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Chapter 28 History part one.

Jaune stood outside of the dorm building leaning against the wall with his hand resting on Crocea Mors' hilt. As he looked up to the sky as his other hand was held over his heart. He still felt the burn from the strange red Grimm like marks that had been burned into him. It let his chest feeling heavy his breathing somewhat labored and his head reeling. He didn't know what to do. It was like his aura was trying to kill him. 'What the hell just happened?' he thought as he held his chest holding back a grimace. He was trying to focus his aura on healing him as he willed small amounts of it out to help with the pain.

But it wasn't easy, he need to keep his mind in check and focus solely on his aura. Seeing as he didn't want to have another little outburst from his aura he needed to keep himself calm and focused, not really easy when your chest feels like it's on fire. He really didn't like this. He gets to meet up with someone he once had a crush on and obviously she like him back which made him feel even better, but instead of getting a happy reunion he ended up blowing up in a blast of aura. Yep the best way to get a girls attention make her totally afraid you might kill her with your aura or kill yourself, although he really didn't know if he would stay dead for long.

The worst part of it seemed that monster, that nightmare yeah that was a good name for it a Nightmare, was still around and it knew where he was and it was coming. 'That's just great first I see Uther die in a memory I didn't even know I had and now I got the same monster hunting me.' He thought bitterly as his chest slowly began to cool and his head stopped spinning. He let out a sigh of relief as he let his hand fall from his chest as he stared up at the sky watching as clouds passed over head in slow little puffs.

He needed to find answers and quick if he wanted to figure out what the hell had happened to him and why that damn Nightmare was chasing him. He reached into his back pouch on his belt and was about to pull out the book till he heard a voice from his side. "H-hey, a-are you o-ok?" Asked a meek little voice. He turned to see Velvet looking at him worriedly. It took him a secant to realize what was happening. "H-hey Velvet." She slowly moved towards him taking small steps as if she might scare him off if she went to fast. "Are you ok?" She asked as she walked up to his side.

"Yeah, I'm just fine." He said pushing himself off the wall. "Are you sure you don't look ok." He rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, don't worry I was just lost in thought." He wasn't completely lying but still a partial lie was just as bad. She didn't look convinced but she didn't say anything and nodded. "So is there something you needed?" He asked as he looked around to see if her partner or teammates were anywhere nearby. "I was going to head up to your dorm room and congratulate you on your match today and thank again for saving me on Saturday."

She looked to the ground nervously as she held her hands behind her back and let her bunny ears fall down to hide her face. He couldn't help but thing she was extremely cute doing that as a small smile formed on his lips. "Hey it was nothing, you don't have to thank me for saving you." He rubbed the back of his head again embarrassed. She looked up to him lifting her ears as she kept her head tilted down. "What do you mean it was nothing you saved me from Cardin and his team, I have to repay you for doing that."

She lifted her head fully as she locked eyes with him as if saying, 'don't refuse just accept what I'm going to do'. He just sighed as he reached out and patted her on the head between her bunny ears. She flinched at first but just let him pat her as she knew he wasn't going to hurt her. "Look, I'm glad you want to thank me, but I don't need it seeing you safe is more than enough payment." He said pulling his hand away as she looked up to him surprised and blushing slightly. "But…" She began only for him to put his hand up stopping her. "Listen to me Velvet, if you think you can try and make me change my mind on this matter you better know, that I am a stubborn fool and it is going to take a lot of convincing to change my mind."

He smiled at her. "Thank you really, but I don't want any type of repayment or anything, so please don't worry about it." She couldn't help the small smile she had. "Ok." She couldn't really say anything else he was just so different that she didn't know what to say. "Good, so if you don't mind why don't you come with me and hang with Team RWBY and another team who I'm friends with?" He asked. She shifted somewhat but she looked back to him with a smile. "Sure." Waved him forward as she led him back into the dorms.

He really shouldn't be getting side tracked like this but it was better than letting his mind destroy itself while he tried to focus on what's happening to him but for now he had to act like nothing was wrong. 'Well this is going to be interesting.' He thought as he walked with Velvet in silence.

Ozpins office.

Ozpin was reading through file after file on his computer looking for anything that might help him understand what was happening to Jaune. Glynda was in the back room searching for paper files and old books that were left by the men and women that have protected the secrets of Remnant. As they searched Ozpin was beginning to wonder if what Jaune saw was real or something his mind created till Glynda came out of the back room holding up an old book. "I think I found something." She walked over to him with the book and set on the table opened to one of the pages revealing an old drawing of what looked to be a man.

