The Lost Schnee - Chapter Nine

Jaundice


Next chapter, Jaundice. So more Will being Will and stuff like that. One more thing, Will's past and everything is going to be explained, that going to be after season 1 and before season 2. Apart from that please do enjoy this long chapter.

Disclaimer: See chapter one


It was currently lunch and all the Beacon Students had gathered in the Cafeteria. Blake was reading one of the many book she had taken with her to Beacon, Will was staring blankly at his food, Weiss was filing her nails, Ruby and Pyrrha were looking towards Jaune in a concerned manner, Jaune was staring blankly at his dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, Ren was holding a cup of coffee expertly on his hand and Yang was staring at the hammer wielder clearly interested in what she was saying.

"So there we were in the middle of the Night" the ginger haired girl started.

"It was day!" Her team partner, corrected looking blankly into space.

"We were surrounded by Ursai" Nora continued.

"They were Beowolves," Ren yet again corrected.

"DOZENS OF 'EM" Nora shouted as she stood up and hit the table with her fists.

"Two of 'em" Ren continued to correct Nora.

"But they were no match and in the end Ren and I took them down and made a boat load of Lien selling Ursa skin rug!" Nora finished her chest puffed out in pride.

Ren sighed "She been having this recurring dream for almost a month now!" he explained

The team leader of team WNTR sighed as he looked towards Ren and then said, "Great, something's telling me this won't be the last we hear of the amazing Renora adventures!" Ren nodded which caused Will to sigh.

"Jaune are you okay?" the Spartan asked.

Jaune looked up and grunted, "Yeah Why?" He replied to Pyrrha.

"It's just you seem a little not okay!" The team leader of team RWBY chipped in. Everyone on the table stopped what they were doing and looked towards Jaune.

"Guys I'm fine seriously look!" the Knight replied, holding his hand up to create a thumbs up and plastered a grin on his face. Jaune then looked towards a boy with ginger hair teasing a rabbit faunus.

"Jaune! Cardin has been picking on you since the first day of school!" Jaune red haired team partner said.

"What Cardin Winchester? Pyrrha! Please… me and Cardin are good friend he's just messing around! Practical jokes you know!" Jaune replied not making eye contact with anyone on the table.

"He's a bully!" Ruby reminded Jaune.

This comment was answered by Jaune snorting, "Come on name one occasion he's 'bullied' me!"

Will stared at Jaune, "Dude! I can name many, but I'll give you two! As the list is quite long!" Jaune gulped. "Firstly, the time he opened your shield preventing you from moving through a door and secondly the time he sent you flying in your own rocket propelled locker."

Jaune gave off a nervous laugh. "I didn't land far from the school!"

"Jaune! You know if you ever need help, you can just ask!" the Spartan said.

Nora jumped up and grinned, "Oh! We'll break his legs!" she suggested.

Jaune stood up and replied, "Guys! It's fine! Besides it's not like he's only a jerk to me he's a jerk to everyone!"

"OW THAT HURTS!" The Rabbit faunus said as Cardin pulled at her ears. Cardin continued to snigger at Velvet's pain and tugged harder on her ears pulling her towards him. "Please stop." the faunus girl said.

"HA… HA… HA! I told you they were real!" Cardin said towards his teammates. They all continued to laugh. Cardin then let go and the rabbit faunus quickly walked away from him.

Pyrrha shook her head in shock, "Atrocious! I can't stand people like him!" She said.

"He's not the only one!" Blake replied.

Yang gave a sympathetic look towards the faunus, "It must be hard to be a faunus!" She added.

Will nodded then replied with, "Well don't really wanna piss off one of your team mates but… Yang?" Yang nodded. Will smiled then continued, "Why do you think the White Fang was forced to become who they are now!" Weiss glared at Will. Will smirked towards Weiss and got up, "I'm going to walk away now… Bub-bye!" Will walked away toward the rabbit faunus.

"What was that about?" Peony asked as she sat down next to Nora.

"Argh the cheek!" Weiss fumed as she glared at Will. Peony followed the heiress line of sight and sighed. Blake looked towards Peony and raised her left eyebrow. Peony looked towards Blake's bow and smiled.

"So… Will was Will?" Peony asked the group. Blake nodded smirking. Peony sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Hey foxy!" Cardin's voice came from behind Peony. Peony jumped and spun around, instinctively punching Cardin in the face. "Argh! What was that for!" Cardin shouted toward Peony, who smirked and punched him in the dick. Cardin fell to the floor clutching said part of his body. "All I was saying was you were cute!" He explained, clearly in pain.

