Chapter 12

POV: Rocket

One day, Jaune was held back in history class. I never knew how that would begin the chain of events that would come to head in Forever Fall. No one had any idea what happened to Jaune. I only knew his team was becoming more and more distant from him, but his complete breakdown in the hallway should have tipped us off.

Jaune: Not another order…

Ruby: Hey Jaune! What are you doing out here?

Jaune: I don't know. I don't know what I'm doing.

That was when I walked out of my dorm, knowing that he would need some comfort soon.

Jaune: I'm an absolute failure…

Ruby: Nope!

Jaune: But… I am.

Ruby: Nope!

Jaune: Now you're just saying that to be funny.

Ruby: Nope!

Rocket: If you think about what she is saying no to, she's right. You're not a complete failure. You made it to Beacon, which speak volumes for your potential.

Jaune: But I-

Rocket: I don't care if you didn't legally make it to Beacon, Ozpin has probably also figured that out by now.

Jaune: How did you-

Rocket: My window was open.

Jaune: Does everyone just leave their windows open at night?

Rocket: Apparently.

Jaune: But still, I can't even lead my team right...

Ruby: Yes you can! You just have to be a leader.

Jaune: But what if I'm a failure at being a leader?

Rocket: Then you wouldn't be the leader! You were chosen because of the potential Ozpin saw in you. Don't let it go to waste.

Jaune: …I won't.

Ruby: Good night Jaune!

Jaune: Good night.

Ruby went back into her room. I had gone back into my room way before he said goodnight. I'm bad at ending conversations. Jaune heard his scroll buzz.

Jaune: Aw, crap. This one's going to take all night…

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The next day, we were on the field trip. Jaune was carrying a big box, and all of the jars for his own team, and team CRDL. Glynda was walking ahead of us, briefing us on what we are about to start doing.

Glynda: You all will be collecting 1 jar each of the special sap that only appears here. It also tends to attract the Grimm, so be careful while collecting it.

Jaune: Ugh… I think I'm allergic to this stuff…

We were out collecting jars of sap, (It was a slow process. Only some trees had it in the first place, so when we found one, we all had to collect jars from that tree. The tapping itself took around 45 minutes per jar) When Jaune was beckoned over by Cardin. Jaune had been acting strange all day. First, there was that box that a buzzing sound constantly emanated from, then he collected 6 jars of sap instead of 1. Finally, he handed 5 of the jars to team CRDL. Even if he was supposed to collect jars from them, they only needed 4 (And he definitely wasn't supposed to collect jars for them). After he went over to Cardin, I moved away from that area. The tree I had been tapping from ran out, and my jar was nowhere near full. I remember hearing a crash, and almost all of team CRDL running by shouting something about an Ursa. Me, Ruby, Weiss, and Pyrrha went running to where Jaune and Cardin were when we left them. Cardin was on the ground with an Alpha Ursa about to attack him, and Jaune was running over to defend him.

Ruby: We need to go help him!

Pyrrha: Actually, I want to see how he handles this.

Weiss: WHAT?!

Jaune did not seem to be handling it well. He kept on rushing straight at the Ursa, and he kept getting knocked away. I noticed on Pyrrah's scroll that Jaune's aura was low. He went in for one last attack. The ursa's claws were about to hit him one last time. Pyrrha simply raised her hand. Her hand glowed black for a millisecond, and then Jaune's shield went up high enough to block the claws. Instead of the inendeed fatal blow, the bounced off his shield, letting Jaune get close enough to behead the ursa. Jaune turned around and helped Cardin up.

Jaune: NEVER mess with my team.

Cardin just stood there stunned.

Ruby: What was THAT?!

Pyrrha: My semblance.

Ruby: What?

Pyrrha: You can burst into rose petals. Blake can clone herself. My semblance is Polarity.

Ruby: The ability to control poles?

Weiss: No, you dunce, in means she can control magnetism!

Ruby: Oh, that works too. We need to go tell a teacher!

Pyrrah: We could do that. Or, we could just keep this between us friends.

Ruby: Ok, that works too.