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AN: Hey there everyone. Coming at you all with another Dustpoint chapter. Truthfully, the other two chapters have a bit of writer's block since my moods feeling more …hard to describe it, but it fits this story better.

Chapter 2: Repeat?

Ruby didn't know what to say. This was the mysterious voice who taught her about her powers. If this were a cliché novel, his identity would have been revealed in the middle premise or at the very ending. But this wasn't a novel.

"Something troubling you Ruby?" He asked, not moving from his spot in front of her.

Shaking off the shock of what she learnt, the little reaper used her semblance to quickly grab hold of him. Just as she was about to use psychometry to read his past, she felt immense pain as too much information flooded her mind. It took the headmaster slapping her hand away to stop the knowledge from splitting her mind in half.

"I knew you would do that." He smirked, fixing the wrinkle from her grip. "Hope the pain wasn't too bad."

"If you knew it would happen," she rasped, clutching her temple while feeling the veins pulse violently. "why'd you let me do it?"

"To let you know." He said darkly, scaring her a bit. "I have traveled through time more times than you. My history runs farther than you could comprehend. To read it all is far more tedious than counting the stars in the sky. You may look into the lives of your friends, but looking into mine is your suicide. …Tell me, what's the last thing you remember from your previous timeline?"

"I remember… Salem." Ruby snarled, hating the man for the new pain. "My friends were dead, and I was all alone."

"Do you remember anything else?" The headmaster asked, walking over to have a seat. "Anything before that."

"…No." She whispered, dread filling her chest. "The journey to Salem, the ability to control my eyes. They're all gone! I can remember how I met my friends, but everything else is all muddled."

"Tell me Ruby." Ozpin said, leaning forward. "What color are your eyes?"

Out of all times, why would he ask her such a pointless and obvious question?

"Silver." She said as if she was describing the weather. "But what does that have to do with anything?"

Seeing him shake his head before pulling out a mirror from his pocket, Ruby watched as he showed her reflection. "Look again."

She blinked as she focused on her image. Nothing was out of place. Everything seemed normal. Blinking from her eyes getting dry, she nearly dropped the mirror when her eyes turned from silver to lilac.

"What's going on?" She whispered, panic in her tone. Without her silver eyes, what chance would she have against Salem? What chance would she have of saving her friends? "Ozpin, what's happening?"

"Nothing is happening Ruby." He said calmly, taking his mirror back. "You have always been like this. In this time line, to be more specific. As shown, your mindset is still following the past timeline. So whatever changes this time has, you don't immediately see it. Think of it like looking at a painting everyday. You get used to the image so much, you don't notice any difference like a smudge or scratch until someone has pointed it out."

"But my powers!" She panicked, hyperventilating as this all came crashing down on her. "How will I get them back? How am I even using them now?"

"This isn't your first jump Ruby." The only man in the room calmly explained. "I'd explain more to you, but our time is almost up. You'll learn everything soon as you go through this timeline."

"But-!"

"I'm keeping an eye on you Ruby." Ozpin muttered, walking out the room. "Oh. And congratulations on making it into Beacon Academy."

As the door closed, Ruby was left to ponder on everything she thought she knew. Besides the dreams and mission to save her friends, with one power gone how will she get to everyone? This timeline isn't like her past, so she's going into the unknown. Getting up and exiting the room, she saw her mom and Yang waiting for her in the halls.

It was strange. She never noticed how Yang was dressed more conservatively instead of her usual shorts and tank top. It was similar to what she wore when Beacon fell. And her hair wasn't as shiny as it was. It was well kept, but showed signs of stress and damage.

"Thank goodness you're okay." Summer sighed, running up to bring her daughter in a hug. Yang lagged behind while giving her sister an unsure glance. "Yang told me everything. How you two were held up by Torchwick until Glynda came to the rescue."

So the older blonde didn't say of how Ruby was the one to shoot them down. Ruby was relieved for that. It would've been hard to explain herself to her mom.

"What was Ozpin doing in there?" Yang asked, sounding suspicious of why a headmaster was in a police station.