"Faunus hate is BAD!" Peony lectured before she sat back down and started to eat her food. Cardin stared at the girl before he made the connection and groaned.

"Dirt fucking faunus!" He groaned before he limped away from the table. Weiss glared towards Peony, who smiled and waved.

"Hello Weiss. Yeah I'm a faunus!" the fox faunus said. Weiss glared towards Peony.

"Weiss! Come here!" A familiar male voice whined from behind Weiss. "Aww! The Weiss cold shoulder no fair" Will added before he started to laugh.

"The nerve!" Weiss said before she stood up and looked at the white haired male behind her. Said male smirked towards the heiress. "Will, could you, for once in your life go back to nice Will?" Weiss asked the male. Will shook his head, smiling.

"Will? Where did you go?" Peony asked. Will sighed and sat down next to Blake.

"Well… It's a long story." Will started "So…"


A few minutes before with Will

Will quickly walked away from the group and followed the rabbit faunus, that they saw being discriminated against. Once he had reached the rabbit girl, she was already with a group of three other people. Will slipped into the seat next to the girl. "Hey… are you okay?" Will asked the girl. The group stared at Will as if he was crazy.

"Yeah… I'm fine!" The girl answered. Will looked at the faunus as raised his left eyebrow. "I… I'm used to it!" The girl said. Will shrugged and started to get up. "Wait… what's your name?" the faunus girl asked.

"Will… William Branwen. Please to meet you!" Will said as he held his hand out towards the faunus.

"Velvet Scarlatina. Nice to meet you." Velvet said as she shook Will hand.

"Argh! What was that for!" a familiar bullies voice shouted. Will looked behind him and started to laugh. Velvet followed Will's line of sight and smiled.

"I would love to sit and chat but my feisty friend, Peony has just punched Cardin in his… um… pride!" Will excused himself before he started to walk back to the table.


"Well that's where I was while you were punching Cardin to a pulp!" Will finished. Peony glared towards Will. Will looked towards Peony, "Oh S… Shit!" Will stuttered, "I'm going to be killed!" Will added, with a smirk on his face.

"FEISTY!" Peony shouted towards Will. Will face palmed and then looked towards Peony.

"Peony… You know I didn't mean it in a bad way!" Will said, "I… found it an appropriate comment, at the time." Will finished. Peony sighed and avoided the eye contact of Will. She then looked towards Will and held out her right hand. Will nodded and held his left hand across the table and carefully placed his hand on Peony's, "Forgiven… together we forgive each other" Will chanted.

"Forgiven… together we forgive each other" Peony chanted again. They both let their hands drop. Yang looked towards the pair her mouth open wide. Peony smiled and waved. Will smirked at Yang and clicked his fingers in front of the brawlers face. Yang shook her head and looked towards Will. "We should go to our lesson, with Professor Oobleck." Peony said.

"Doctor Oobleck!" Will corrected Peony. Peony glared at Will. "I know! I'm a smart ass!" Will exclaimed, a smirk plastered on his face. "Oh and Yang I'll explain the whole chanting thing later,"


"This is prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War!" Dr Oobleck started as he rushed up to the front of the class. "Humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie." the teacher continued. He pointed towards an island.

'I assume this is said island?' Will thought as he followed the Doctor's every move. 'Doesn't half talk a lot though' Will psychotic soul pointed out. Will nodded to that statement.

"Mr. Branwen? Is everything okay?" Oobleck asked the teen. Will smiled towards the teacher.

"Sorry Dr. Oobleck I was just thinking. Do carry on with the lesson!" Will replied. Blake looked towards Will and raised her left eyebrow. "What?" Will asked. Blake shrugged.

"Very well then! Now! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" Oobleck asked. Many of the student held their hands and after a moment Velvet did. "Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" Oobleck started before he took another sip of his coffee. "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to White Fang! Now, which one of you young scallions can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the War?" Oobleck asked the class. Will raised his hand along with Weiss. "Yes. Ms. Schnee?"

"The battle at fort castle!" Weiss stated.

"Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" Oobleck asked the class while Cardin flicked a crumpled piece of paper at Jaune's head.

"Hey!" Jaune stated when the piece of paper hit his head.

'Oh slap me around the face and call me a Schnee! This WILL not go well!' Will thought as he saw Pyrrha motion towards her eyes.

