There was a wide patch of land, a slight fog had rolled in, and two envoys on horseback rode to each other.
"That looks like Vale," Ozpin examined the land.
"It looks different," Glynda tilted her head, "Almost older."
"Time Travel," Sun waved his hands in front of his face.
"We were pirates," Blake shrugged, "What are we now."
"You don't need to be here," Jaune leaned over to Weiss on her horse.
"Yes I do," She shuddered in her saddle.
The others finally reached them. The guards stood back while three stepped forward: Cinder, Mercury, and Adam.
"My favorite pet," Cinder lecherously smiled, "I've actually missed your tongue. Thank you for returning the stray to me safely. Now, dismount and kneel before me. Surrender your army and proclaim me the true Ruler of Vale and Mistress of Beacon."
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.
I'm liking this one already, Cinder smiled.
"A-Am I a sex slave?!" Weiss shrieked.
"Interesting turn," Adam watched himself, "A Schnee is now the pet. That's rich."
"Quiet you!" Winter snapped.
"Why aren't I there?" Emerald looked at Cinder's escort.
"If we watched, wed find out." Cinder told her her smile waning none the less.
"I will pardon you for deserting the Atlas Military. I will pardon these treasonous lords for betraying my house. Come, Coward, you don't have the men, you don't have the horses, and you don't have Beacon. Why lead those poor souls into slaughter? There's no need for a battle, get off your horse and kneel. I am a woman of mercy.
This Jaune has two scars, one across his left eye and one just above his right eyebrow. He stared at Cinder coldly as she spoke. Weiss knew every word Cinder spoke was a lie. She just hoped Jaune wouldn't fall for it.
"Think he'll fall for it?" Yang asked.
"No," Weiss shook her head, "Despite his failings, Jaune's not stupid."
"What do you think he'll do?" Nora held Ren's hand.
"Jaune seemed out manned," Ren watched, "Maybe he'll fight with words."
"You're right," Jaune finally spoke, "There's no need for a battle. Thousands of men don't need to die. Only one of us. Let's end this the old way. You against me."
"The Old Way?" Ruby looked to her father.
"He's not joking when he says old," Taiyang answered, "The Old Way once said that if someone did you wrong you confronted them yourself, and settled it yourself. That tradition died a long time ago."
"Maybe for you," Raven added, "You've grown soft..."
Cinder laughed, "I've heard stories about you, Coward. The way people in Vale talk about you, you're the greatest swordsman who ever walked. Maybe you are that good. Maybe you aren't. I don't know if I'd beat you. But I know my army will beat yours. I have 6000 men. You have what? Half that? Not even?"
"Damn," was all Ozpin could say.
"He had a good attempt," Qrow approved, "Too Bad Cinder had a contingency."
Pays to be prepared. Better luck next time. Cinder's smile could only grow.
"Aye, you have the numbers," Jaune agreed, "Would your men want to fight for you, when they hear you won't fight for them?"
Clever boy, Cinder nodded, Trying to play my game huh?
"Switching up tactics huh?" Ironwood raised an eyebrow.
"I did say he had a mind for tactics," Ozpin smiled at his student.
Cinder began laughing again, "He's good. Very good! Tell me, would you let your little sister die because you're too proud to surrender?"
"How do we know you have her?" Weiss demanded.
Adam reached in his sack. And threw at their feet the bloody head of Zwei still on a meat hook.
Ruby started crying at the sight. Taiyang quickly held his daughter and shielded her eyes.
"Adam you sick bastard," Yang growled with crimson eyes.
Weiss looked at the head then back to Cinder smirking.
"Now if you want to save-"
"You're going to die tomorrow Cinder," Weiss cut her off, "Sleep well." And with that she rode away.
"She's a fine woman the Heiress," Cinder smiled, "I look forward to having her back in my bed. And you're all fine looking men and women. My dogs are desperate to meet you I haven't feed them for seven days they're ravenous! I wonder which parts they'll try first? Your eyes? Your balls? We'll find out soon enough. In the morning then, Coward."
