The sun is amazing. Almost all life on Remnant depends on the sun in fact. That, of course, doesn't stop Jaune from hating the flaming ball in the sky for shining straight into his eye as it begun to rise.
One of the many perks of being part Grimm is that Jaune doesn't need to go to sleep. But when surrounded by countless people who would likely be quite angry if woken, not needing to sleep can become quite boresome. So when the sun finally started to rise Jaune couldn't be happier. Looking around the room, Jaune found there were few people already awake.
Jaune found himself looking for a place to take a shower after putting his sleeping bag away and grabbing his "combat clothes" from his bag. Combat clothes being a bit of an exaggeration, it was a pair of jeans and his pumpkin Pete hoodie, or rather a normal black hoodie due to the bunny on the front being rubbed off due to the frequent use of the hoodie. Eventually, after much wandering, Jaune was able to find the showers. 10 minutes later and Jaune was out of the shower, smelling fresh and wearing his combat clothes. Checking the scroll given to him by Beacon, Jaune found that initiation wasn't set to start for another few hours. Seeing this Jaune decided to wander the school grounds for a bit. Of course with Jaune's luck, it wasn't that simple. So it wasn't much of a surprise when Jaune managed to walk into a wall of stress, or more accurately a young man just taller than Jaune himself, which was impressive in it of itself.
"Hey! Watch where you're going dumbass."
Jaune stared at him, the stress radiating of the young man was almost visible.
"You're stressed."
The man flinched slightly, almost unnoticeable.
"What?"
Jaune tilted his head, then looked away slightly.
"You're stressed about something, I can feel it."
Anger spread across the other person's face, but Jaune could feel fear just beneath it.
"What the hell are you talking about."
Jaune looked back at the young man and let out a quiet sigh.
"My semblance lets me see and feel emotions of others."
The anger Jaune could feel from the other man was falling apart as the fear grew.
"So what, I'm stressed what's it matter to you."
"Initiation starts soon, that stress can kill you if you have to fight Grimm as part of the test."
Jaune leaned against the wall, motioning for the other soon to be Huntsman in training to do the same.
"What is stressing you out."
The other man bristled slightly
"Why the hell should I tell you?"
Jaune glanced over at the other man.
"Because I'm not going to let you go until you do, I'd rather not risk you dying during initiation if I can help it."
The other man sighed, leaned against the wall and looked at the floor.
"Fine, but you can't tell anyone about this. Got it?"
Jaune gave a slight nod
"I...How do you feel about the Faunus?"
Jaune tilted his head
"I don't have an opinion on them. To me, it does not matter if they have an extra pair of ears or whatever, they're still a person."
The other man let out another sigh.
"My...my family does not have the same view. They believe that the Faunus are a lower class that should be treated as much."
A frown began to grow on his face as he turned to Jaune, who looked back at him.
"I take it you do not feel the same way."
The other man looked down again.
"I don't know how to feel, I want to follow my family but... how can I do my job as a Huntsman if I blind myself with hate."
Jaune was silent for a few seconds before looking to the other man
"I think you should use your time at beacon to get a new point of view. Try to look at the world in a different way then your family does and if that doesn't work out for you, find something that does."
The other man chuckled, "Yeah, yeah you're right. Thanks, man."
Jaune smiled, "No problem...uh."
"Cardin. Cardin Winchester."
Cardin extended his hand with a smirk.
Jaune shook his hand, "Jaune. Jaune Arc."
Cardin shook his head, "Anyways, thanks man, but I gotta go get breakfast."
Jaune watched as Cardin walked away, his stress leaving him. When Cardin was finally out of view Jaune slumped against the wall. Being near someone that stressed was very taxing on Jaune's will. As most people know, Grimm are attracted to negative emotions and Jaune is no exception. While Jaune is not as mindless as other Grimm, he does still get the feeling to attack things when there is a lot of negativity around him. It's uh something he is still working on.
After a few minutes, Jaune was able to gather his bearings and continue wandering the campus. But, after nearly an hour of wandering the campus, Jaune found himself lost.