"…He invited me to his school." The scythe wielder said in a small voice. "He wants me in Beacon."

In her old timeline, Yang would have been up the wall in joy of having her join in Beacon early. But this Yang had a different reaction. She had hesitation in her eyes mixed with yearning. "And?"

"I wanna go." Ruby said, hugging her mom tighter. "It's a once in a lifetime chance."

"But you can enter two years later." The older sister rebutted. "How is that a once in a lifetime?"

"I mean it's a once in a lifetime to head in early." The little sister shot back, wondering why her sister was against it. "Ozpin thinks I'm ready, and if I'm not… then I can just say so and come back to Sa- Lantern."

The mother was stuck on what to do. On one hand, sending her youngest to Beacon at an early age was a great honor. But her maternal instincts cried for her to keep her longer. She would be younger than everyone else and it frightened what would happen. She's always made sure to show equal love to both her daughters without showing any signs of favoritism. She knows Yang is reluctant to have her younger sister join so early, but something tells her the two need this time to be together more than ever.

"If you're sure about this sweety." Summer pouted, letting go of her youngest. "Take care of her Yang. And always remember to call me every night."

"But mom-" Yang couldn't protest as the older woman placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"Please Yang." The blonde couldn't say anything after seeing the hurt in her mom's eyes. "I think you two need this time without me. So please, just do this for me. Both of you."

"…Okay." The limited days they had were spent trying to enjoy one another's company until it was time to set off.

On the ship ride to Beacon

"Nice view, huh sis?" Yang smiled, pointing out the window. "Wish my scroll didn't die out. Would've been a sweet wallpaper if I took a shot."

"Yeah." But Ruby wasn't looking at the view.

She was glancing around, trying to find the first friend she made on this day. If Yang's personality was changed, what else could have changed? Would he still be motion sick? Was he even the same gender?

"I guess the view isn't for everybody." The blonde muttered, seeing her sister's attention elsewhere. Just as she was about to say something else, the older sister felt someone bump into her. "What?"

"I'm sorry."

Ruby whipped her head to her sister's side the moment she heard that voice. There was no mistaking it. …But it was too early.

Standing in front of them was Pyrrha Nikos. …Although, the way she was looking wasn't how Ruby remembered her. This Pyrrha's appearance was poor if she was honest. No longer did she wear bronze armor, but a simple white tracksuit that covered most of her body. And it wasn't even that form fitting since it was baggy enough to hide most of her curves. Her once long red hair Ruby remembered was now an apple cut. And Ruby has never seen Pyrrha without her green eyeliner until now. She was still pretty, but more of in an average earthly way.

"It's fine really, just-" Whatever Yang was about to say next was cut off Pyrrha puked on the floor in front of them and onto Yang's shoes.

"…Like you said Yang." Ruby said while witnessing what she thought she'd never witness. "The views not for everyone."

Walking over to help Pyrrha, Ruby secretly plucked a piece of the girl's hair to use later for psychometry.

Beacon Academy

"This didn't change much." Ruby muttered, seeing her sister run off with her friends and leaving her behind.

She was fine with it though. She couldn't find Jaune, but she found Pyrrha who was now lagging behind her while clutching her gut. She's learnt to accept that not everything will repeat itself like her past timeline. Although, having Yang to help with the huge and heavy luggage their mom packed for her would have been nice since Pyrrha was too weak at the moment to help out.

"Need help?" A feminine voice said, taking some of the weight off Ruby's shoulders. A voice Ruby was extremely happy to hear.

They found each other. Or more of she found her. Turning around, Ruby was happy to see her BFF, Weiss Schn-.

…

Somehow, Ruby should have known by now that not everyone would be as she remembered them. For one, this Weiss was actually smiling brightly without a scar on her eye. Another, was just like Pyrrha, she was looking poor as in: Hand me down Winter uniform that was a size too small in a lot of areas, hand me down sword, and lack of ornaments.

'I know my jump changed things, but what happened to these two?' The time traveler thought, wondering how the rest of her friends would appear. Admittedly, her best friend looked adorable in Winter's clothing, but now wasn't the time to gush. 'What else did my jump do?'