Cinder rode off after her last word.
Taiyang uncovered Ruby and she looked at the screen.
"He deserted the military?" Winter growled.
"That's probably why everyone is calling him Coward," Ironwood shook his head.
"Jaune wouldn't do that on a whim," Pyrrha snapped, "If he broke his word, he has a good reason for it."
"If she's smart she'll stay behind the walls of Beacon and wait is out," Jaune looked over a map with his council.
"That's not her way," Roman shook his head, "She knows Vale will be watching, the other houses sense weakness on her part they'll stop fearing her. She can't have that, fear is her power."
"It's her weakness too," Jaune countered, "Her men don't want to fight for her they're forced to. Once they see the tide turning..."
"It's not his men that worry me, it's her horses," Kali spoke, "I've seen what mounted knights can do, they'll cut through our army like piss through snow."
"Colorful visual," Kali appeared next to Blake.
"Mom?!" Blake jumped out of her skin.
"Yep!" Kali smiled as Ghira sat next to them.
"We got a little mind experience when we were brought in," Illia groaned, "So, this looks interesting. Medieval knights should be fun."
"You guys are taking this extraordinarily well," Blake looked at the new guests.
"It's hard to say no when someone plants the proof inside your head," Ghira shrugged.
Illia And Kali nodded in agreement.
"It's crucial that they charge at us," Roman looked at the map, "They have the numbers, we need the patience. If we let her buckle our center, we'll have her surrounded on three sides."
"Did you really think that cunt would fight you man-to-woman?" Kali leaned over to Jaune.
"Haven't heard you talk like that since Blake was born," Ghira chuckled.
"Mom?" Blake looked at her.
"Well I wanted to censor myself around you," Kali blushed.
"No," Jaune shook his head, "But I wanted to make her angry. I want her coming at us with full force."
"We should all get some sleep," Roman sighed.
"Aye," Kali agreed, "Rest Jaune, we'll need you sharp tomorrow."
"Taking all bets!" Mercury raised his hand, "Who's betting on who?"
"Can I bet on myself?" Adam handed Mercury money.
"I bet on our fearless leader!" Nora proclaimed.
"Think he has a shot?" Ironwood asked Ozpin while the students gambled.
"I guess we'll find out," Ozpin thought it over, "Cinder has the numbers. But Jaune has a flexible mind, and has gotten through hardships before."
"So," Weiss spoke once they were alone, "You've met the enemy. Drawn up your battle plans."
"Aye," Jaune nodded, "For what there worth."
"You've known her for the space of a single conversation," Weiss' tone was turning, "You and your trusted advisors, and you sit around making your plans on how to defeat a woman you don't know. I lived with her. I know the way her mind works. I know how she likes to hurt people. Did it ever once occur to you that I might have some insight?"
"You're right," Jaune sighed.
"You think she's going to fall into your trap? She won't she's the one who lays traps."
"She's overconfident."
"She plays with people. He's far better at it than you. He's been doing it his whole life."
"Aye, and what have I been doing all my life? Playing with broomsticks?" Jaune stood up almost angrily, "I've fought beyond the Northern Wastes against worse than Cinder Fall. I defended Atlas from worse than Cinder Fall."
Ironwood spit out his drink, "Did he say Northern Wastes?!"
"What's got your panties in a bunch?" Qrow looked over at Ironwood.
"The Northern Wastes," Ironwood wiped his chin, "Are just that, frozen uninhabitable wastelands. We don't even think the Grimm could survive them."
"It could be like Menagerie," Ghira spoke, "The Grimm that live in the deserts are far more dangerous than the deserts of Vacuo. There could be some up there that are more dangerous than normal found around Atlas."
"Do you think that's why he left the military?" Yang asked, "Is the threat so great he'd risk imprisonment for it?"
"You don't know her," Weiss argued.
