"Wow! The forest is soo pretty!" Ruby exclaimed. Then she got out her scroll, and started taking pictures.

"Yes, students the Forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Ruby, I'm only allowing you to take pictures to show your bedridden teammate. Do not expect me to be this lenient in the future." Ruby frantically nodded to show her understanding, and Ms. Goodwitch was back to her briefing.

"Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the deep trees inside the forest. And I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so."

Jaune was frantically running to catch up with the group. He was carrying all of Team CRDL's jars, along with a rather heavy-looking box.

"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 at four'o clock. Have fun!"

Team RWBY gathered by one cluster of trees, and Team (J)NPR gathered by another. But nobody knew where team CRDL was. So Yang decided to keep one of her eyes open. She was looking around, but she couldn't see Team CRDL, or Jaune anywhere.. Yang was getting a bad feeling about all of it, but she couldn't just run off. Her teammates wouldn't have a clue where she was.

Helpless to do anything, she returned her focus to the assignment.

How did it all go so wrong? Jaune had to ask himself, he had wanted to go to Beacon to get stronger, to be a hero like his father, and his father before him.

Now he's stuck being Cardin's lapdog. And there was nothing he could do to get out of it, unless he got kicked out of the school. And Jaune did not want to go back home as a failure. So, he did whatever Cardin asked him to do.

But, intentionally hurting his teammate, is where he drew the line.

He just couldn't do it. He couldn't hurt Pyrrha. In a fit of anger, he turned around and threw the sap at Cardin. The sap that would have attracted the rapier wasp Grimms to Pyrrha, was splattered all over the front of Cardin's chest armor, coloring the majestic wings engraved on them a deep red.

Seeing the shock in Cardin's eyes turn to anger, Jaune recoiled in fear.

Maybe that wasn't the best idea... He briefly pondered, before he was surrounded by the angry-looking members of Team CRDL. He put his hands up in defense, but Cardin alone seemed to be twice his size. He knew he wasn't gonna get out of this without a few bruises...

Everyone felt the ground rumble. Though there was nothing in sight that would have caused it.

This must be what Ochre meant when she said something was gonna happen. Yang thought, deploying her gauntlets.

"That's a big Ursa!" Someone cried. And a loud ROAR was heard. Team CRDL, minus Cardin came running out of the treeline into the clearing, calling "Ursa! Ursa!"

The one that was yelling ran into Yang, who immediately demanded to know what was going on.

The guy pointed back in the direction he came from. "Back there. It got Cardin!" He told her, frightened.

Pyrrha dropped her jar of sap worriedly saying "Jaune!" Ruby immediately took action. "Yang, you and Blake go get Professor Goodwitch." Pyrrha spoke up, telling Ren and Nora to go with them, as there could be more.

Pyrrha, Ruby and Weiss took off in the opposite direction, deploying their weapons, and hoping they weren't too late.

When they got there, they saw Carding getting his ass handed to him. The Ursa mauled him again and again, and would have done more damage had Jaune not stepped in, shielding them both.

Jaune recklessly charged at the Ursa. He must've been tired, as he wasn't holding his shield up, leaving him open to an attack.

His shield suddenly raised, blocking the Ursa's swipe. He took advantage of the Ursa's non-existent guard, decapitating the creature.

Ruby and Weiss were understandably confused, as they saw Pyrrha raise her and before Jaune's shield went up.

"How did you..?" Weiss started to ask, but Pyrrha cut her off.

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

*Gasp* "You can control poles" Ruby quietly said.

"No you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism." Weiss berated Ruby.

"Magnets are cool too." The red caped-girl quietly said to herself. Pyrrha started walking away.

"Wait, where are you going?" Weiss asked

"Yeah," Ruby continued, "We gotta tell them what happened."

"We could. Or, we could keep it our little secret. I think Jaune could use the confidence boost." She turned and walked away.

They could hear Jaune tell Cardin as he pulled him up, "Don't ever mess with my team my friends ever again. Got it?" He walked away. Cardin didn't try to stop him.

Jaune stood at the edge of the rooftop, watching the shattered moon in the night sky.

"No Cardin tonight?" Pyrrha asked, coming up from behind him. "I thought you two were best buds?"

Juane turned to her, sadness written all over his face.

"Pyrrha, I'm sorry. I was a jerk. You were only trying to be nice and... I-I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head and-"

"It's okay Jaune." Pyrrha softly said. She smiled at him. He smiled back.

"Y'know, your team really misses it's leader." She turned to leave. "You should come downstairs. Ren made pancakes~ No syrup though. You can thank Nora for that."

Jaune got her attention again before she could leave. "Wait, Pyrrha."

She turned towards him.

" I know I don't deserve it, after what happened, but... Would you still be willing to help me? To help me become a better fighter."

She gave him a rather predatory smile. Then she walked up to him, and pushed him to the ground.

"Your stance is all wrong. You need to be wider and lower to the ground." She offered her hand which he took, and she pulled him back up.

Still with their hands interlocked, she said, "Let's try that again."

The camera zooms out, before panning up to show us Remnant's beautiful shattered moon.