Hello again my beloved readers I tried to get out this second chapter as soon as possible. So without any further introductions I present chapter 2
RWBY belongs to Monty Oum
Jaune and Ruby made their way to the auditorium after much confusion, frustration and crying (Done by our beloved Jaune) they finally found where they were supposed to go. As they walked Jaune noticed a rather busty blonde waving at Ruby.
"Hey Ruby over here, I saved you a spot." Said the female blonde.
"Hey I gotta go that's my sister! I'll see you after the ceremony." Said ruby.
"Hey, wait!" His shouts were either ignored or unheard as Ruby sprinted off to join the blonde. "Great, where am I gonna find another quirky girl to talk to." Little did he know that a person greatly involved with his future was right behind him. He decided it was just best to try and find a good spot in the sea of students. He did notice a rather loud conversation and decided to investigate. He walked towards the large commotion only to see Ruby in the arms of the blonde girl from earlier. There was also this white haired girl who was yelling at her and holding a pamphlet about dust. She started going off about the Schnee dust company's policies but he had a hard time keeping up with what she was saying. She then shoved the pamphlet in Ruby's face and was about to walk off before the female blonde stopped her and said something about getting on the wrong foot.
"Yeah! Great idea sis!" Ruby then turned around to face the white haired girl.
"Hello Weiss, I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out, we can go shopping for school supplies."
"Yeah, and we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there." She then pointed towards Jaune
'HEY DON'T GET ME INVOLVED!' thought Jaune. He lost interest and walked away before he could get fully involved in the conversation. He tried to awkwardly wade through the crowd and he accidentally pumped into a girl with pink highlights in their hair. He went to help her up and noticed that she was actually a he. He then saw how the guy had magenta colored eyes.
"So… pretty." Said Jaune.
"Um… you okay?" asked the boy
"YEA I'M FINE! It's just that you have pretty eyes."
"Riiiiight, the name's Ren"
"Jaune, Jaune Arc. Sorry at first you looked like a….. never mind."
"Well it was nice meeting you but I have to go meet up with a friend."
"Same to you Ren, I'll see you later." Jaune said weakly. 'Great, the second person you meet and you mistake him for a girl, way to go Jaune.' He thought to himself. Before he could cause any more damage a man with a cane walked up to the microphone and everyone quieted down as he prepared to make a speech. Even Jaune knew enough about Beacon to know that it was Ozpin.
"Ahem… I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your lives to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
During that speech Jaune noticed that Ozpin looked like him during class, tired and bored. 'I wonder how many times he's given that speech to new students like us.' Jaune wondered. He felt a powerful but gentle aura coming off of Ozpin. Jaune wondered exactly what Ozpin was capable of. Ozpin then walked off the stage and Glynda stepped in to take his place.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready." Glynda stared directly at Jaune with those last few words. He felt as if his soul was just pierced with a mere stare.
"You are dismissed." She said.
Later that night as Jaune was getting ready for bed, he looked through his stuff to find his pajamas but was surprised to find footie pajamas and bunny slippers instead of his usual sleep wear. He picked up the note that was left on them that said
'Thought you might want these instead of your usually boring pajamas, this should help you make a few friends. ;D
Love Dad
P.S.- I actually did burn down the kitchen like you joked I would but you won't read this until you're already at Beacon and hey we wanted to get that dumb old kitchen remodeled anyways right?'
'Could this day get any worse? I mean seriously dad? FOOTIE pajamas? Now people are already gonna know how weird I am.' Thought Jaune. He quickly changed into his pajamas and walked into the ballroom. He received a few weird looks from the people who had noticed what he was wearing but nobody said anything. He finally had enough of all the awkward tension and freakish looks he was getting
"YEA I'M WEARING FOOTIE PAJAMAS! YOU JELLY?" Everyone was in an uproar about that last comment. Jaune didn't know if they were laughing at what he said or just plain laughing at him. He decided to just go to bed, he was gonna need as much sleep as he could get with the initiation being tomorrow.