"Alright tell me," Jaune gave in, "What should we do? How do we get Nora back?"
"We'll never get her back," Weiss shook her head.
Jaune stared at Weiss, "I won't give up on my sister."
"Listen to me please," Weiss begged, "She wants you to make a mistake."
"Of course she does," Jaune stepped closer to Weiss, "What should I do differently?"
"I don't know," Weiss yelled, "I don't know anything about battles. Just don't do what he wants you to do."
"Aye that's good advice," sarcasm dripping from his tongue.
"You think that's obvious?"
"It is a bit obvious."
"If you had asked for my advice earlier, I would have told you not to attack Beacon until we had a larger force or is that obvious, too?"
"When will we have a larger force?! We've pleaded with every house that'll have us. The Drunken Qrow can't help us. We're lucky to have this many men!"
"It's not enough!"
"No, it's not enough. It's what we have. Battles have been won with greater odds."
"If Cinder wins, I won't be going back there alive. Do you understand me?"
"I won't let her touch you again. I'll protect you, I promise."
"No one can protect me, no one can protect anyone..."
Oh little Weiss, so scared of me you die before coming back? I like this universe.
"I don't think I've ever been scared for a human," Ilia shuddered, "Much less a Schnee."
"You feel bad for her?" Adam was appalled, "After everything they've done?"
"Then kill her," Ilia retorted, "Becoming a sex slave isn't something I'd wish on my worst enemy. That's worse than wrong..."
"You think there's hope?" Roman asked Kali as they walked.
"I've never seen these fuckers fight," Kali shrugged, "And they've never seen OUR Faunus fight, so yes, there's hope. You want to avenge your friend don't you?"
"It wasn't Cinder who defeated Emerald, it was Emerald herself. I loved the girl, she was the first to stand up to Cinder when she stared turning batshit. But she thought she could bring the Old a Cinder back, and didn't accept that she was gone."
"Well you loved that Cunt Emerald, and I loved the man she burned. Ghira didn't follow some red harlot or burn people alive. I believed in him, and gave him a daughter because of that. I need a good drink to help me sleep before a fight. You want some? I've got a jug of sour goats milk, stronger than any of that grape water you humans like sucking on."
"No thanks, that does sound delicious, but I want to keep a clear head. I can never sleep the night before a battle."
"So what do you do all night?"
"I walk, I think and walk. Think and walk until I'm far enough away from camp no one can hear me shitting my guts out."
Kali roared with laughter, "Happy Shitting." Kali saluted and returned to her tent.
"Sour Goats Milk?" Qrow gagged.
"What?" Kali, Ghira, Ilia, Adam, and Blake looked at everyone around them, "Don't knock it till you try it."
"You're joking right?" Yang looked over to Blake.
Blake handed her a flask from unknown origin. Yang hesitated and quickly took a little drink. To her great regret she gagged, and immediately gave it back to Blake. She chuckled as she passed it to the other Faunus.
"Guess we found you," Mercury elbowed Emerald.
"Oh joy, I'm dead," Emerald rolled her eyes.
"Would you really try to bring me back?" Cinder looked over to Emerald, "If I went over the edge, would you try to bring me back."
"Of course."
The same field where negotiations were held, was now a battlefield. The morning was crisp and cold. Jaune's army comprised of humans, Faunus, and a giant? Stood against the trees. Jaune rode to the lead with Roman on horseback next to him, with Kali and the giant next on foot.
Across the field was Cinder's army, but dotting the field were flaming posts. It took a minute to realize the flaming posts had people on them.
"You could cut the tension with a knife," Pyrrha felt uneasy in her seat.
"It's always the calm before it that's most unsettling," Ozpin watched also uneasy.
Cinder was seen walking through her army leading something tied behind her. Once she was in front it was revealed she was pulling Nora. Jaune glared as he watched them. Cinder pulled Nora next to her and held up a knife. Nora looked at the ground prepared for what to happen next. Cinder cut her ropes.
