Chapter 1

Amity Colosseum was the greatest symbol of unity that it had ever seen. It was what people looked to every two years and remembered that despite the thousands of miles apart they were and the millions of grimm that threatened their kingdoms, that they still stood proud and tall, and would never go down without a fight. The last tournament should been a further reminder of this, when a few young huntresses and huntsmen stood alongside the legendary Maiden of Fall to over throw a pretender who sought the maidens power to make herself Queen of Remnant, but the day that fateful battle was a disaster, as a queen did rise from the ashes of that veritable war, with all the powers of the Maiden of Fall and claimed Remnant as her own.

Queen's reign was merciless and without any care for the lives of those under her. As she ruled from her fiery throne atop Amity Colosseum her iron fist reached across the planet, those who disobeyed were kill, faunas, human it didn't matter, those who stood against or questioned her were killed.

Most, eventually decided to accept their roll in life, if only to avoid death. Those who did this were spared, if they accepted Queen as their ruler and pledge unwavering loyalty than they were spared. But no huntsman received mercy, all huntsman from the old days, were tortured and killed, team CRDL's screams went on for weeks before those finally were silenced. Other young huntresses like those of team NDGO, Velvet and Coco of team CVFY, and and all the others of all the other Kingdoms.

Though none suffered as badly as those of team RWBY, their pain was intended to be eternal, and Queen made sure that it was. Physical pain of every form, whippings, branding's, lacerations, and flaying to name a few of the milder ones. Torture of the soul and pride, rapping, humiliation on television, and making them watch their loved ones die as well. And finally, Queen destroyed their minds, she would inject them with a serum that would bring about hallucinations that would cause them to see their loved ones, and she would combine it with another that would trick the nerves in the body to flare up in excruciating pain, when the two were used in unison it would cause the victim to see their loved ones hurting them over and over again. Queen would give this to them and laugh as they screamed.

One by one, methodically and sadistically, Queen broke the members of team RWBY and when she finally let them die, she hung their corpses from the Colosseum so that all who approached would see what happened to those who dared oppose her.

Not long after the deaths of team RWBY, all organized resistance stopped. No one was willing stand against Queen, with the White Fang under her thumb and the former Atlesian military loyal to her, and her alone, no one was safe if they opposed her. Except one person.

One person who could stand against Queen, who she could catch, stop, or put down, the one man who had on the day of her rise, had held her at bay while others had escaped, the one person who did, and could resist her powers. Jaune Arc.

Despite all of the power Queen had, despite all the resources and numbers that she had access to, Jaune Arc had stood against her from day one. On the day she rose they had faced each other in a fight that was more fierce than any that Queen had had in the past. The fight had torn the arena floor apart and Queen walked away with a scar that went from her left temple all the way to her chin.

Even with that seemingly crippling blow Jaune still lost, and was forced to flee after Queen cut his right arm off. He had nearly drained all his remaining aura blocking her attacks with his semblance as he fled from the colosseum.

It wasn't till three months later that Jaune was seen, with new armor made for grimm plates, twin dust swords, and a new arm that was also made of grimm plates. He alone was able to resist Queen and her forces, he became a small beacon of hope to those who opposed Queen, but even so never appeared in large towns and cities, and never made any connections with anyone.

His resistance made Queen irate, she would level forests and destroy mountains if she heard he was there, but she never caught him. She never even saw him again until nearly a year after her rise, when he appeared before her, his eye's burning with hatred, but also pity. They clashed in that arena, and it was a site to behold. But this one, had a different outcome.

Jaune lay on the ground trying to get his breath back. His grimm plate arm was scratched and battered, the gauntlet on the other arm was cracked and burned. The left side of his vest was blackened and burned along with his lower jaw and neck. His left leg was bleeding from a gash in his calf.

After a few moments he got his hands and feet under him and pushed himself to his feet. Still gasping for air Jaune glanced over to where Queen was, she was even worse off than he was. Her right eye was missing, four gashes crisscrossed her stomach, and the blades of Jaune's dust swords stuck out of her chest pinning her to her throne of red and amber dust. Even so she was still breathing and soon she looked up at Jaune, and her eye's burned with a hatred that Jaune never thought he'd see out of her.

Returning her gaze Jaune finally spoke. "It's over Queen, it's over."

"NO!" Queen screamed, lunging forward trying to get at Jaune, but the dust blades held her, and she was out of aura to activate them and make them move. "Nothing is over!" Her voice made Jaune flinched. "I will not allow you to stop me, I will keep this world safe. Safe from monsters like you who would abuse the power you have! I will not loose, I! WILL! NOT!"

