Alright everyone, here we go, Chapter 1 of Arc 2! I actually finished this chapter the same day as I finished Chapter 50, but I waited until it sunk in, so that way it wouldn't be such a rush. So here we go! A new adventure!

Anyways, so there is a time difference between Remnant and Earth for reasons that will be revealed.


A few months later in Remnant

"Nervous?" Yang asked her sister as they were getting ready for their fight.

"Considering we have been training harder than usual, I would say about 50/50." Ruby replied as she was always nervous before a fight.

"Why did you step up our training regiment again?" Yang asked as she couldn't remember.

"Remember? When we saw that we won this match, we started to get too confident, so I figured acting as a slave driver to beat any delusions of winning easily out of heads, that way if we train harder for this, we actually would have an easier time winning than our counterparts on the dvd!" Ruby said as Blake just gave her a look.

"You had us up before Five each morning, before we waited til after seven." She was all for hard work, but it really sucked having to get up early.

"Well let's see if it paid off." Ruby said as they prepared their weapons.

"TEAM RWBY! TEAM ABRN! ARE YOU READY?" Professor Ports announcement rang over the intercom.

"Bring it on…" Yang said as she got in a fighting position.

Shit was about to go down.

Meanwhile on Earth, One Year Later

"Mom, I swear I'm not drinking alone." Jeremiah said over the speaker phone as he was chopping wood with one of those beer dispensing helmets, except he filled it with Moonshine.

"It's just your father and I have been worried, you've been out of sorts ever since Winter left…" She said as Jeremiah spoke up.

"She didn't leave me Mom, she just had very important business to attend to, she'll be back." Jeremiah said as his mother sighed.

"Son, I know you cared about this girl, but it's been a year, wouldn't she be back by now?" Momma was honestly concerned.

"Look, she's just been really caught up, I've been getting her letters, you know how high society types are." He said as he split another log. In reality that was a lie, but he couldn't tell her that Winter wasn't in this world anymore.

"I hope you're right, but just because you miss her doesn't mean you should isolate yourself." Momma said as Jeremiah spoke up again.

"I'm not isolating myself!" He said as he put another log on the chopping block.

"Jeremiah, when we won the lottery you took your share of the money and built a cabin in Alaska, that sounds like isolation." She said as that was the honest truth.

A while back, Jeremiah had gotten drunk and decided to buy a lotto ticket for the powerball. Which was up to Five hundred million, by some DUMB LUCK. They actually managed to win, of course Uncle Sam took half of it in tax money, afterwards, they divided the money up between him, his parents, and his siblings. Either way, still left him with a healthy sum.

So he built a nice log cabin in Alaska, within the wilderness, bought himself a nice used Truck, and some equipment for hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking, and above all else, survival.

"Come on Mom, after I was medically disqualified from all branches of the military, I needed to get away." He said as that was true.

When he went to go join after he finished college, there was a slight problem, while he got a medical waiver for one issue, there was a matter of a head wound, a skull fracture that hadn't healed properly.

He touched the back of his head, it was the wound he first got when Nora hit him with the hammer when they first met. While it wasn't permanently damaging, the doctors didn't know the risks and were worried he could die if the wound was too aggravated, so he was medically disqualified from joining every branch of service. It really tore him to bits.

He was lucky to get the lotto ticket, it helped him pay off his college debt, and in the end, he was able to fulfill at least one of his dreams, a nice cabin, and land where he could hunt and fish. The land was within the wilderness, but was also close to a large body of water, so he always used that for swimming and fishing.

It was almost paradise, except he had no one to share it with.

"I know that son, and I know you wanted that badly, look, you've been at that cabin for six months now, when are you coming home?" She asked as he looked at his watch.

"Well, I don't know, honestly I really enjoy it up here, why don't you all come visit? The place is big enough for guests, and even if its not, I do have a guest cabin not too far from here." He said as he built that for friends.

"That would be nice sweetie, but it will depend on our schedule, how about we call you back when we can figure something out? Zeus misses you." She said as Jeremiah chuckled.

"Really? He was up here with me a week ago, he misses me already?" He asked as he heard a bark over the phone.

"Apparently, the car ride home with your friend just made him miss that state you love so much, and I can't say I blame him." Momma said as Jeremiah chuckled.

When Zeus was up here with him, he was trying to hunt every small thing that moved, and don't even get him started on how much Zeus loved swimming. It was hilarious to see such a fluffy dog get soaking wet.

"Okay, well tell Pa I said Hi." He said as he took off the moonshine dispensing helmet.