"Do you like games?" Cinder asked, "Run to your brother! The sooner you make it to him, the sooner you get to see him again. That's the game. Easy? Ready? Go!"
Nora began walking away.
"No you have to run remember?" Cinder materialized her bow, "Those are the rules."
"Hyah!" Jaune cried as his horse took off.
"Run me!" Nora yelled.
Cinder fired an arrow and missed, "Damn it."
Nora was crushing Ren and Pyrrha's hands, normally they'd object but they didn't care at the moment.
Cinder fired another and missed again, "Son of a bitch."
The professors watched with hope and Jaune and Nora grew closer.
Cinder fired again and missed, "You know I'm really bad at this."
"Almost there," Ilia whispered as she held her breath.
Jaune held his hand out for Nora as they were inches apart. When the arrow pierced her chest. Sound seemed to disappear as Jaune watched Nora slowly die on the ground.
Pyrrha and Ren held Nora as she stared at her dead self. Yang's eyes flashed red as she took the flask from Blake. Ruby was holding her father crying. Weiss' nails dug into her armrests. Blake was drinking.
Adam and Ilia hated the humans, but seeing that was just cruel. Giving them hope just to strip it away? Not even Adam would stoop so low.
"Things are about to get so much worse," Ghira held Kali's hand.
"You're gone," Kali squeezed, "But at least we had Blake."
"I don't like where this is headed," Qrow sank in his seat.
"What gave that away?" Glynda wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Let's see what happens next," Raven said, "He's right, battles have been won against greater odds..."
I would've burned her, eh, shooting her in his hands was nice too.
"Don't," Kali watched Jaune stand over Nora's body.
"Prepare to charge!" Roman commanded, "PREPARE TO CHARGE!"
Jaune's army scrambled while Cinder smirked back onto her horse.
"DRAW!" Her archers readied their bows.
"LOOSE!" Her archers fired.
A cloud of arrows came toward Jaune.
"HYAH!" Jaune shouted as his horse ran. The arrows rained stabbing Nora's body repeatedly.
"GO! GO!" Roman shouted, "FOLLOW YOUR COMMANDER!"
Jaune's calvary men charged.
"RUN AND FIGHT!" Kali drew her sword. The Faunus drew their blades, the giant roared, and they all charged. The hoof beats thundered through the speakers as they charged. Cinder ordered another storm of arrows.
Jaune was thrown from his horse as it was shot.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha shouted.
"Come on," Taiyang grit his teeth, "Get up! Move!"
Cinder smirked, "Now."
"CALVARY!" Mercury shouted, "CHARGE!"
Jaune watched the horses charge. He switched his sword into great sword mode and held it with both hands.
"Run away!" Ruby screamed.
"He won't run," Ozpin watched, "Not from this."
He raised to swing.
"You know what they say about blondes with blue eyes," Sun watched them draw closer, "We're easy to knock down, but we're a motherfucker to keep down."
As the Calvary reached him, his own tackled into them, unleashing chaos. Jaune looked everywhere, seeing horses collide, spears entering bodies, and the cries of the wounded.
"KNOCK!" Roman ordered.
"KNOCK!" Cinder ordered.
"Who's there?" Mercury was faced with glares from EVERYONE.
"Sorry, shutting up now..."
"DRAW!" Roman ordered.
"DRAW!" Cinder ordered.
The students watched with anticipation while the professors remained stern, although slowly failing as the battle continued.
"We'll just kill our own men!" Roman shook his head, "STAND DOWN!"
"LOOSE!" Cinder ordered, not caring if her men died. Just so long as Jaune's did. Arrows rained killing both men and horses. Jaune was dodging rampaging horses and occasionally cutting a rider off the mount. He showed no mercy and cut down any of Cinder's men that got in his way. He saw one of his men, he held the man he was attacking, so his man could win.
"GET WORD-!" Jaune began but an arrow killed his messenger. With no other choice, he resumed his solo attack on Cinder's men.