"YOU, will not use what happened as an excuse to kill and oppress those under you!" Jaune yelled back, his grimm arm clenching. "This fight ended a year ago, I was ready to let it end, but you never let go did you. Well I will not let this go on further." Jaune said his voice dropping to a near whisper. Reaching down he picked up Queen's weapon, a red and gold spear that had fallen next to him.

With the spear in hand Jaune strode toward Queen, she thrashed as he approached, trying to move, to attack him, but to know avail. She was defeated, anyone could see it, but she was the only one who refused to accept it.

"Stay BACK!" She screamed again. "I am the Queen, I am the Maiden of Fall, and I will not be beaten by some lowly huntsmen. Do you hear ME JAUNE!?" She screamed again as he came within a foot of her. "DO YOU HEAR ME JAUNE!"

Jaune's fist crashed into the throne next to her head. "I hear you Queen, I've been hearing you for years, I was the idiot who drank in your words and believed you. I should have stopped you when I had the chance." He growled and grabbed her chin. "I won't make that mistake again." He finished and drove the spear through her sternum.

Queen gasped and went limp for a second, before she lunged forward again, but the dust blades and spears held. "I HATE YOU!" She screamed, blood spurting from her lips and onto Jaune's face. "I WILL KILL YOU!"

"STOP FIGHTING PYRRHA!" Jaune screamed back.

Queen stopped thrashing, her remaining green eye went wide, no one had called her that in a nearly a year. Jaune had been the last one, when he had fled he'd looked back at her and said. "I'm sorry Pyrrha." And she hadn't been called that since.

Jaune's head dropped, he rested it against her collar bone. "Stop fighting." He said again, his voice now little more than a horse whisper, and though Pyrrha couldn't see, tears were streaming down his face.

It was a wrong time till Jaune looked up, the anger he'd had in his eyes was gone, replaced by nothing but sorrow and regret. "Stop fighting, you never stopped, even when it was over. Even when we won. We'd done it Pyrrha, we beat Cinder, you, beat Cinder. But when it was over, you didn't stop, when Ren tried to calm you down, you killed him. When we tried to stop you, you killed others, you never stopped, you didn't stop, you still haven't stopped. I'm asking you now, stop. Stop fighting, go to sleep, your journeys over, I win."

"NO!" Pyrrha screamed, fury burning in her eye. "NO, I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!"

Jaune stared at Pyrrha, watching her fury with a sorrowful expression. "Your rule is at an end." He said and placed his hand on the throne. He let what little was left of his aura flow into the dust and activated it, the dust began to glow. "And it wasn't short enough."

Pyrrha's clothing caught fire as the dust heated up and she began to scream. "I HATE YOU!" She screamed again, she repeated it between screams.

Jaune's face deadpanned as he stared at Pyrrha's burning form. As he watched he thought back to the past year. The fall of Remnant, his partner, the woman that had been by his side from his first day in Beacon, had turned into a malicious ruler that he didn't even recognize. His year of opposing her rule, and finally, their last fight, where it had all began, in Amity Colosseum, and where he had at last, ended it.

While these memories passed through his head Jaune remembered something, a poem, from a book that his dad had read him when he was a kid, spoken by a king before an invasion that had nearly destroyed his kingdom.

Where is the horse and the rider

Where is the horn that was blowing

They have passed like rain on the mountains

Like wind in the meadow

The days have gone down in the West

Behind the hills

Into shadow

How did it come to this

Jaune finally turned around and began to walk away, unable to watch anymore, all the while Pyrrah screamed at his back. After what felt like an eternity the dust exploded and the screams were at last, silenced.

And as Jaune left the arena and reached the small ship that had taken him there, only one thought went through his mind.

"How did it come to this?"

Hey guys, it's been awhile I know. I have done a little work on Gone but Never Forgotten. But lately I've been feeling like some ran me over with a truck, both physically and mentally. But that's what school and wrestling do to you. I'm on break right now and wrote this up on one evening where I was bored and decided to submit this because I owe you guys something from me even though it's not nearly as good as some of the other stuff out there, but hey, tell me what you think. I'll probably submit maybe a chapter or two more and keep going if you guys like it. As for Gone but Never Forgotten, I've kinda lost myself in terms of flow for that story and will be going back and trying to find it again. So no know on how long till an update on that. But anyway, please leave a review and thanks for reading.