Chapter 3: Now it begins
Welcome, Once more to Ashe's to Ashe's, Dust to Dust. Thank you to all who have favourited, followed and reviewed. As always this is unbetad and once more I own nothing. Now on with the show.
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"Hadrian? Hadrian! Where are you?" A voice called through the thick fog that blocked my view, the wave's in the distance that lessened my hearing, and the harsh wind that chilled me to the bone. "HADRIAN? Where are you big brother? I want my brother back!" The voice calling more and more, the wind's shifting to echo the voice, the wave's whispering in my ear's "Why did you leave us" growing louder and louder, the wind whipping at my flesh, tearing my cloth's, thunder lighting up my vision as it struck all around me.
"Shut up!" I screamed, falling to my knee's clutching my head. "Shut up, shut up, I didn't have a choice" tear's spilling down my face unbidden, slowly a shadow blocked the wind and lightening, the same green eye's as my own glaring back at me.
"Yes, you did"
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Bolting up right, sweat pooling on my skin, my breath short and uneasy, my heart running at 100 miles an hour. Glancing about I could just make at the beginning of morning light leaking in through the window, and that I was one of the first awake. Quietly standing and moving towards the locker rooms. I spent awhile in a cold shower, before drying off and beginning to put on my gear, checking my weapon's and beginning to get ready for what would come, trying to force that nightmare out of my head.
"Are you okay?" A familiar voice asked, looking up I was staring in to the emerald green eyes of Pyrrha Nikos, "I'm sorry, for bothering you but I could just tell that you weren't okay?"
"Just a bad dream, Hadrian nice to meet you" I replied, offering a hand, I watched the smile cross her face as she thought she was speaking to someone that didn't know who she was, god if only she knew, taking the hand and lightly shaking it.
"Pyrrha, Are you ready for today?" She asked smiling prettily, a genuine look of happiness and kindness.
"As ready as I can ever be, yourself?" I replied watching as more people slowly made their way in to the locker room to begin getting ready for today. Just noticing the sleepy-eyed Yang and Ruby.
"I believe so, but I can't help but find it strange that teams have not been announced yet" She queried.
"Likely to do with today's initiation" I replied, receiving an understanding nod in return. Finishing checking the last of my gear, "It was a pleasure Pyrrha but I think I'm going to get some fresh air" Knowingly glancing around at the rapidly filling locker room
"Yes, it was nice meeting you" she called as I walked outside in to the naturally warm air, rapidly removing the strange cold and dread that had filled me up till that moment. Moving slowly towards where I knew the initiation would take place, leaning against a nearby tree I just stared out over the forest ahead of me, listening as the tree's moved in the light wind. I sat there for quite a while before a voice broke my concentration.
"Hadrian, you woke up, early didn't you?" Yang called out as she moved over towards me, as I looked up at her I noticed several others had arrived as well. Luckily, if the glances she sent Jaune every now and again, meant that my interrupting Weiss yesterday had not affected his meeting Pyrrha, a thing I had only remembered in my time sat here. "Were you that excited for initiation?" Yang continued.
"Yeah, couldn't sleep properly" I replied, noticing a worried look cross her face, "so I just needed some fresh air, and here was as good as spot as any" I finished standing and moving in to position on one of the platform's, Yang moving to stand on the one next to me just as Professor Ozpin began to speak.
"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest" Ozpin began glancing at each of us in turn.
"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." Goodwitch continued.
"What? Ohhh..." I heard Ruby say from the otherside of Yang.
"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" Ozpin carried on, unperturbed by Ruby's exclamation or the ensuing groan. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
"WHAT!" Ruby Yelled.
"See? I told you-!" I heard Nora say to Ren slightly down the line.
"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" Ozpin continued not letting the other's reaction stop him, even as Jaune laughed nervously. "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 reguard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Ozpin finished
"Yeah, um, sir?" Jaune asked shakily raising his hand slightly.