"Thanks." Ruby tried to play off as her usual quirky self. "I'm Ruby by the way. Ruby Rose."

"Weiss." The white haired teen said with a strained smile.

"…And your last name?" Pyrrha asked, finally over her sickness to help carry some of the luggage.

"Schnee." A cool voice answered for them. "The same Schnee from the Schnee Dust Company."

Somehow this was a great day for Ruby since all her friends were piling up together so quickly. And it was her other friend and silent teammate: Blake! And as Ruby turned to her, she was relieved to see nothing about her had changed that much. Now to get the other three from RNJR and they'll all be complete!

"The same company that went bankrupt overnight." The cat faunus said with a hidden smirk. "All due to a faunus rights movement that caught the ear of many who saw it as injustice from all the company's benefactors. It's amazing how they tried to rise back up but failed due to lack of patronage and trust."

Okay, maybe it wasn't so great to see Blake at this current time. Maybe it would have been better if it was at night. Preferably with her mouth taped. And maybe with less antagonizing.

"Thank you, for bringing up my family's excruciating past failures." The white haired teen said through gritted teeth and a forced smile. "It's nice to know that while I'm trying to wash myself off my family's history, I'm still pegged wrongly."

"W-why don't we all just head on over to the auditorium?" Pyrrha said, trying to be the man in the middle. "I'm sure after a nice introduction and a few apologies, we can all see ourselves being the best of friends."

'Thank you Pyrrha!' Ruby shouted internally, happy to see someone take the lead.

As they walked together, the four girls chatted and were able to come to a neutral ground. Weiss accepted Blake's presence, Blake was sorry for her rude comments, and Pyrrha was still the same formal person. Ruby had to be careful, lest she lose herself in mixing the two time lines.

At the moment, they were complete strangers to one another. But to Ruby, they were her true friends that she couldn't live without.

"We still have enough time before the headmaster gives his speech." Weiss commented as they made it inside. "How about introductions on skill sets? Who knows? Maybe we'll become this year's femme fatale team."

"Sounds fine." Blake shrugged. Pyrrha was in for sharing. Ruby on the other hand…

"Okay. But I need to use the bathroom first." The little reaper lied. In truth, she was curious on this Pyrrha's life. "Why don't you guys start without me, and I'll come back to share my own?"

Not waiting for a reply, she ran out to a secluded area near the statue to read Pyrrha's past. Taking the piece of hair she took from the Amazon, she readied herself and used psychometry.

Flashback

"Are you ready?" A tall man asked a very young Pyrrha. "This is your debut. The first match."

"I-I don't know coach." The little redhead stuttered holding up a shield and sword. "I think-"

"Enough thinking!" The coach shouted. "Just go out there and bring home the gold!"

Timeskip

"Ladies and gentlemen!" An announcer laughed. "We've seen a lot of losses, but none like this."

There was a recording of Pyrrha falling out of the ring. She had charged the enemy head on with sword pointing to stab and shouting a loud battlecry and eyes shut tight. That was a mistake as her opponent only needed to sidestep out of her way as she ran straight out of the ring, costing her the match.

Pyrrha's coach was ashamed of her, but continued to train her because of a contract her parents put under him.

Timeskip

Pyrrha had lost another match in the first round. This time, by having her semblance accidentally have her shield smack her in the facea and knocking her out.

Timeskip

Another match lost once more. This time, it was due to the coach's new diet he gave her. Before her match, she was forced to drink a green sludge that was supposed to energize her. Instead, she puked on stage and had the lights knocked out of her by a sucker punch to the back of her head.

Timeskip

This was the match she was hoping on. After her coach ran out on her, Pyrrha took her training more seriously than ever. If she won this, then everyone would stop ridiculing her as the three time loser of Mystral. She had made it to the semifinals where her opponent was a Dust user. She fought valiantly against her foe, but had lost the match.

Many people who saw this fight stopped calling her a loser, but the tabloids and Dustnet still did all they could to push her name into the mud. As of now, Pyrrha Nikos had given up on fighting in tournaments.