So when Jaune saw Glynda Goodwitch turn into the hallway, he couldn't have felt luckier. That feeling of luck died soon after when Jaune saw the irritation radiating off of her. But alas he needed directions so he steeled his nerves a-
"Go get ready for initiation."
Before Jaune could get a word out the woman was walking away.
"Excuse me, miss, I don't know where the lockers are."
Glynda stopped, let out a short sigh, and turned around with a glare on her face.
"Walk down this hall, take a right, and the locker room is there."
Glynda walked away before Jaune could thank her.
As Jaune walked into the locker room, he opened his scroll to check what his locker number was.
"636, 636, 636, come on where is it. Oh there it...is."
There, in front of his locker was probably the one person that he wanted to avoid, Weiss, more than likely, Schnee.
If what Jaune suspected was true, and Weiss was a Schnee, then he would want to avoid her at all costs, lest she told Winter about him.
As he was turning around to walk away, Jaune felt a spike of negative emotions from behind him. Annoyance, sadness, loneliness.
Looking back, there were only two people in that area, Weiss, and a redhead girl that Weiss was talking too. They were to close together for his emotion sensing to tell who it was coming from. But Jaune, while not the most experienced person, isn't as dumb as many people think. Weiss was being far too cheery for the negative emotions to be coming from her. Which leaves only the redhead girl that she is talking to.
Jaune sighed, knowing that he will at some point regret interfering, but he could not stop himself from doing so.
Jaune walked to and then opened his locker, unfortunately for Weiss, the locker opened in her face.
"Hey!"
Ignoring Weiss, Jaune continued to inspect Crocea Mors until the redhead girl, now next to him, spoke up.
"Hello there."
"Hmm, oh, hello."
Weiss, appearing almost out of nowhere and pushed Jaune away from the redhead girl, of course, Jaune didn't go far but an attempt was made.
"Excuse you, do you have any idea who you're talking to?"
Again there was a spike of negative emotions, this time from in front of him. Annoyance from one of them, sadness and loneliness from the other.
"No, I don't know who she is, although I doubt she appreciates you acting like she is above others in some manner."
Weiss looked behind her and saw a sad smile on the other girls face. A look of regret and sadness flashed on Weiss' face before she composed herself, her emotions, however, belied her. Embarrassment, sadness, regret, anger.
"I apologize for my ignorance, I shall see myself out."
As Weiss was walking away, the redhead girl called out a small apology then turned to Jaune.
"Thank you for that, my name is Pyrrha Nikos."
"Jaune P. Arc."
Before Jaune and Pyrrha could continue talking, Glynda's voice came through the intercoms
"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately."
"It was nice meeting you Jaune, good luck with the initiation."
Jaune glanced at Pyrrha before looking back at Crocea Mors, "Likewise."
Not long after Pyrrha left a small, happy voice called out, "Hey Jaune, you ready to go?"
Jaune clipped Crocea Mors to one of his belts before turning around to see Ruby and Yang
"Yeah, I'm ready."
Yang smirked, "Alright then lady-killer, let's go."
Ozpin and Glynda could be seen waiting for the students as they approached the cliff side. When the students were all standing on their assigned platforms Ozpin begun to speak. "For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
At that Glynda looked up from her scroll, "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of "teams." Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today."
A small "What" could be heard from Ruby a few spots down the line.
Ozpin continued to speak, "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." A groan came from Ruby.
Jaune could have sworn that there was a small smirk on Ozpin's face.
"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Once again Ruby called out in shock. A girl down the line called out to someone else, "See I told you Renny."
Ozpin looked at each of the students before continuing, "After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die." Jaune smirked
"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"
Nobody put their hand up.
"Good! Now, take your positions."
As the students were being launched into the forest Ozpin took a sip from his mug.
If anyone ever tells you to trust me you shoot them in the face because I will never be on time for updates lol. That said next update should be in like a week. If I have made any grammer errors please tell me. My (never really used) Tumblr is in my profile. Have a nice day