"Good! Now, take your positions" Ozpin said, having not heard Jaune. Everyone began to get in to they're ready postions, Nora crouching low, Ren raising his weapon's in to a ready postion, Yang cocking her fist and expanding Ember Cecilia, Ruby readying her posture, Jaune hand still raised, whilst I simply allowed my body to relax.
"Uh, sir? I've got, um... a question" Jaune asked, even whilst further down the line I could hear the tile's beginning to propel the first student. "So, this landing... strategy thing... Uh, wha-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off or something?" He finished, all the while student's were flung in to the air.
"No. You will be falling" Ozpin replied.
"Uh-huh... yeah" Jaune muttered as Nora and then Ren were launched in the air. Turning to look at Yang and Ruby, I offered a brief salute as I felt the platform prepare under me.
"See you on the flip side" I said just as the platform launched me airborne.
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The wind hitting my face was a freeing feeling, the forest slowly rising up to meet me, not so much. Looking ahead, I could see a series of branches slowly going down ward's, calling upon my semblance, I teleported, however not losing my momentum but gradually making my way to the forest floor with each jump, before finally I teleported right above the floor, allowing myself to enter a cat roll before landing on my feet, allowing me to keep moving. Knowing the danger that the forest held I wasted no time, taking both of my Lucky Seven's out of their holster's as I continued to run, ducking and diving through the plant life. I kept this up for a while before I began to slow so I could gather my bearing's. Looking upwards I found the highest branch before teleporting to it, and looking out seeing the ruins in the distance. Once I made it the ground, I realised I wasn't alone. Suddenly two Ursa burst through the tree's, roaring as they ran towards me, the first received multiple shots for its trouble's before I shifted my weapons from revolver to katana mode. However, the Ursa was undaunted by this and continued its pace towards me, running forward I waited until the last second before sliding between its legs and slashing at it heels as I went sending to the floor. The other meanwhile lunged at me, so jumping up I kicked off of its stomach backwards planting my blades in to the currently prone one's head whilst the one I had kicked landed abruptly to the ground. Porting upwards slightly above it, I pulled the trigger's and watched as my blades erupted with flaming energy, as I flipped downwards both stabbing in to the remaining Ursa's belly. Clicking the mechanism once more I took a moment to reload before continuing onwards.
Ducking, weaving, jumping and rolling, using everything that I had to make my way through the forest as quickly as possible. Reaching the edge of another cliff, I stared off in to the distance just seeing the temple a short while away. Glancing about for a potential way down, I was dragged from my thoughts by a high-pitched scream coming from below. Placing my face in my palm, and shaking my head, I had barely any time to react as at the bottom of the cliff, a small red-haired figure ran out of what I presume was a cave, only for a second later the rock to burst as a large Deathstalker crashed it ways outside. There hanging from the stinger was Jaune. Taking a couple steps backward, I jumped.
"Help! Whoa-ah-ah-ah-ah! Why?! Pyrrha! He-e-e-elp! Pyrrha, this is not the relic! It's not!" Jaune sobbed as he was shaken around as the Deathstalker thrashed its tail wildly "Do something!" All the while I was falling, faster and faster, roughly halfway down the cliff, building up my semblance to take some of the momentum.
"Jaune! Whatever you do, don't let-"Pyrrha began Milo in hand and glaring at the Deathstalker, but before she could finish, the Grimm hurled its tail back and launched a still-screaming Jaune across the forest as she watched in dismay "... go." Now 20 or so feet away from the creature, I glance up rapidly teleporting to the same spot, to lessen my momentum and ensuring I didn't end up a splat on its back. Hitting its stinger and diving forward, as I flipped through the air I unloaded, shot after shot in to its armoured hide. Before landing beside her.
"Saw you guys were having a bit of trouble, thought I'd drop in" I joked, only to receive a small glare in return, "Okay, jokes can come later" I continue staring once more at the Deathstalker, only for it to roar and begin to charge, sharing a quick sheepish look with Pyrrha, we turned and bolted. As we ran reloading and firing pot-shot's backwards toward it.