"Binoculars!" Jaune answered looking pleased with himself. Will and Pyrrha simultaneously face palmed.

"Very funny Mr. Arc! Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!" Oobleck asked said teen in question.

"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." Cardin said. Pyrrha looked towards Cardin as Oobleck shook his head.

"You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?" Pyrrha stated.

"What? You got a problem?" Cardin question the Spartan.

"No, I have the answer! It's night vision! Many faunus are known to have near-perfect eyesight in the dark!" Pyrrha retorted and answered. Cardin growled towards Pyrrha.

"General Lagune was inexperienced, and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep. His massive army was outmatched, and the general was captured." Blake added as Will turned to Cardin.

"Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure." Will added with a smirk plastered on his face. "Emphasis on such and failure!" Cardin growled towards the white haired teen.

As he stood up with his fist clenched Oobleck started to speak, "Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat. You and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings!" Oobleck took another sip of his coffee then carried on with the lesson. "Now! Moving on!"


"Come on Peony let's wander back to our dorm room!" Will exclaimed after that class was finished. Peony nodded and followed Will down the hall. Once they had arrived at their dorm room Will slumped onto his bed and groaned.

"Are you okay?" Peony asked her team partner. Will nodded and rolled over to face the wall. "Will! You don't usually ignore what I say! What is wrong!" Peony asked again. Will ignored Peony and carried on staring at the wall. "Shall I open a window?" Peony asked after a few minutes.

Will sighed, "No. I'll do it," Will walked over towards the window and opened it. Two voices carried along the wind. Will leant on the windowsill so that he could clearly hear the conversation.

"NO I DON'T!" a male voice shouted. "I wasn't really accepted into Beacon..." the male continued.

"Wh-what do you mean?" a female voice asked. She sounded concerned and bewildered.

"I mean I didn't go to combat school, I didn't pass any tests. I didn't earn my spot at this Academy!" the male confessed. "I lied! I got my hands on some fake transcripts, and I lied!"

Will climbed up towards the two voice to be confronted by Pyrrha and Jaune. "Hi." Will said and he looked between the two shocked teens. "Geez! Did I catch you having sex or something?" Will asked which caused Pyrrha to blush. "Too early?"

"H… How much have you heard?" Jaune asked Will. Will looked towards Jaune and sighed.

"Just enough to know what I wanna know, " Will answered. "Oh and Jaune, if you practice you can beat the bully!" Will said before he walked towards the exit. Pyrrha ran after Will and grabbed his arm, causing Will to stop and turn around. "Pyrrha?" Pyrrha looked towards the floor before she shook her head and walked away.


"Will! There you are! Why did you climb out the window!?" Peony asked as Will walked into the door of his dorm room. Will shrugged and walked over towards his bed. Peony sighed and sat down next to Will. She placed her hand on his shoulder and smiled towards him. Will smiled back and then hugged Peony.

"I'm not trying to ignore you. It's just I'm scared for Pyrrha heart and health." Will said to Peony before he let go of her and got of the bed. As he walked over towards the bathroom, to have a shower, when there was a knock on the door. Will sighed before he moved over to the door and opened it. "Hello?" Will asked, he then looked up to see Blake standing at the door. "Blake," He stated. Blake smiled towards Will. "Is everything okay?" Will asked the female ninja. Blake nodded and walked into the room.

"Blake, hey. How are you?" Peony asked before Will stepped to the bathroom door. "Will?" the white haired male turned around and glared at Peony.

"I'll only take a few minutes." Blake stated. Will nodded and walked over to his bed. "I was wondering if…"

"BLAKE? Where are you?" Ruby's voice was heard from the corridor. Blake sighed and turned around and walked of the room. Will shrugged and got back of his bed. The white haired male walked over towards the bathroom. Peony smiled and got of Will's bed.

Will closed the bathroom door and sighed a sigh of relief. Will stretched before he started to take of his school blazer. He carefully placed the blazer on to the floor and then he examined the Grimm scar that he once obtained. Will shivered and placed both of his hand over his eyes. Will stood, half naked, in the same spot for about two minutes - recounting the memory of the attack. A knock at the door pulled Will out of his trance, said teen looked towards the door and sighed.

"Will?" Peony's voice sounded through the door. Will walked over towards the door and knocked on the door three times with about a second or so break in between. "Oh... okay! As long as you are not dead or anything." the girl answered. Will smiled and walked back over towards the shower. Said teen then finished undressing himself before he turned the shower on and got in.