Jaune slept pretty well and woke up feeling good; until he remembered where he was. He finally got up after spending ten minutes in bed with his soul-crushing regret. He got up, got dressed, and did his morning routine. He went into the locker room to get his things when he noticed Weiss and another red headed girl talking about forming teams and decided to use his father's advice in hopes of wooing Weiss. His father had always told him that girls look for confidence. He put on his best false confidence and walked over to them.
"Hey you know what's great? Me, Jaune Arc, nice to meet you."
'Wow I sound like a complete douche.' Jaune thought
"You again?" Weiss said with disgust in her voice.
"Nice to meet you Jaune" said the red head. He completely ignored her and continued to talk to Weiss.
'Wow I am doing this whole confidence thing wrong.' He thought
"So, Weiss I couldn't help but hear your fondness of me the other day"
'This whole thing is just a gigantic train wreck waiting to blow up in my face.' He thought
"Oh you have got to be kidding me." Weiss said
"No need to be embarrassed. So, I have been hearing rumors about teams and I was thinking you and me and could be a good one. What do you say?"
'Stop… just stop before you get yourself hurt' he thought
"Actually I think the teams are comprised of four students each" stated the red head.
'Screw it, if I'm going to do this I might as well follow through.' He thought
"You don't say, well hot stuff if you play your cards right then you might end up on the winning team." Jaune said as he pointed to himself.
"Jaune is it? Do you have any idea who you are talking to?" asked Weiss.
"Not in the slightest"
"This is Pyrrha, She graduated top of her class at Sanctum."
"Never heard of it"
"Won the Vystral tournaments four years in a row."
"Nope"
"SHE'S ON THE FRONT OF EVERY PUMPKIN PETE'S MARSHAMALLOW FLAKES BOX!"
*Gasp* "That's you?! They only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!"
'I underestimated this girl. She must be good the cereal box doesn't lie.' He thought
"Now do you seriously think that you're in a position to be asking this girl to be on your team?"
That last comment hit him hard, hard enough to break through his false confidence.
"I-I guess not… sorry for wasting your time."
"Jaune I think you'd make a great leader." Said Pyrrha
"Thanks for that Pyrrha, its people like you that help me keep going."
Pyrrha was both flattered and surprised at Jaune's sudden change in character. She could see it in his eyes that this was the real Jaune.
"Sorry for acting like a douche. My father said that confidence is always what women look for."
Before Pyrrha could say anything an announcement was made over the intercom asking for the presence of all first year students at Beacon cliff. Jaune took that as a chance to escape this awkward interaction and sped off towards Beacon cliff.
Jaune arrived at the cliff and took his place on one of the platforms. Once everyone had arrived Ozpin stepped forward to address the group.
"Today you will be given teammates. These teammates will be with you the rest of your time here at Beacon so try to pair up with someone you can work well with. This being said the first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years. Once you have landed you will need to make your way to the northern end of the forest and pick up a relic. Then you must make it back to the top of this cliff with your relic intact."
'How exactly are we gonna get down this cliff?' Jaune wondered
"Any questions?"
"Yes, um sir."
"Fantastic! Take your positions."
'He's not gonna do what I think he's gonna do is he?'
Weiss was the first to be launched and one by one the students were launched into the air.
'No.'
"Parachutes?" asked Jaune.
"Nope."
"Didn't think so."
As the line of students started wearing thin Jaune started to panic.
'NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO'
Ruby was launched
'FUCK MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'
Ozpin watched as Jaune was flung into the air.
"and there he goes." Said Goodwitch
"how do you think he'll do?" asked Ozpin
"He's a dead man. A flying dead man."
Well that was a bit more difficult than I anticipated. I think I'm gonna start chopping down on some parts so we can finally get somewhere besides the story that we all already know. I apologize for the lack of development in Jaune's character. I will definitely focus more on this in the next upcoming chapters. As always please leave a review to tell me how I'm doing on this story and criticism and suggestions are welcome, Carnage out