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Eventually we burst in to a clearing. Staring at Ruby, Jaune, Nora, Ren, Yang and Blake who stared at us in confusion, just as the Deathstalker burst out behind us uprooting entire trees as it followed us, lashing out at us with one of its claws, as I jumped over and Pyrrha narrowly dodged as we continued to run.
"Jaune" Pyrrha yelled out.
"Pyrrha" Jaune called back, as Ruby stood up from the branch that she and Jaune were, running off of the branch and landing in a roll. "Ruby!" Jaune whined as she did so.
"Ruby!" Yang called as Ruby stood up.
"Yang" Ruby replied excitedly raising her arms as if to give her sister a hug
"NORA!" Yelled as she jumped between the two knocking both off-balance in shock.
"Nice to see you guys missed me" I yelled as me and Pyrrha continued to run all the while, the Deathstalker was still on our tail.
"Did they just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on their tail?" Blake asked, eyebrow raised.
"I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" Yang yelled as she was clearly getting angrier and angrier, growling lowly, before she erupted in a small burst of fire and her eyes flashing a violent red promising pain, if she didn't get what she wanted. Everyone fell silent for a second, no sound but the occasional grunt from me and Pyrrha, whilst Ren ran over to a ditzy Nora, whilst Blake and Ruby just stared up.
"Umm... Yang?" Ruby said as she tugged on her sister's sleeve pointing upwards, toward Weiss, who was quite clearly still hanging on to one of the Talon's of the gigantic Nevermore. It was big in the show but in real life, it was terrifying.
"How could you leave me?!" Weiss called down
"I said "jump"!" Ruby shouted back, just as Weiss's grip began to slip
"She's gonna fall." Blake said calmly.
"She'll be fine." Ruby replied with a small shrugg
"She's falling." Ren said just as Jaune, had made it out the tree. Not wanting him to make a fool of himself, I bent down staring upwards before pushing upwards and teleporting with an audible crack of force, leaving a small ripple behind me, wrapping my arms around her, I flipped forwards before teleporting to the group once more, however as soon as we landed, I collapsed to one knee with a grunt of pain, as my semblance clearly could not handle two people at once. Noticing that neither Jaune or Pyrrha had grabbed their relic, I grabbed it quickly with my left hand.
"My hero." Weiss mocked, as she stared down at me.
"Next time, you can save yourself princess" I snapped back as I rose to my feet clutching my screaming side. At this point Pyrrha is smacked sideways by the Deathstalker managing to land on not too painfully on her side at our feet.
"Great! The gang's all here! Now we can die together!" Yang joked moreosly.
"Not if I can help it!" Ruby yelled sounding a battle cry as she rushed towards the Deathstalker.
"Ruby, wait!" Yang called after her sister as still screaming she fired Crsenct Rose, launching herself at the oncoming Deathstalker, when the two met, the Grimm slapped Ruby away, knocking her a few feet away on her back, moving to teleport, I once more collapsed clutching my side only to be caught by Jaune and Blake.
"Your bleeding?!" Blake whispered shocked, as she stared at my hand, which as I pulled away I noticed was slick with blood, my blood and now that I noticed, the adrenaline was only doing so much to numb the pain. "How?" Blake questioned I could only grunt through the pain nodding in the direction of Weiss and the others who hadn't noticed my situation yet.
"Do-Don't worry! Totally fine!" Ruby yelled slowly getting to her feet, before spinning back around to face the Deathstalker, firing a shot at its skull, before turning to sprint away. Yang called out towards her sister before rushing forward, but as she did so the large Nevermore cawed above our heads flapping its wings rapidly and releasing lines of razor sharp feathers down at them, landing intermittently around everyone but more importantly at Ruby, one lodging itself in Ruby's cape, whilst others prevented Yang from reaching her.
"Ruby, Get out of there!" Yang yelled
"I'm trying!" Ruby replied as she struggled with her cape. All the while the Deathstalker approaced her raising its shining golden stinger above the now terrified Ruby, as she stood there helpless and unable to move.