'Just what I needed!' Will thought before he realised that his psychotic soul probably hear that comment. Said white haired teen reached for his shampoo before he squeezed a bit on his left hand and rubbed it into his hair. Will finished washing out the shampoo before he turned off the shower. He was didn't really want to use conditioner or anything else. Will step out of the shower and grab a towel and wrapped it around him, so it was covering his scar. As Will walked out of the room he was confronted by Ren, sitting next to Peony. Ren looked up from his notes before he quickly looked back down his face slightly pink. "Oh… Ren... Hey. Sorry I just had a shower." Will spluttered before he walked over to the draw next to his bed and pulled out a dark, almost blood coloured, red top and a pair of black PJ bottoms. Will pulled the top over his head covering the rest of his scar before he walked over towards an angry looking Peony holding Will light red boxers, which had a yellow rose pattern. Will smiled at Peony and grabbed his boxers before he pulled them underneath the towel.

"I should go," Ren said as he got of the bed. Will nodded and moved out of Ren's way. "Cheers… anyway. Thanks for letting me over." Ren finished before he walked past Peony, smiling. Peony smiled back, her cheeks a dark shade of red. Will smirked at his team partners obvious crush on Ren. However, before Will could open his mouth to even start to make a comment on Peony's embarrassment, Peony had already wandered away and was busy. Will sighed before he walked over to his bed and pull the covers over himself.


The next night

The next day went by quickly from Will as he learnt more about how to be a hunter and to hone his skills. It was currently night and Peony and Will were silently reading to themselves. Will closed his book and placed it down. He then stretched and got up. He walked over to the door and opened it slightly. He saw Jaune staring into his team room.

"Hey, Jaune!" A female exclaimed. Jaune turned around, "Long time, no see! Did you lock yourself out again?"

"Oh, uh, nope!" he replied as he held his scroll up. "Got it!" Will opened the door fully and saw Ruby, with her back to him.

"So! Where have you been lately?" Ruby asked.

"I, uh..." Jaune stuttered as he tried to make up an excuse. "I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have, and now Cardin has me on a leash, and Pyrrha won't even talk to me, and..." Jaune said as he slid down his team dorms door. "I'm starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea." he continued. "I'm a failure." he concluded. Will snorted, alerting Ruby to his presence, and sat down next to the fallen knight.

"Nope!" Ruby and Will said in unison.

"Nope?" Jaune asked in shock.

"Nope! You're a leader now, Jaune. You're not allowed to be a failure." Ruby explained.

"But... what if I'm a failure at being a leader?" Jaune questioned. Will snorted once again.

"NOPE!" Will exclaimed. Jaune flinched and held his ears.

"You know, you two aren't the easiest to talk to about this kind of stuff." Jaune commented.

"Nope," Ruby replied as she slid down on the other side of Jaune. "Jaune, maybe you were a failure when you were a kid..." Ruby explained, which cause Jaune to groan and sink towards the floor. "... and you might've even been a failure the first day we met!" she carried on. Jaune groaned again and sunk even lower to the ground. "But, you can't be one now. You know why?" she questioned.

"Um..." Jaune paused to think.

"Because it's not just about you anymore. You've got a team now, Jaune. All three of us do! And if we fail, then we'll just be bringing them down with us." Will answered.

"We have to put our teammates first, and ourselves second. Your team deserves a great leader, Jaune. And I think that can be you." Ruby added. "Have a good night, Jaune!" She finished as she walked into her team room. Jaune smiled, now feeling more inspired by Will and Ruby.

"Night Jaune," Will said. Before he walked into his team dorm, before he did he turned around and said, "Now go explain to Nikos about what's happening, or Papa Will's gunna hate ya for eternity!" Jaune gulped and nodded. Will smiled at the boy's shock. He then changed into his PJ's and fell asleep.


"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so." Glynda Goodwitch explained as she lead the group around the red forest. The group stopped causing Jaune to bump into Cardin. "Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here by 4 o'clock. Have fun!" she finished instructing the group. Will groan and followed Ruby and her team. Deep in the woods Will stopped next to Ren and started to gather the red sap from tree.

"Will... did you really have to..." Peony whined. Will smiled at Peony insecurities. "Great," Peony glared at her team leader.

"She alright?" Ren asked.

"Nope! I've put her next to her crush," Will replied. Ren nodded, before his eyes slowly widened.