The drawing depicted a humanoid shaped being that was covered in what appeared to be dark mist drawn with gleaming red eyes and the ever familiar Grimm bone armor and marks. Ozpin looked at the picture in shock at how similar it appeared to be to the monster described save for the armor and marks. "This is bad isn't it?" The headmaster asked as he lifted up the book examining the drawing as he looked to the right page to see a description on the monster. "You should read it and you might understand just how bad it really is." The headmistress said.

He let out a sigh as he began to read. [This drawing is depicting one of the most dangerous creature of Grimm mankind has ever faced. This creature has no name as of yet so for now it is known as the human Grimm. This beast unlike most Grimm has an aura. The monsters aura is so powerful that it flows off of its body in a black smoke that is toxic to humans and Faunus of the like. This beast is rarely seen by people and has a unique ability to damage a person's memories to keep them from remembering it.] As Ozpin read he couldn't help the surprise and horror he felt at the small amount of info he just read.

Right off the bat this book just tells you that the beast is the worst of all Grimm and to make matters worse it has an aura and could make people forget it even exists. He decided to continue reading. [The only way one could remember confronting this monster is if they have the power to kill one, or they survived long enough for their memory to recover, which might be impossible depending on what happened to the people. Even worst from after firsthand accounts from survivors that remembered say that this beast is both capable of speech and had a will of its own.]

[This beast will choose what and who to attack in a fight. Aiming for commanders or strong fighters to quickly dispatch them and force Hunter and military forces to get scattered and confused. Very few have been able to survive an attack by one of these humanoid Grimm. So far from reports it seems these beast do not travel in groups or backs of their own but control the other Grimm with in their area. The worst of such news being that no one has ever encountered more than one of these beast, meaning that in all reports of military compounds and full villages being destroy by these creature, is that it only took one to destroy everything.]

[So far the few to ever survive and kill one of the humanoid Grimm are the four maidens and two of the old knight families. From reports given by the four maidens that had confronted the beast was that even with all their magical abilities as well as dust, semblance and aura techniques they had they still lost one maiden to the beast and had a second wounded greatly. From the reports from the knight families being the Arc and the Pendragon families, they report they had encountered one at different times. The Pendragon family had encountered one of the beast at the beginning of the construction of Vales. Having been forced to face the beast alone was the fourth head of the Pendragon family Azazel Pendragon.]

[From Azazel's report it seems that the humanoid Grimm seek out strong aura supplies to feed off of. This would explain why these beast specifically target groups of bout Hunters and soldiers, as well as why they will attack the four maidens. From the report it seems that the Pendragon family being known for both its skill and honorable bloodline has a special aura that can counteract the humanoid Grimm's powers making them especially useful in dispatching the beasts. With this knowledge known to us we will request further assistance from the Pendragon family should we need it.]

[Now onto the Arc family report. The third head of the Arc family Damien Arc had confronted one of the humanoid Grimm just after the construction of the first walls that was the border of Vale during its beginning. From known information on the Arc family it is said that their wealth and power comes from their role they played in the building and defense of Vale in its early years. The Arc family is known for having the special ability of negating a person's aura allowing them to bypass the defense one would normally have thanks to their aura.]

[Thanks to said ability the third head of the Arc family was able to defeat the humanoid Grimm. After the confrontation the Arc family had requested to be informed of any news regarding the humanoid Grimm.] Ozpin was shocked he didn't know the Arc and Pendragon families had confronted these humanoid Grimm before let alone the fact that Jaune was one of these said Arc's. But the most shocking thing was that Jaune would have his family's power. From what the knight had said about his battle with the transfer student Carter he had said his sword was able to bypass the boy's aura.

This left Ozpin with fears of what might happen because of this power. "Glynda, please call Jaune up, now." Glynde had already drawn he scroll as she dialed in the knight's number. "Ozpin about what the book says…" Ozpin raised his hand stopping her. "Let's discuss this with Jaune before we do anything else." She nodded as the headmaster looked back down at the book. 'This is not good.' He turned and looked out the window of his office as he tried to think of the next course of action.

Team RWBY dorm room.