"Ruby!" Yang and I yelled, all the while trying to make my semblance work. The pain flaring up with each attempt. However, a white blur raced past Yang, reaching the stinger as it was about to pierce Ruby. Ice rapidly encasing the stinger, as Weiss stood Myrtenaster raised against it.
"You are so childish!" Weiss exclaimed, as Ruby opened her eyes, and lowered her arms from the protective position over her head, as she stared at both the ice and her saviour.
"Weiss...?" Ruby asked, clearly shocked.
"And dim-witted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style. And I suppose I can be a bit... difficult... but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be... nicer." Weiss continued as she removed her rapier from the ice.
"I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this." Ruby replied
"You're fine." Weiss replied as she turned and walked back towards us. Ruby breathed out in an audible sigh of relief, then clasped her hands together before whispering to herself, only to be caught by surprise as Yang and I pulled her in to a hug.
"So happy you're okay!" Yang said softly,
"Hadrian, Your hurt" Ruby exclaimed as they looked down towards my injured side.
"I'll be fine, but now that we got what we came here for..." I began as I chucked Jaune the Gold Rook piece, as he caught it however he cut me off as he glanced upwards.
"Guys? That thing's circling back! What are we gonna do?" As the large Nevermore indeed was roaring and heading back towards us. All the while I could feel my energy returning, the wound not closing but slowly building back up.
"Look, there's no sense in dilly-dallying. Our objective is right in front of us." Weiss exclaimed pointing towards the relics.
"She's right. Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the Cliffs." Ruby replied nodding towards Weiss "There's no point in fighting these things."
"Run and live - that's an idea I can get behind!" Jaune muttered, as Ruby went other grabbing the golden knight piece, smiling back at us, all the while the Death Stalker struggled against its bonds, slowly cracking the ice.
"Time, we left!" Ren said softly.
"Right. Let's go!" She said waving us all forwards, as everyone except Yang and Blake ran forwards, only for them to catch up seconds later, Yang smiling brightly.
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As we made our way out of the forest, and towards another series of abandoned structures, the Nevermore followed close behind, forcing us to spread out slightly as it passed overhead, allowing us to conceal ourselves behind some of the stone blocks as it flew upwards and perched on a high column before cawing loudly.
"Well, that's great!" Ruby exclaimed as the Death Stalker once more burst out towards us.
"Ah, man, run!" Jaune cried, as we jumped out from our hiding places and causing the Nevermore to rise into the air.
"Nora, distract it!" Ren yelled, receiving a nod from her as she obliged. Running from her block and jumping out of the way of the incoming feather arrows before she reached behind her and launched several heart-topped shells from her grenade launcher, each one bursting with pink electricity as they hit the Nevermore, causing it to retreat slightly, she was however unaware of the Deathstalker rushing up behind her, until Blake and Ren performed a cross-slash with their weapons, hitting hard against its armoured exo-skeleton. Weiss suddenly landed next to Nora, creating a jump platform beneath them and allowing them to leap to safety all the while, Blake and Ren were now being chased.
"Go, go!" Pyrrha yelled, as we stopped besides Jaune, before we fired alongside Ren up in till it began to reach us, swiping towards us, prompting us once more to run again. The nine of us raced over the ancient stone bridge, however in our haste we had not noticed the Nevermore once more baring down on us until it used its gigantic wings to shatter the path right in the middle, forcing Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Nora, and Jaune closer to the central columns, leaving Blake, Ren, Pyrrha and myself on the other side with the still looming at us. I could hear the sounds of Ruby firing at the Nevermore all the while, Blake and I tried to fight the Deathstalker only to be beaten back by the large scorpion.
"Man, we gotta get over there! They need help!" Jaune called.
"Let's do this!" I hear Nora reply.