"WILL!" Peony shouted. Will started to laugh and poked her on the head. "Ass," she replied.

"Interesting," Ren commented.

"What?!" Peony exclaimed. Ren didn't reply instead he started on the task given by Goodwitch. Will did the same while Peony and Nora had a staring contest.

"Nora," Ren said, snapping Nora back to reality.

"Yes Ren?" She asked.

"Jar," Ren replied. Nora handed the green-themed ninja the jar. Ren handed Nora a full jar of sap to which Nora ohh'd at and drank the whole jar. "Nora!" Ren said, irritated.

"Sorry Ren," Nora replied. Will smiled at the energy on Nora and then handed Peony a jar of sap. He then heard the distinct sound of breaking glass.

"Anyone of you guy broken you jars?" Will asked the group around. The all shook their heads. "SHIT! JAUNE!" Will shouted as he added up what could of happened.

"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked as she rushed up to Will.

"Only logical conclusion, something happened with CRDL. Which means Jaune!" Will explained quickly.

"URSA! URSA!" Russel exclaimed as he ran into Yang.

"SHIT! JAUNE!" Will exclaimed, louder. "YANG, BLAKE, REN, NORA AND PEONY, GET PROFESSOR GOODWITCH. NOW!" Will ordered the group.

"I'll go with you," Pyrrha said. Will nodded and gestured to the other two.

"Ruby, Weiss. Come!" He ordered. They nodded and followed Will and Pyrrha.


"Oh No!" Pyrrha said as she and the other three arrived on the scene. The four watch the Ursa close the gap between Cardin and itself. The Ursa swiped at its victim to the swipe to be blocked by Jaune. He struggled to defend a stunned Cardin from the Ursa's attack. Weiss then lifted Myrtenaster, to help defeat the Ursa.

"Wait," Pyrrha instructed. Jaune then took the shield out from the Ursa's paw and slashed at its stomach which caused it to lash out in the process it tried to crush him. Will flipped his hand over which caused Jaune to roll over to avoid the Ursa, the knight then jumped over an attack. However, Jaune was then caught off guard by the Ursa hitting him in mid air causing him to land far away from the Ursa. Jaune instantly got back to his feet and charged at the Ursa. The Ursa swiped at the knight again sending him backwards again. Will let out a shocked breath as he sensed the fact that Jaune aura was in the red. Jaune then launched towards the Ursa again, leaving his left side exposed to the Ursa attack. Seeing this Pyrrha held her hand out, as dark red energy gather in her arm. Just as the Ursa's attack was about to hit him, the energy gather around Jaune shield blocking the attack. The knight used this surprise defensive move to push his shield back up in the process swiping his blade straight through the Ursa's head.

"Uhhh... what?" Ruby questioned once Pyrrha had put her hand down.

"How did you...?" Weiss asked, equally amazed as Ruby.

"Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs. My Semblance is polarity." the Spartan explained.

"Woah... You can control poles?" Ruby asked.

"Magnetism Ruby. Magnetism." Will lectured his younger cousin. Will then turned and walked away from the scene along with Pyrrha.

"Wait, where are you two going?"Weiss questioned.

"Yeah! We gotta tell them what happened!" Ruby agreed.

"We could... Or perhaps we could keep it our little secret?" Pyrrha explained.

"Is everything okay?" Glynda inquired as the four walked over towards her.

"Yes Professor Goodwitch" they all replied.

"I was told there was an Ursa,"

"Jaune defeated it, or so the legend goes!" Will explained, smirking.

"Mr Branwen, please come with me to Professor Ozpin office," Glynda ordered.

"Sure thing," Will replied.


"Glynda?" Ozpin inquired as she walked into his office with Will. "What seem to be the matter?"

"Will," Goodwitch replied.

"I said... so the legend goes," Will remarked.

"Glynda!" Ozpin said. "I hardly believe that remark would cause suspicion," Glynda opened her mouth to retort but then closed it and let Will go.

"Cheers Oz," Will said, "Oh and say hi to Amber for me!" He added. Ozpin smiled at the boy.

"How can you hate the boy?" Ozpin asked Glynda, who sighed and walked away from the headmaster.


Whoo! This chapter took me soooooooooooooo long to write! Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter of Will being Will. Apart from that I'll see you from the next chapter, where Blake runs away with Will and Sun. Also you'll see a flashback to some off Will's backstory.

explodingninja out! BOOM!