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Jaune's POV

I could feel the warmth in the air, a yellow warm glow that seemed to be in the air. I'm dreaming again. I recognize this place… it's my home. I scanned the area to see where exactly I was. I was in the town hall, more specifically during the summer festival. I love the summer festival; it was always my favorite time of the year, my mother and father would always take me. Booths lined the town hall full of many events and games, it filled me with nostalgia and I couldn't but smile at all the familiar things. I closed my eyes and sniffed the air to get that old nostalgic smell of fresh baked bread. When I opened my eyes again the town hall was filled with people all moving around and it was night time. Lights aluminated the town hall and gave it an overall cheery look. I remember this night; it was the last night that we would every do anything together as a family again.

Something drew my attention to the right. I looked over and saw mini me with my parents. I was 10 at the time and I had a broad smile on my face. I looked at my father who was looking at mini me. He was smiling just like he used to, I miss that smile. I decided to follow them around for a while; nobody seemed to be able to see me anyways. I followed them for two hours just watching them go from booth to booth and taking in the scenery.

They slowly made their way to the last booth; the boop-a-mole (thanks Nora). I knew what was going to happen next and I wanted to make sure that I saw what happened this time. Mini me went off to talk to the guy at the booth with my father while my mother stayed behind. She then started to have a coughing fit and fell to the ground trying to cover her mouth, still coughing. She moved her hand away from her mouth and I could see blood on it. I shivered at the sight of it. She collapsed onto the ground and my father noticed this. He quickly ran over to her and picked her up. He ran off somewhere with her in his arms. I looked back at the booth to see mini me looking confused as to what happened. I understood what happened now. Back then all I saw was my father run back towards mother, pick her up, and carry her away.

Then the scenery changed and the town hall was empty, no booths, no people, and no life. The warm feeling was gone and things seem to have gone from a slight yellow to complete gray. It was cold, so cold. I looked around and saw a shard of a shattered mirror on the ground. I walked over and picked it up. I saw not only my reflection, but a reflection as an 11 year old me. I was crying and had an angry look on my face.

"Mo-mommy?" a voice asked coming from nowhere. It sounded like my voice. "Mommy, where are you?"

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"

I woke up in a cold sweat and breathing heavily. I looked at the alarm clock and saw that it was 4:00a.m. I looked around the room and saw that everyone was still sleeping. I got up and went to take a shower, got dressed, and sat back down on my bed. I didn't feel like training this morning. I was still shivering even after a warm shower and putting on warm clothes. I looked over at Pyrrha and saw her immediately close her eyes. Nice try Pyr. I walked over to her bed and leaned down so I was right next to her ear.

"I know you're awake." I whispered softly. She opened her eyes and looked at me with concern.

"Jaune that's the third nightmare this week, would you please just talk to me about it."

"Don't worry about it, it's nothing to concern yours-"

"Yes it is! You're our leader and my friend. If there is something wrong then you need to tell me so I can help you."

"You can't"

"Why not?"

"Because what's bothering me is in the past and cannot be changed, no matter what you do."

"Can you at least tell me what it's about?"

I sighed and sat down on her bed. She sat up and moved over to make room for me.

"It's about my family. Pyrrha my dad is one of my best friends."

"Okay"

"But we weren't always that close. The thing that brought us closer than ever was…the death of my mother."

"Jaune…I'm so sorry"

"I'm not finished yet. After my mother's death my father started to drink and often times he would take his anger out on me. Some…things happened and my father changed, he became not just my father but my friend that I could talk to about anything. We became closer than ever. However, I still have nightmares about my mother and I don't know why. It started happening around the same time you unlocked my aura."

"Jaune I'm sorry to hear that, but I want you to know that I'm also here if you want to talk to me about it."

"Pyrrha I will, but I don't quite feel comfortable enough to talk about it, just give me some time."

"I will. Now go back to bed. Today is the Vytal festival and you're gonna need your energy. We plan on leaving around 10 and I doubt that Nora is gonna be wake up before 9."

"I would but…I doubt that I'm gonna be able to get much sleep without having another nightmare and trust me I do not want to have another one."

I barely had time to finish my sentence before Pyrrha hugged me and pulled me closer.

"Then you can sleep in my bed tonight and I'll protect you from your own monsters."

I blushed at the idea of this. I had never been this close to a girl before in my life. I hesitated at first and tried to think of what to do. I felt myself at ease in her embrace. I slowly relaxed and laid down next to her. I crawled underneath the covers and tried to separate myself a little bit but Pyrrha tried to get as close as she could.

"Pyrrha….a little close don'tcha think?"

"You're still shivering Jaune. You need to warm up."

She wrapped me in another hug and I actually started to warm up. I started to drift off to sleep.

"Pyrrha?"

"hmm?"

"Thank you" and with that I fell asleep, with anticipation for the upcoming festival.

I am going to post part 2 very soon. Sorry this took a little longer, I wanted to work on another story (The Feeling of Dread), but this story takes priority over that so you'll definitely see two more updates this week. Thank you to everyone that has read my story. A special thanks to everyone that has reviewed, you guys are awesome. As always please leave a review, criticism is always welcomed, and have a good day, Carnage out.