prepared for the brutes next assault. The brute let out a snarl as he tightened his grip on his mace and smug it like one would swing a golf club as he activated the dust in it creating an explosion using the arena floor to create debris, sending it flying towards the blonde knight.

Jaune blocked the debris with his shield as it peppered across its surface with loud clangs. The assault wasn't that strong but it did push Jaune back some from the explosive force. The blonde knight didn't hesitate as he charged forward collapsing his shield, taking his sword in a two handed grip, watching as Cardin rushed forward towards him, mace drawn back ready to strike.

When the two were in range of one another they both struck. Cardin brought his mace down in an over the head swing to crush Jaune while he brought his sword up in an upward slash. The two weapons crashed together as Jaune's sword grinded along the shaft of the mace grazing Cardin's chest piece as it then latched into the maces head stopping the brutes strike before it him the knights head. The two looked at each other as Jaune kept the mace from crushing him.

He quickly shifted his footing as Cardin threw a punch with his left that the knight dodged by a hair as he rammed his shoulder into the brute's chest knocking him back and disarming him as he pushed with his sword ripping the mace from Cardin's grip. Cardin stumbled back as he looked to his hand to see his weapon gone only to hear a clang as he saw his mace land several feet behind Jaune. He stared in slight shock as he saw Jaune prepare to swing at him.

The knight slashed out cutting across the brute's chest sending him flying back to the edge of the ring a good 10 feet back. With that there was a bell that rang out as the match was ended with Jaune as the victor. The blonde knight stood panting as he turned to look at the projector to see his aura levels to see he was about one hit from hitting the red while Cardin still had at least 1 quarter of his aura left.

It was odd the aura meter said he was about to hit the red on aura charge but he didn't feel like that. It confused him seeing as he should feel the drain of having low aura. 'Well that is odd.' The knight thought as he let out a sigh as he turned to see Professor Goodwitch walking up to him. As she looked to Cardin who was grumbling as he stood up and moved to collect his mace.

"Well done Mr. Arc, you have improved since the last time we had you fight. I am glad to see such an improvement."

Professor Goodwitch said as the arena lowered itself. Jaune almost thought he saw the corner of the professor's lips curl as she spoke but quickly dismissed the thought as he stepped out of the ring.

"Thank you professor, I am glad I have improved as well."

The knight said as he smiled at his professor before turning back to the stands to see his friends waving at him while Ruby and one of his teammates, Nora, stood holding up a small banner that said 'Go team RWBY'. Only again like the little hand flag Ruby had been waving earlier, the team RWBY part was crossed out to say his name although why it was in bright pink letters the knight didn't know.

Again Jaune felt happy but a little sad seeing as it wasn't a real 'Go Jaune' banner. Why that bothered him was simply because he had a small ego and it was hurt easily. He let out a tired sigh as he turned to see the professor as she began to end the class.

"Now with that students we will be ending the class. I wish you luck when the Vytal festival comes around, now go and enjoy your break but please do be safe."

The Professor said as the students finally began to leave. Jaune was about to join his team and friends only to stop when Cardin stood in front of him glaring.

"Well would you look at that, the fake got professor Good bitches favor."

The brute snarled as he smiled darkly at the knight. The knight shot a sharp glare at the brute as he gripped the hilt of his sword.

"Whoa now calm down, if you try anything I might just have to tell the good professor about those transcripts. Remember I only kept your secret because you saved me but if you attack what reason do I have to keep that secret."

The brute remarked smugly as Jaune grit his teeth at the threat. He tightened his grip on his sword only to let out a tired sigh and let go as he began to walk past the brute. Before passing him though Cardin raised his hand stopping him.

"You see I will keep your secret because you saved me but you should know. You are a fraud and if you keep on acting like you belong sooner or later you are going to screw up and get your team killed. When that happens I won't be the one to tell your secret…" The brute paused as he turned with a dark smile as he stared at Jaune. "You will tell everyone yourself because you will finally know just how much of a failure you are."

With that said Cardin walked away as Jaune stood there with a lost stare as he looked up to see his team and friends slowly making their way towards him. Jaune wanted to speak up to Cardin, to stop him, to say he was wrong, but in truth he actually believed the brute. He would have continued on with that train of thought till he saw Pyrrha, his partner, walking up towards him with a slightly worried stare.

"What did Cardin want just know?"

She asked worriedly as she stared off towards the brute before looking back to Jaune who gave her a small sad smile as he shook his head.

"Cardin was just being Cardin, you know the normal jerk kind of stuff he does."

The knight lied as he let out a sigh before the rest of his friends showed up as Nora ran around him and then jumped onto his back as he braced himself so he didn't fall. Pyrrha held her worried stare for a little bit longer before deciding to hold off on her questioning as Nora began to talk.

"That was such a cool fight Jaune, you were so awesome out there!"

The young Valkyrie shouted in glee as she hung from Jaune's shoulders. The knight just chuckled as he did his best to keep his balance with the Valkyrie bouncing on his shoulders.