"Yeah, but, uh... I can't make that jump." Jaune mutters down-trodden. I only remember from the show what happened next as I was still pre-occupied trying to both stop my bleeding and stop the Deathstalker turning us in to Shish Kebab, Nora smiled diabolically at him, her laughter being audible as she knocked him backwards, the tell-tale noise of weapon transformation, as her weapon turned to its full-length hammer form, I could hear the smash as she slammed the hammer in to the ground, not listening to Jaune's cries to wait or the subsequent nos that followed his flight as he came crashing down next to me. Suddenly Nora was there slamming in to its face, before firing again just as the stinger almost pierced her, just avoiding its reach, but knocking Blake off the side in the process, I was able to watch however as she dug her Gambol Shrouds, in to its side, circling around and leaped onto the aerial Grimms back once more turning my attention to the Deathstalker.
The noise of the others fighting the Nevermore could still be heard, even as we fought against the Scorpion Grimm
"We gotta move!" Jaune called, as we rushed towards it.
The Death Stalker aimed a claw at Pyrrha, but she managed to deflect it with her Akoúo shield and slash it with her blade. The scorpion recoils and swiped at her once more allowing me to roll underneath it firing upwards at its unarmoured underbelly even as my side seared in pain, When its claw is about to reach Pyrrha, Jaune was there to deflect it with his shield, knocking it back so Pyrrha could leap over and attack its face. Ren rushed up firing and jumped on the stinger as it tried to hit him, shooting at the base between it and the tail while Nora fired more grenades at the attacking claws. Pyrrha hurled her javelin straight into one of the monster's eyes, making it throw Ren to the side.
"Ren!" Nora yelled for her friend, and just before he could hit the solid stone block, I used some of my restored energy to once more teleport, catching him and landing on the ground, looking up at me he gave me a nod in thanks.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune yelled as he noticed the stinger was hanging limply.
"Done!" She replied as she raised the shield and hurled it like a discus, slicing the stinger off and causing it to fall into the Death Stalker's head as Pyrrha retrieved her rebounding shield.
"Nora, nail it!" Jaune called out once more.
"Heads up!" She yelled as she jumped on Akoúo, Pyrrha leaped as Nora aimed her blast down to give herself a maximum lift, and she smiled the entire way up before twirling down until her hammer slams its head into the stinger, driving the point through the Death Stalker's head and crushing the bridge beneath it
Jaune and Pyrrha bounded over the monster to the land behind it, and Nora fired up and away behind them as me and Ren fired some final shots as the monster fell to its doom. Jaune hit the ground on his back, Nora landing on her bottom, Pyrrha managed a crouched pose, and Ren and I simply walked over to them, forcing the four of us to watch as the Nevermore was peppered with firepower.
Yang still burning through her ammo on the beast, landed a blow on its face and caused it to head right towards her, but she managed to leap up to its open maw and forced the beak wide as she attacked.
"I! Hope! You're! Hung-! ...-gry!"Yang screamed, firing a round with each syllable. She looked behind her and jumped back from its mouth onto a ruin, just as the creature crashed in to the cliff.
Despite Yang's attempt however, the Nevermore recovered quickly, and Yang smiled as she spotted Ruby and Blake on the broken columns with Weiss rushing to the battle. Yang passed her while the Nevermore starts to fly back up, but Weiss hopped over to the ruin it was lifting off of and froze the tip of its feathery tail to the ground, leaving it stuck in the same spot despite its flapping. Weiss back-fliped into a snowflake-circle jump and landed on the other side, running to the group.
Blake fired the pistol portion of Gambol Shroud over to Yang, and the two tightened it between the columns so Ruby could jump on the center with Crescent Rose and bend it back into Weiss' black sigil, right next to the caster.
"Of course you would come up with this idea." We could just hear Weiss exclaim.
"Think you can make the shot?" Ruby replied
"Hmm! Can I!" A nervous second passed before she continued "Of course I can!"