"Are we sure this isn't an Evil Jaune?" Winter asked.
"Of course not!" Ruby defended her bestie, "Those are bad guys!"
"As childish as that sounded," Weiss sighed, "She's right, those serve Cinder who just murdered our friend! And possibly others!"
"LOOSE!" Cinder ordered another cloud of arrows.
The bodies began to literally pile up. Jaune was still standing fighting with all he had.
"Mr. Arc has certainly improved," Glynda observed.
"Cinder herself called him the best swordsman to ever walk," Raven nodded, "Seems the rumors were true."
"We may as well be taking shits back here!" Roman jumped off his horse, "FOLLOW!" His cane revealed a sword inside and he, along with Jaune's archers, charged toward the battle.
"It's time," Cinder smirked, "Go."
Adam drew his blood red blade and walked forward.
"WHO OWNS VALE?!" He shouted.
"WE DO!" His Faunus replied.
"WHO OWNS THE HUMANS?!" He shouted.
"WE DO!" They cried.
"SHOW ME!" Adam lead his men toward Jaune.
"Oh joy," Blake rolled her eyes, "You're still insane..."
"It's true," Adam sneered, "We are the dominant species, and this Adam acts upon it."
"I can only imagine the pain these Faunus must face," Ghira sighed.
Jaune was finally knocked down. The soldier kept attacking but Jaune kept blocking. Until a sword was driven through his attacker's chest.
Kali dragged Jaune to his feet and shook him, "Hey!"
Jaune calmed down and nodded. The Faunus joined him, the giant kicked a horse as he ran, lagging behind was Roman. Jaune was against the massive pile of bodies, but Cinder's tower shields surrounded them.
Between the shields were spears, "INFANTRY! ADVANCE!"
The shields picked up and marched forward, stabbing those in their way.
"This isn't a battle," Pyrrha shook her head, "This is a one sided slaughter."
Awww, poor Pyrrha. Sad your little boyfriend bit off more than he could chew? Next time know who your betters are.
"Jaune's a Knight," Ruby sniffed, "Knights always triumph over the bad guys."
As much as they wanted to deny it, Ruby's childish attitude made them smile.
One solider climbed the pile of bodies, only for Adam to slash his throat, and kick him down. Now Jaune was completely surrounded.
"WITH ME LADS!" Roman ordered, "BREAK THEIR LINE!"
The giant knocked down five shields, the men kept their spears up, and jabbed him. Kali and the other Faunus went between the spears and shouldered the shields. With her tackle she made enough of a gap to pull one solider through and kill him.
Cinder was watching the carnage with glee. Jaune's men were killing her's, but he didn't have the numbers to make a difference.
Kali pulled a shield down and stabbed the man holding it. As her back was turned she was slashed by another!
"KALI!" A Faunus screamed.
"GET HER BACK!" Another dragged her away.
Blake grabbed her mother's hand. Alternate dimension or no, seeing her mother stabbed wasn't a pleasant sight.
Ghira wasn't doing much better. First he finds out he's dead, now he's helpless to save his wife.
The shield wall was advancing. Kali looked back at the mound with soldiers standing on top. Then to the wall where the Faunus were dying.
"Fuck," she grit her teeth, "TO THE BACK!"
Jaune was still fighting when he came face to face with Adam. Each readied their blade and was prepared to kill the other. But they were tackled by the Faunus and separated. As Jaune was being trampled, Adam pulled himself up and was face to face with Kali. Their blades clashed.
"Adam I swear to god if you touch my mother I will kill you," Blake declared.
"I thought you didn't wish death upon me?" A damn questioned.
"That was before you were fighting my mother," Blake glared.
When the Faunus were packed together tight enough, Jaune grabbed the closest one and pulled himself up. Once he was above them, he was gasping desperately for air. He looked around at his forces. The giant was taking a spear to the side. Kali had disarmed Adamn, but he got the upper hand and began head butting her repeatedly. Roman looked bloody as he did the same. Then faint noise was heard...