That was another thing, he decided to help his dad open his brewery in another place, as of now, it was nothing spectacular, something that could be run by one man. So he didn't make much of a profit…that and it didn't help that he also drank most of the product, so he was not the best moonshine salesman.

Jeremiah had changed over the past year, after all, six months in the wilderness will do that to you. For one thing, he had gained more muscle, all the hiking, hunting, fishing, swimming, and chopping wood had been good for his body, and while he was still skinny, this time you could see some noticeable bulk rather than just tone.

His beard had also grown longer, it was now down to his chest level, the only parts of it he kept shaved were his neck area, and of course he had to trim his mustache down since it was annoying when you went to eat something and your upper lip gets a mouthful of hair. So that was trimmed down for convenience sakes. His head was still shaved, right now he was rocking the Ragnar Lothbrok look, and it was actually pretty nice.

"Hey! Jerry!" A voice said as he almost slipped with the axe.

"Damn it Blaze! Don't do that!" He said as he looked around to see the closest thing he had to a neighbor around here.

His Neighbors name was Blaze N. Fiero. An interesting fellow who he had met at a local tavern. And this guy could drink anyone he knew under the table, even Jeremiah had a hard time keeping up with him. Overall, he was a nice guy, he did have one problem though.

He could be a bit of a…swordsman, only the sword wasn't a steel sword, it was a flesh one.

Blaze had a lot of sex…that was his problem.

"Sorry man, but come on, we going out partying?" Another man said as he walked over to where he was cutting axe.

"Why aren't you wearing a shirt? It's cold out!" The man said as Jeremiah rolled his eyes.

"Hey, you try chopping wood in a heavy coat, believe it or not, you start to get warm." He said as he continued to chop wood.

"Well my point still stands man, I'm going out to one of the local nightclubs, figured you would want to come along, maybe meet some nice ladies?" Blaze knew ALL about that kind of stuff.

"If by ladies, you mean I sit at the bar alone while you go off and have a threeway, then no thanks." He already had to experience that once.

They went to the bar together, and Blaze tried to hook him up, but he was still thinking about Winter all the time, and it wouldn't feel right to go out and meet some girl when he still cared about her, especially when he made a promise he would see her again, if he started seeing someone else, it would pretty much be cheating.

The girl didn't hold it against him, and Blaze REALLY didn't hold it against him because those two girls were fucking WILD in bed.

"I'm just saying dude, you told me how that lady of yours left, and she hasn't been back for awhile, don't you think its time to move on?" He asked as Jeremiah sighed.

"I know she's coming back, its just that her work requires her to move around a lot." He said as Blaze chuckled.

"What is she? Some kind of special forces operative?" He asked not knowing how close that was to the truth.

"Eh…Close enough." Jeremiah muttered.

"Well, I won't make you go if you don't want to, but one last thing, you have my share of Venison?" Blaze asked as Jeremiah walked over to a freezer.

"Yep, right here." He pulled out a box full of packages of ground up venison.

When he first moved up here, it was a little difficult to adjust to bow hunting, but he managed to get the hang of it, on the bright side, he still had Red Dawn for when the going got tough, he carried that weapon wherever he went. It was a great thing to have.

"Thanks man, I swear to god, if it wasn't for you stocking up on this shit, I would have to do my own grocery shopping." He said as Jeremiah smirked.

"Don't think you're getting off that easily, aren't you forgetting something." He said as Blaze nodded and reached into his truck bed.

"Yeah, here we go, vegetables grown from my roommates's basement greenhouse…you know she really likes you." He said as Jeremiah rolled his eyes.

"I caught her going through my laundry, I already have one crazy stalker, I don't need another." He said as Blaze chuckled.

"Well according to her, she was just getting ready to do your laundry as a favor." Even though Blaze has his doubts, his roommate could be…odd.

"Well, you go and have fun, remember to wear a condom, and try not to stay out too late." Jeremiah said as Blaze nodded.

"And what are you doing to do?" He asked before he got back in his truck.

"Well, I have to go check some snare traps I set up, see if I managed to catch anything yet." He said as he still couldn't set up traps for shit.

He had been getting better, but damn he hadn't caught any small game. How is it that hunting big game was easier than trapping hare? He didn't know, all he knew was that he needed to check them, because if by dumb luck he managed to catch something, he didn't want to leave it up there to rot.

That would be a waste of good rabbit meat.

"Okay, just be careful up there, you know how things can get this time of year, bears are moving around a lot." Blaze said as that was the one thing they had to watch out for.

"Relax, I'll be careful." Jeremiah said as he waved Blaze off.

"Interesting fellow." He said as he checked the time.