"Yeah Jaune you were so cool."

Ruby cheered as she jumped in front of the knight with a bright smile as the rest of Jaune's friends came up behind her.

"Yeah Rube's is right you were pretty cool out there vomit boy."

Yang said as she came up and slugged the knight in the shoulder. He just gave a slightly hurt look as he wobbled again starting to lose his balance as Nora continued to rock on his shoulders.

"Hey come on Yang, when am I going to lose that nick name?"

The knight asked in a slightly hurt voice as the blonde brawler just rolled her eyes at him as she grabbed his shoulders stopping him from toppling over.

"When you do something to earn a new one."

The blonde brawler remarked with a sly smile as Jaune just sighed in defeat as his last teammate Ren came up.

"Nora please get off of Jaune, you are going to knock him over at this rate." The green ninja remarked as Nora did as he asked and jumped off of her team leader. "Also good fight Jaune, that training you have been doing is paying off."

The green ninja said as Nora bounced her way towards her partner and got on his shoulders. Behind him the last two members of team RWBY stood.

"I must agree you have certainly improved Jaune."

Blake said, impress by how far the knight had come before returning to her book. Jaune smiled at her complement while feeling a little at odds with whether he should be glad she complemented him or hurt she was able to complement one second and read the next like no one was around.

"Well thank you Blake that means a lot."

The knight said with a small smile as the Faunus in disguise gave a small nod. Jaune turned to see Weiss staring at him with a calculating look before she gave a small hmph and began to speak.

"While I must say you have improved, you still made far too many mistakes in your fight, you could have easily taken Cardin out ten times had you been more aggressive, as well as actually try to aim your strikes over the clumsy swings you gave and for that I will say you gave a subpar performance."

The heiress said in her normal snobby tone as she crossed her arms in an act of saying that she was proud of her analysis of the fight. The knight just gave a slightly confused look as he didn't know whether to be glade she complemented him for once or just angry that she somehow thought that by analyzing the fight made her better.

"Well thank you, I think."

Jaune was about to continue only to stop when his scroll began to ring. He quickly pulled it out to see he had a message from Ozpin. That caught him off guard as he opened the message to see it was a request for him to pick up a packaged that had arrived. He was confused by why Ozpin had a package for him but decided he would question the headmaster when he saw him.

"What was it?"

Ruby asked as she looked to him as he just gave her a small smile and waved off handed.

"It seems a package came in for me."

He said as he put up his scroll and waved everyone off as he turned to leave. Pyrrha had offered to join him but he turned her down saying he didn't want to waste her time. Although the Spartan didn't think it was a waste of time if she was spending it with him but she didn't voice her thoughts as she let him go as he told them that he would meet them in the mess hall when he found out what arrived for him in the package.

As the knight split from the group a pair of silver eyes watched from the sidelines in the shadows. Around the silver eyes a silhouette formed as the person watched Jaune leave to meet with Ozpin. In a flash the silver eyes vanished without a trace save for what looked like a white and red petal falling to the ground where the figure once stood.

Outside of the arena Jaune was making his way towards the headmaster's office at the top of the emerald tower. Jaune decided he would take his time with his walk there as he slowly moved about gazing at the scenery around him. He watched as students all went about the rest of their day talking about what they were going to do for their break while transfer students milled about doing the same.

As the knight walked on he watched as students joked and lounged about. Jaune watched all kinds of students mess around. He saw a jazzy looking guy in a fedora hanging around some brightly colored cat Faunus who reminded the knight of a certain Valkyrie he knew. He also saw a strange Atlas looking girl in a blue beret constantly staring at her watch. That one kind of confused him as he wondered what was so important that the girl had to look at her watch every 30 seconds.

And no that wasn't a guess, he counted to see how long it took for her to look at her watch, he wasted about 5 minutes making sure he wasn't wrong. Why he didn't know, it just happened. While after seeing the strange watch girl he caught sight of a skater girl doing some pretty awesome tricks on a hover board. Jaune had an old fashion skate board back home that he used to ride but he always wanted a hover board.

After his walk, which took him around 30 minutes, he finally arrived at the emerald tower. As he entered the tower Jaune went to the elevator that lead straight to Ozpin's office to pick up the package that was sent for him. As he entered the elevator Jaune finally began to wonder why the package came to Ozpin over his room.

Normally all mail and postage was sent to the dorm room of the recipient, so for the package to go to Ozpin either meant he asked for it to be sent to his office or the sender didn't put the right address or label it correctly. With that thought Jaune began to wonder which of those was the case in this matter as he waited for the elevator to reach the headmasters office.

After about a minute the elevator finally came to a stop and the knight made his way out of it into the headmaster's office. As Jaune entered he was met with the amazing sight of cogs and glass floor and ceiling. While amazed by the crazy clock design Jaune's attention was quickly brought to the headmaster who was sitting behind his desk, fingers locked before his face hiding him mouth.