Ruby looks forwarded and pumped Crescent Rose as Weiss turned the circle from black to red and released Ruby at such a speed that the ground behind her launch cracked, rose petals flying from her ascent. With each new shot, she got closer and closer to the trapped Grimm until her scythe caught the Nevermore's neck in its blade and caused them both to fall to the cliff wall. Weiss raised her sword and created a series of white circles up the wall, which Ruby dashed through by firing the entire way up.
Yang, Blake, and an exhausted Weiss watched as well as she climbed up with the bird in her grasp until, both warrior and monster crying out, Ruby reached the top of the cliff, landing on the last circle before firing one last shot, and removing the Nevermore's head from its shoulders in a shower of petals.
She landed beside the severed head as the body of the giant Nevermore fell lifeless to the ruins and crevice below us we watched in amazement.
"Wow..." Jaune said.
Ruby, her cape and petals flowing with the wind, looked down towards us as we peered up at her.
"Well... That was a thing!" Yang said happily.
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"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark." Ozpin called as the screen of the auditorium showed each of their profiles as the boy were lined up for the applauding audience to see as Ozpin continued "The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by... Cardin Winchester!"
The audience gave one more wave of ovation, while the five of us walked up to the stage to take our places in front of the headmaster as our faces filled the screen.
"Jaune Arc. Hadrian Mercer. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The five of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JHNPR." Ozpin spoke calmly, of course it made sense, I'd worked well with JNPR, better than I had with RWBY, I'd even been the one to chuck the relic to Jaune. For a moment my heart fell realising I wouldn't be with my friends, but as the clapping continued, looking at Jaune, Pyrrha even the laughing Nora as she hugged Ren, Maybe I still was. "Led by... Jaune Arc!" Ozpin finished.
"Huh? L-Led by...?" Jaune asked extremely confused.
"Congratulations, young man." Ozpin replied with a smile.
A grinning Pyrrha offered a friendly shoulder bump to Jaune, but our "fine leader" was nearly knocked over before I managed to catch him.
"Can't have you falling just yet boss man" I said cheerily.
"I'm sorry" Pyrrha exclaimed sheepishly
"And finally: Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long." Ozpin continued as the four of them moved to stand where we had just been. "The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by... Ruby Rose!" Weiss looked to her right surprised, where Ruby was obviously in shock as Yang went over to hug her sister.
"I'm so proud of you!" Yang exclaimed.
"It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year." Ozpin finished amid the last round of cheers. Yes, yes it would be, because I wasn't going to let anything hurt my friends.
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The room was filled with shelves and a desk in the back, where Roman Torchwick was getting a call on his phone. The muffled conversation ended, and Roman angrily slammed the phone down, sighing. He held a cigar to his mouth and put his symbolized lighter to the end, just as a man in a gray mask and black hood came with a trolley. Roman hld out a collection of Lien, which he placed on the table and the man took.
"Open it." Roman muttered.
The masked man did so with a crowbar, revealing a large amount of Dust crystals of varying colors - orange, blue, white, red, green, cyan, gold, yellow, and more. Roman picked up a blue gem in his hand and looled at the loot.
"We're gonna need more men..." Roman said.
"That you are Mr Torchwick, so let's talk" I called from the wall I was leaning on. I wasn't going to let anyone hurt my friends, even if that meant making some bad choices. Glancing at map above his desk, showing Vale and the various districts and areas of crossed-out locations, all leading into specially circled place, and the all too familiar Beacon Academy.
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What is the plan Hadrian has in mind? How will his new choice effect things going forward? Will he be able to save all his friends? Or are some doomed to fall?
Bet none of you were expecting that one? I admit I originally intended for Hadrian to be a member of Team RWBY but as I wrote I realised it felt more natural and better as a member of Team JNPR and due to their closeness to RWBY it still allows me to tell the story I wish to tell thus Team JHNPR was born, anyway as always thank you for reading, if you like this chapter remember to leave a review. This story is now the longest I have written in regards to word count, already surpassing both, Dark Star and Nova's Rebirth together. Which gives me a lot of hope going forward.
Until next time, Lja1999 Out
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