KRRRSHSRT!

Flashback

"It's a beautiful boy." A doctor announced to a female faunus with scales under her eyes. "What will you name him?"

Timeskip

"You must let me in!" The woman shouted to guards in front of a gate to a beautiful home with a baby in her arms. "He needs to see him."

"Leave, wench!" One of the guards shouted, brandishing a sword.

The woman left reluctantly after her baby had started to cry.

"You'll see him soon." The mother told the crying infant, opening her blouse to feed him.

Timeskip

"Are you sure?" An older looking woman asked the mother with child in hand.

"I am." She nodded frantically. "I can't have my son growing with a prostitute for a mother. And his father has sent men to kill him too. It's best if we left."

"I'm giving you back your real name to protect yourself." The woman said, handing over an envelope with some Lien. "Goodbye, Mia Niege. I hope you have a safe travel out of the desert."

"Thank you, Madame." Mia scoffed while caressing her baby's cheek.

Timeskip

It was blue and beautiful. A baby was now a teenage boy diving under the water with a swim cap on. His mother was close by and she held in her hands a spear with the sharp end made from a carved Ice crystal. As she pointed further down, they spotted a sea Grimm circling below them. The boy took out a big red knife that boiled the water around it from the heat it radiated. As a team, mother and son dove down fast and attacked the Grimm.

Flashback End

"Hey!" A voice shouted as Ruby woke up from her trip. Her breathing was haggard once more and her nose was dripping with blood.

Someone had touched her in the middle of her psychometry. It was a flaw that she couldn't get rid of at the moment. If someone was to touch her while in her trance, then the feed would go from the one to the next.

As her eyes adjusted to whoever interrupted her, while still in a blurry state she saw blonde hair and tan skin with a bulky build.

"Dad?" Ruby whispered, reaching a hand to touch his face. She was happy when he had grasped her hand.

"Woah there." The male said, slowly picking her up. From what she could see in a blurry state, his eyes were blue too, just like his. "I'm way too young to be a dad."

"Oh." Of course. Her dad was dead.

As her vision returned with the male standing in front of her, Ruby was both in shock and wonder as who she found in front of her.

"I'm Jaune Niege." The blonde faunus said, waiting for an introduction in return. "And you are?"

She found him. Her first friend she made and- Did he say his name was Niege and not Arc? This was going to be a problem.

To be continued…

AN: And the four other pieces are shown, only slightly different in some ways. If someone gets the Niege last name meaning, hope you see what I did there.

If you're wondering what kind of faunus Jaune is, then I'll give you a hint: Velvet might be scared of him, and Blake might get her erotic wishes if Pyrrha doesn't snag him first.

Why is Ozpin acting all dark? Cant say because of spoilers.

Why's Yang acting distant with her sister when last chapter she was all for being loving? Remember folks: This Yang is smarter. She doesn't know anything about the future danger. She just saw her sister she loves dearly do a one eighty from an innocent happy hero in training to a ruthless warrior hell bent on causing murder without caring. She's smart and more analytic on things. She's not just going to take things at face value and say "Oh you almost killed them, but nevemind that I thought you were innocent and merciful. And Ozpin, a headmaster for a school to train warriors, is here to recruit you? Nevermind how he found out so quickly and got here. We saved the day, you're coming with me to Beacon, and I love you."

I have to admit though: I don't think I've ever read a fic where Pyrrha is seen as a failure or just a normal girl. Or one where Weiss is poor with a bad reputation. So I'm playing the waters out. As for Blake: Is she really the same as before?

Don't worry everyone. Jaune wont take up the whole stage. Everyone gets their spotlight. So it's best to pay attention to all characters because you might say something like: "What and how?" or "Dafuq? This came out of nowhere."

Would love to hear what you guys think, because this is the red and blue pill taken at the same time and it's going somewhere.

Next time on Dustpoint:

"Jaune's a faunus and Pyrrha's a famous loser? How is that my fault?" The reaper shouted to the skies.

"Well, well, well." Nora sneered at seeing a green clad ninja who was looking timid and shy. "I'm surprised you got in here with your skills."