The knight's amazement quickly turned to concern as the headmaster stared at him with his ever stoic gaze. The knight began to wonder if he did something wrong when he began to think what if Ozpin had lied about there being a package just to get the knight in his office to expose him for his forged transcripts. That thought was quickly disposed of when the headmaster spoke up.

"Mr. Arc, I called for you half an hour ago, why would a short walk from the arena, which in only ten minutes away, take you thirty minutes. Please do not tell me you hit all the buttons on the elevator?"

The headmaster asked in a confused tone as rubbed his forehead. Jaune now stood confused as he tried to understand what was going on and why Ozpin seemed so off as well as that strange remark about the time. He wondered if it had something to do with that girl who was staring at her watch. Did she and Ozpin have some sort of time watching relationship or something?

Well Ozpin's office is inside a giant clock so that wasn't such a farfetched idea other than no one does that unless it was some strange religion.

"Sorry Ozpin I didn't know you needed me right away for a package, I mean you did have to call me up here. You could have just sent it to my dorm room and no I didn't hit all the buttons."

The knight apologized as he gave a small smile. The headmaster though didn't really react and simply let out a sigh as he took his glasses off and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"That is good but you see Mr. Arc my original plan was to send the package to your room but you see the package I referred to happened to of go astray."

The headmaster said in a cryptic manner that confused Jaune.

"What do you mean it went astray did someone else take it?"

The knight asked, to which Ozpin shook his head as he put his glasses back on.

"You see Jaune this package isn't really a package what I was sending was…."

The headmaster stopped talking as the elevator to his office dinged signaling someone's arrival. The knight turned around as he looked to the elevator along with Ozpin as it slowly opened. As the doors opened, in walked a small figure in a tattered red cloak. The cloak looked like Ruby's only shorted and more worn down having been ripped in half along its back with one of its half's being used like a scarf around the figures neck.

The figure was no more than 3 feet tall maybe shorter. The figure was that of a young girl. She had on a knee length black red trim combat skirt with leggings on and a pair of sneakers. She had on a grey long sleeved shirt were the sleeves were just a little too long extending down her hands leaving on the tips of her fingers visible. The girl had short black hair with blonde tips that was tied back into a low hanging pony tail.

The girl was adorable to say the least with her tiny little form walking in as the two men watched her as she seemingly ignored them, walking over to Ozpin's coffee maker on the right of the room. The little girl walked up to it moving a small stool for her to stand on as she slowly began to make herself some coffee. But before finishing up the girl turned around and looked at Ozpin and Jaune.

"Do you have any chocolate so I can mix it in?"

The little girl asked in a soft voice as she waited for an answer. Ozpin pointed her to the drawer on her left where she found some chocolate which she quickly broke up and threw into her fresh cup of coffee. After doing that the girl stepped down from the stool and walked over to Ozpin's desk and pushed out a chair for herself to sit on as she than began to drink her coffee or was it hot chocolate now, Jaune wasn't sure, but she began to slowly drink her beverage.

As the young girl did so she looked up to Jaune as he finally got a good look at her eyes to see they were silver just like Ruby's. The girl gave Jaune a small smile as she began to lightly swing her legs in her seat. The knight turned to look at Ozpin who looked just as baffled as Jaune did.

"Ozpin who is this?"

The knight asked confused as the young girl just sat between the two men looking between them as she enjoyed her beverage. The headmaster shook off his confusion and amazement as he fixed his glasses before coughing into his hand.

"Well Jaune I guess I should introduce you, this young girl is Summer Rose Arc, the package I referred to earlier." The headmaster paused as he watched as the gears turned in Jaune's head at the girl's name and what he said. Slowly the knight began to open his mouth to question only for Ozpin to raise his hand stopping him. "This young girl is your daughter, from the future."

Ozpin spoke almost like he was still trying to figure out if what he was saying was true only for the small girl now known as Summer set her coffee cup down on Ozpin's desk as she stood and walked over to Jaune who was just staring completely lost in thought. The little girl gave a wide toothy smile before she hugged his legs.

"Hello papa." The girl said cheerily as she hugged his legs.

End

AN/ yeah I started a new story for some crazy reason that must mean I want to ruin myself by having to many story's! Hurray!

Ok so jokes aside I am starting a new story obviously, this story is inspire by "Yomero choice" as well as the other two fan fics like this one. Now this story is something I want to throw my hand in because I just love the idea of it and I figure I can try and make something that could be funny but still have a proper plot to it I like the story driven story's. ok that was redundant sorry but you get what I mean, so as I said there are two other story's like this one but for some reason the writers don't seem to continue them and I feel to keep this type of story going. I hope my own does good also warning I have no update schedule so the chapters will come out when there done apologues but I will do my best to update this story like I do all my other story's, and yes I have terrible grammar a warning beforehand. This story is me trying to do something funny I hope I can but I never know if my humor is good so I do hope you people like it. Please do leave a review and favorite and follow if you wish.

BN/ Hey this is the beta again… still got nothing.