Jaune sat on the floor listening to everyone as they talked. Yang was being vary animated as she waved her arms in the air going on about how she lost several bets to Jaune the previous day when they went into town. Velvet sat and talked quietly with Blake as they kept some distance from the blond brawler. The two were being very calm and enjoying their chat with small smiles. Team NDGO as Nebula said was split between listening to Yang and talking with Ruby and Weiss. Nebula and Dew were listening to Yang while Octavia and Gwen talked with Weiss and Ruby.

The knight couldn't held the small smile he had as he listened to them as they all went about their conversations. He didn't need to say anything he could just sit and listen. That was until he scroll rang drawing all attention to him. He chuckled as he pulled out his scroll to see it was Glynda Goodwitch calling. Weiss noticed and walked over to him. Ever sense he got back with Velvet she had been keeping her distance not wanting to talk to him so he was kind of surprised at her actions.

"What does Ms. Goodwitch want?" She asked worriedly as she looked at his scroll. "Don't know." He was lying but if what he was thinking happened to be the topic she wanted to talk about he wasn't going to let the others know. They already had their own problems. "Do you mind?" He stood up and pointed to the door. Everyone but Weiss nodded. "What do you need to leave for?" She asked as she gave him a glare. "Well if she's calling it must have something to do with my detention remember I still have to spend the afternoons with her." So he had to admit he was getting good at lying, but that didn't make it feel any less wrong.

Weiss looked like she accepted the answer but she didn't look to happy about it. "Fine go." She said as she turned and walked back over to her bed and sat down. He wanted to stay but if Glynda was calling it had to be important. He waved to everyone and walked out of the room and answered his scroll. "Hello, did you find something out?" He asked as he heard a sigh from the other side of the line. : Yes we did please head to Ozpins office right now. : Her voice sounded worried and that didn't make him feel good at all. "Alright, I'll be right there." He hung up the scroll and made his way down to Ozpins office.

Transfer student dorms.

Cinder paced around her room as she stared at her right hand as she tried to make the marks that were on the glove she used to steal the Fall maiden's power to reappear like they had when she was with Jaune. She was worried about what happened. She was just about to kiss Jaune and then both the power she had stolen as well as Jaune's aura flared up pushing each other back. She didn't know what was happening but when the power flared it was like fall Maidens powers burned from her almost like what had happened when she stole the powers in the first place. 'What is going on?' She didn't like this one bit but she couldn't just ask Jaune if he has a connection to the four maidens.

She looked at the back of her hand as she tried to summon the marks again only to get nothing. She let out a frustrated sigh as she looked at her hand. 'Damn it this isn't working what happened out there and why did the power react to Jaune!?' she thought frustrated as she sat down on her bed. She didn't like this after Jaune's aura flared up like that the hunger for power seemed to grow making it almost unbearable to not want more power. She held it back though but it wasn't easy. 'This isn't good I must find the fall maiden or the other four if I am to stop the hunger.' She thought as she looked at her hand as she tried to understand what was happening.

She was pulled from her thoughts when a knock came from her door. "Yes who is it?" She called as she stood up and made her way to the door. "Sorry to bother you, but it's me." Emeralds voice came through as Cinder opened the door. Emerald stood with her hands behind her back as she waited for Cinder to invite her in. "Is something wrong?" The queen asked as she waved the thief in. "Nothing's wrong I just came to see if you spoke with the boy?" The thief asked as she walked into the room. But as soon as she asked se regretted doing so as Cinder turned away with a frustrated huff.

"So is that a no?" She asked worriedly as she sat down at the desk. Cinder walked over to her bed and plopped down with a heavy thump as she let out a frustrated sigh. "No, I met him, and he remembered me." As she said this Emerald felt uneasy and more than a little pissed at the fact that Jaune Arc some worthless brat that should be six feet under already had some connection to Cinder. "What do you mean he remembered you who is he? What's his connection to you?" Emerald was starting to get frustrated this boy was starting to change Cinder and that wasn't good.

The queen just looked up to Emerald with a surprised look as she noticed the frustration in her pawn. She felt as a rage began to boil but she quickly pushed it down as she let out a sigh and stared down the thief with a hardened stare as she stood up and walked to her. "If I wished to tell you what my connection to Jaune is I would have." She said coldly as Emerald leaned back with a gulp as she looked to the queen. "Listen to me closely. I do not care what it is you fell about the matter if you try anything to get rid of Jaune I will personally perform you cremation!"