"What was that?" Cinder grew nervous.
The noise grew louder, it was a horn?
"I think I have an idea," Ozpin smiled.
The horn was clearly heard this time. Everyone was looking for the source. Using the distraction, Kali roared, and sunk her teeth into Adam's neck! She tore out his throat and began to stab him with a dagger on her hip.
"Damn!" Yang watched with a smile, "Momma Belladonna is a badass!"
"Daaaaaaamn," Ghira purred earning a giggle from Kali and a groan from Blake.
Adam shrunk in his seat and held his neck.
Cinder looked toward the sound and the sight shocked her.
It was Blake! But this Blake was scared across her face with half of her left feline ear missing. Tied to the end of her spear was the original White Fang flag. Behind her was an army, thousands in strength, beside her was Yang and Weiss swords in hand. And they began trampling the shield wall.
"TOLD YOU SO!" Ruby cheered.
Blake was too busy holding her cat ears.
"Like mother like daughter?" Coco smiled, "Badass entry if I do say so myself."
Jaune made it to the top of the mound where he stared at Cinder. The giant cake up on his left, and Kali with Adam's sword on his right.
The three ran after Cinder who soon retreated to Beacon.
"Their army's gone," Cinder shrugged as she dismounted and her men barred the gates to Beacon.
"Our army's gone," her general corrected.
"We have Beacon," she said with annoyance, "They don't have the men for a siege all we have to do is wait."
SLAM.
Cinder turned to the gate.
"Did you forget he has a fucking giant?" Velvet deadpanned, "The you know walking fucking siege weapon?"
"ARCHERS! TO THE WALL!" Her general ordered.
SLAM SLAM SLAM.
CRASH, a fist was seen through the door.
"See?!" Velvet threw her hands in the air.
No no NO!
Archers began firing every arrow they had. But it didn't stop the giant from breaking down the door. He rushed in with Jaune's army behind him. He let out a mighty roar as Jaune's archers began shooting Cinder's.
Jaune and Kali came to the giant as he fell to his knees. Jaune reaches for him only for an arrow to pierce eye.
Jaune looked over and saw Cinder holding a bow.
"You suggested one-on-one combat?" Cinder shrugged, "I've reconsidered."
Jaune dropped his sword and picked up a shield nearby. Cinder fires and he blocked. He did this as he moved before slamming the shield into her face!
Once she was on the ground he straddled her and began punching.
The students, save Cinder and her crew, were cheering.
The punches continued, even when they heard bones snapping.
The cheers slowly died down when they saw Jaune unhinged.
Jaune looked up and saw Weiss, he stopped. Cinder's face was coated with blood. Features were swollen and cuts riddled her face. The battle was won.
"Aside from going a little batty," Taiyang shuddered, "That was perfect."
"He should've kept going," Nora quietly spoke.
"Agreed," Pyrrha and Ren answered.
"It's not his place," Raven said.
"What?" Everyone looked at her.
"Kept watching you'll see what I mean."
Cinder's banners fell and Beacon's original Crossed axes were flown in the hallways. Two Faunus carried Nora in on a slab of wood. Jaune took her hand, he was grateful for them removing the arrows.
"We're going to bury my sister in the crypts, next to Ren and Pyrrha."
The two nodded and carried her away.
"Jaune," Weiss waited till he was ready, "Where is she?"
Cinder woke up tied to a chair in a cell. She looked around and saw Weiss.
"My beloved pet," She gurgled, "Is this were I'll be staying now?"
Weiss didn't answer.
"No. Our time together is about to come to an end. That's alright. You can't kill me. I'm part of you now."
"Your words will disappear," Weiss finally spoke, "Your House will disappear. Your name will disappear. All memory of you will disappear. You call Jaune a Coward, but you sold your soul for power. What good did that do you? I wonder who's the real Coward here."
Cinder was her hounds gathering. Each one growling at one another.