"Damn, I got to get going." He said as he loaded up his truck, it was another Dodge Dakota, but he went with a 2010 instead of a 2000, due to it being younger and in much better condition than his truck back home.

He needed to drive half way there, and then get out and hike the rest of the way, but that was okay, he was completely fine either way.

He hopped into his truck as he looked at a photo in his wallet.

"Been one whole year huh? Really miss you Winter…" He said to himself as he looked at the photo again.

"I'm still hoping you'll find a way back, but seems like you haven't had much luck so far.." He said as he put the photo back and started to drive to the designated area.

He sighed; he figured convincing the council would be hard, but he didn't think it would take this long, hell, he didn't even know how she was doing, if the battle of beacon had already passed, what was she doing? How was she? He needed answers, but he couldn't get any.

It's why he moved out here, to help take his mind off of things and get closer to nature, after all, after college ended and his dreams of joining the military were shattered, he just needed to get away. He still called his parents everyday to let them know how he was doing, but it was still hard to accept that his life had changed drastically.

A man needed to keep his mind occupied, and it just so happened that Jeremiah had the perfect getaway.

One dream came true, he got his cabin just like he said he would, but no one to share it with, no wife or girlfriend to come home to, no kids running around the place, he was lonely, and he had no one to talk to except for Blaze, and that guy was usually busy off getting laid. Seriously, that dude must have a big dick, because Jeremiah had seen the women coming out of his place, it was amazing.

"Well, time to hike." He said as he got out of his truck. Taking his gun and his survival bag with him, complete with tools, flint and steel, extra ammo, and a jug of moonshine.

With every step he took, he thought back to the memories he shared with Winter, some were good, some were bad, and some were just way too weird to think about. He still remembered the time she chased him up the Sears tower, how he didn't end up dying, he still didn't know, all he knew was that it may have been an unorthodox way of meeting a woman, but it ended up working out for him.

"I wonder what she's doing?" He asked as he crawled over a few dead trees.

"Maybe off fighting Grimm?" He asked himself as he had to jump down through a crevasse.

"Or maybe she's off trying to save the world." He then had to climb up a rock wall in order to get to the place he set up his traps.

"Or maybe she's just off doing her own thing, who knows?" He asked as he looked into the distance.

"Oh hey! I might have caught something." He said as he saw something in the trap.

That got his mind off of her, for once he may be eating lean rabbit meat, he had eaten rabbit stew before, but it had been so long, and he imagined it would taste even better when you actually caught your own meat. So he was looking forward to this.

"Think about how good this is going to taste…" His mouth was watering at the thought of it.

"Nice lean rabbit stew, a few vegetables thrown in, spice it up with Garlic, damn oh damn, that's some good stuff." Anyone who has ever had Rabbit stew knows it is delicious.

He was just getting more and more excited, this would be the first rabbit stew he managed to cook out of a fresh kill. So this was a big day for him.

"Ah here we go." He said as he walked over to his snare trap.

"YES!" He said as he saw a single rabbit.

"Ah, there we go, a nice big one, that will make a great stew." He said as he was pretty happy with this.

"I wonder…wait…" He said as he noticed something odd about the other traps.

They were definitely set off, but the red stains on the grass was a giveaway that something was going on.

"Weird, there are blood strains all over the other traps, but this one is completely fine, what could have-" He was cut off as he heard the sound of something growling.

"Oh crap…please tell me its not what I think it is." Seriously, if it was what he thought it was, Blaze was going to laugh his ass off.

"Fuck…" Jeremiah said as he whipped around to see what it was.

Only to see a very pissed off Grizzly beer standing seven feet tall. It's mouth dripping with flesh and blood of the rabbits it was munching on before he showed up. It was not happy about its free meals being stolen away, even if it had already eaten the rest, there was another predator there to steal its food, and it did not look kindly on those that would steal food.

One thing was for sure, Jeremiah was scared out of his mind.

"Big bear…" He said to himself as he reached for his gun. If he could get it and shoot it, he would be fine.

Only for the bear to knock it out of his hands and swing a paw at him. Jeremiah knew he had to act quickly as he rolled out of the way, only to see that the bear now had a paw on Red Dawn. He no longer had a weapon, all he had was his bag, most of which was tools and moonshine, the only thing he had was a tiny survival knife that wouldn't put a dent in that thing.

"So let me get this straight, I finally caught a rabbit, only to find out I pissed off a hungry Grizzly bear, which proceeded to knock my gun out of my hand, and the only thing I have left to defend myself with is this knife." He said as it was only about four inches long.

The bear responded by roaring at him.

"Shit."

Well…time to be a man.