She growled out as she brought up her right hand as it started to heat up and let it hover over Emeralds face. Said thief just held her breath as she looked at the palm of her mistress's hand as it appeared red hot sending waves of heat over her face. "I-I-I…" Emerald couldn't do anything but stutter as she looked at Cinder with utter shock. "Let this be a reminder, I took you in because you were useful to me, but if you continue with this jealousy of yours I will not hesitate in removing you. I don't mind having to postpone my plans by killing you because in comparison to Jaune, you are nothing!"

Cinder hissed as she withdrew her hand and let the terrified thief tremble in her seat. "I gave you a better life that means I can take it away." She turned and pointed to the door. "Now leave." Emerald didn't hesitate she had already enraged her mistress enough so she quickly made her way to the door without saying a word. "Oh and Emerald, tell Mercury the same thing." With Cinders final words emerald left. The queen just let out a sigh as she sat back down on her bed. 'That girl needs to learn to stop questioning me!' She thought bitterly as she turned and looked out the window.

Elevator to Ozpins office.

Jaune waited as he watched the dial on the elevator slowly go up with small dings as it ascended to the headmaster's office. He let out a sigh as he reached behind him pulling out Uther's nook he had given him. 'I guess now is as good a time as any to start reading this.' He thought as the elevator continued up. He let his fingers slide over the edge of the book as he slowly began to open it. He wasn't sure why but he was afraid of opening it. After all the time he spent trying to find answers he was just too afraid to open the book that could finally help him understand.

With a ding he was pulled from his thoughts as the elevator came to a halt and the doors opened to reveal Ozpin and Glynda staring at a wall monitor that displayed a picture that sent chills down the knight's spine. As he walked out of the elevator he couldn't help how shocked he was at the sight of the picture. The monitor displayed a drawing of what looked to be a humanoid Grimm with full down armor and pitch black skin. As he stared his head began to spin as the picture began to blur in and out as if he were looking at an old tap that had been damaged, with black specs and blurs that made it hard to focus.

Ozpin turned to find Jaune staring at the drawing. "Terrifying isn't it?" The headmaster asked as Jaune turned to him. "What is that?" He asked shakily as he moved towards Ozpins desk as Glynda came to his side. "This creature has no recorded name. It is a humanoid Grimm as you can tell and I believe it is the same creature you saw two years ago in Arcadia." Ozpin said sadly as he shut off the monitor and walked back over behind his desk. Jaune just fell into the chair with a shaky breath as he reached up and held his head.

Glynda rested her hand on his shoulder supportively as she looked at him as he stared down at the floor in shock. "I…" The knight was at a lost as he rested his head in his hands. "It's alright Jaune, just take a minute to breath." Glynde said as she knelt down in front of him. "Just take a deep breath." He closed his eyes to try and forget what he just saw only for his memories to flash as he saw that monster appear again but in its full form over the shadow he had seen. His eyes shot open as he felt his stomach churn and he shot up to his feet and ran to the nearest waist been and began to vomit. Ozpin and Glynda just stood at the desk with sad looks.

"I take it you remember." Ozpin said solemnly as the knight heaved up what was in his stomach. Glynda turned to the headmaster with a sat stare. "Maybe we should discuss this when he's calmed down some." She said not wanting Jaune to be pulled into such a situation. "No." She turned as the knight answered and leaned back wiping his mouth. "This isn't something that can wait we need to discuss it now." He said with a brittle voice that was on the verge of breaking as his let out a shaky breath. The witch wanted to protest but when he turned around and fixed his stare on her she knew she could.

The knight looked so brittle but at the same time there was something in his eyes that made it seem like he wouldn't break. "Alright than." She said as she walked up to him to be supportive as she helped him make it back to the desk as he turned and stared at Ozpin. "Well than, lets began." The head master said as he was about to turn back on the monitor till Jaune raised his hand stopping him. "Sorry but there's something else we have to talk about first." The knight said as he reached down and lifted his shirt off revealing the marks that had appeared on his chest.

Both Ozpin and Glynda stared in shock at the sight of the Grimm like marking that seemed to have been burned into the knight's chest. The marks were in an odd design a straight line going directly vertical over his hear with to s shaped marks at the bottom in a perfect semetrical form as at the top there was a dot surrounded by what looked to be a circle with three points aiming one up, one to the lower right and one to the lower left. Just under it looked as if it were in the design of wings. "I think we have a problem." The knight said as he looked at the unusual marks.

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