"My hounds will never harm me."
"You've been starving them, you said it yourself."
"They're loyal beasts."
"They were, now they're starving."
Cinder watched her German Shepard jump on her sniffing.
"Sit!" She commanded.
"Oh god," Emerald covered her mouth.
"Down!" He began licking the blood.
"Ruby look away," Taiyang ordered, Ruby didn't hesitate to throw her hood over her eyes.
Cinder frantically repeated: 'down' but he didn't listen. His jaw snapped on hers and began chewing. Cinder's bloodcurdling screams mixed with barking dogs flooded the theater. Weiss watched until the screams stopped. She turned away, as she walked, her lips began to curl. Before finally smiling.
"That's why Jaune didn't kill her," Raven explained, "It was her revenge not his."
Jaune stood at the table surrounded by lords.
"You can't expect Atlesian Knights to side with Animalistic Invaders!" General Ironwood shouted.
"We didn't invade," Kali Belladonna spoke up, "We were invited."
"Not by me," Ironwood scoffed.
"The Faunus, the Atlesian, and the Valeans fought bravely, fought together, and we won," Jaune stood up, "My father used to say: "We find our true friends on the battlefield."
"Wise man," Qrow nodded.
"Really?" Glynda looked over.
"Yeah, think about it. Friendship is truly tested when bullets are coming at you. Do you save yourself or your friends?"
"The war is over!" Lord Oobleck stood up, "Cinder has been defeated! Winter has come! The reports are right it'll be the coldest one in a thousand years! We should ride home, and wait out the coming storms."
"The war is not over," Jaune spoke with a grim tone, "And I promise you friend, the true enemy won't wait out the storm, she brings the storm."
Ha! May have killed me but not her!
"Damn," Ozpin spat.
Oobleck sat back down and the other lords began bickering. That was when a smaller girl wearing a red hood with silver eyes stood up. She glared at the others before finally speaking.
"Your son was butchered during the Fall of Beacon Lord Port, but you refused the call," Ruby pointed accordingly, "You swore allegiance to House Arc Lady Goodwitch, but in their hour of greatest need you refused the call, and you Lord Oobleck your father was skinned alive by Cinder Fall, and you refused the call. BUT HOUSE ROSE REMEMBERS! VALE REMEMBERS! WE KNOW NO KING BUT THE KING OF VALE WHOSE NAME IS ARC! I don't care about his past, the Arc blood runs through his veins. He's my king from this day until his last day!"
"Damn Rubes," Yang nodded, "That's a speech if I've ever heard one."
"I'm so proud of you!" Taiyang gushed.
Everyone was silent, Ruby looked around before finally sitting down. The first one to stand was Lord Port.
"Lady Rose speaks harshly," he began, "And truly! My Son died for Ozpin during the Fall of Beacon. I didn't commit my men to your cause, because I didn't want more Ports dying for nothing...BUT I WAS WRONG! Jaune Arc avenged The Fall of Beacon! He is the King of Vale!" Port drew his sword and knelt.
"How Long has it been since the last king?" Port asked.
"I don't remember," Ozpin shook his head, "But one's back."
"I did not fight beside you on the field," Lady Goodwitch stood, "And I will regret that until my dying day. A woman can only admit when she is wrong and ask forgiveness."
"I need photographic evidence that this happened!" Qrow took out his scroll.
Glynda rolled her eyes.
Jaune shook his head, "There's nothing to forgive My Lady."
Lady Goodwitch let out the breath she was holding, "There will be more fights to come! House Goodwitch will stand behind House Arc as we have for 1000 years! And I will stand behind Jaune Arc." She drew her sword and knelt, "The King of Vale!"
"The King of Vale!" Port repeated.
The sounds of swords drawing echoed through the halls.
"THE KING OF VALE!" They chanted, "THE KING OF VALE! THE KING OF VALE! THE KING OF VALE!"
"JAUNE'S KING OF THE CASTLE!" Nora cheered.
