Jaune and Flynt are walking along the paths outside of Beacon. they walked around and Jaune remembered all the things he had the others have done. He missed those days, as did everyone else.
"What do you think of her" Flynt asked
this caused Jaune to break from remembering his past. he looked to Flynt. "Who?" He asked
Flynt sighs "you know who," Flynt said
"Yang has a good heart. she always has" Jaune replied
"A good heart hm? I've noticed you staring at that good heart" Flynt Chuckled
Jaune shook his head and looked back to Flynt "There's no time for that. the Dark Brother is coming, Flynt. I looked into his eyes. How many men do we have in the South to fight him? 10,000? Less?" Jaune asked
they continued to walk around and when they neared the end of the path, Arslan is standing along the path looking at the ocean.
"Speaking of good hearts, Arslan Atlan," Flynt said
Arslan turns to looks at the two
"Ser Flynt, Lord Arc" Arslan greeted
"King Arc, isn't it? No? That doesn't sound right. King Jaune?" Flynt asked with a smile
"It doesn't matter" Jaune replied
the two chuckled at the blonde
"so, Jaune, how are you enjoying the City?" Arslan asked
"Beacon has changed a lot, Yang seems to be the choice for Queen," Jaune said
Arslan nodded "yes, she was. We chose her, Just like your people chose you" Arslan replied
"trust me if My sister had arrived sooner they would have picked her instead" Jaune replied
"I don't think so" Arslan replied "You lead a battle that you would have lost in all odd but you did it to save your people, you showed that you were a great leader. They chose you because they believed in you"
Jaune nodded
"I serve Yang because I want to serve her. Because I believe in her" Arslan said
Flynt turned to Jaune "You'll forgive me if I switch sides?" he asked
Jaune just rolled his eyes and snickered
the Children of Salem waited as the Vale army is arriving at the beaches of the Island of Beacon. Children are delivering gold and food to the Army. There are carts and men that haven't made it into the city gates yet. Hazel Reinhart was supervising the procession. a Soldier comes riding on a warthog.
"All of the gold is safely on the Boats"
"Good" Hazel replied "We need to get the last of these wagons over before nightfall. If the Dragon Queen hears about this, we won't have time for an ambush"
"With your permission, flogging stragglers have a marked effect on mobility," Said the leader of the Children of Salem, a Woman known as Fillas
"that won't be nessicery" Hazel grumbled
Fillas clearly disappointed. She turns and rides off back to the line of soldiers. Hazel turns to the trees that stand on a hill over the beach, Hazel pauses and strains to hear a noise far in the distance.
"What is it, sir?" A soldier asked
"Listen"
high pitched war cries are heard beyond the hill in the distance. Both Hazel and Fillas takes off to warn their soldiers
"ready the guns! get ready!" Hazel cried
The men jump into action and start arming themselves. The Vale army gets the formation to repel the invading horde. Vale gunners line up behind their Warthogs. The horde is drawing closer. Yangs Army comes riding over the hill with their guns and weapons ready. There are a thousand of them or more.
Hazel takes off his coat and readies to some dust. Fillas is yelling orders to the men. then that's when they heard the roar of something coming. that's when they all see it. Hazel and Fillas look to see three Dragons flying over the hill. Yang is riding on Raven and looking angry at all of them.
"Burn 'em," Yang said
Raven and the others breathe fire into the first line of soldiers. The men burst into flames and start screaming. Hazel looks on in shock. A flanking group of Yang's soldiers ride over the flames through the hole created by Drogon and start cutting men down. Fillas attempts to issue orders to the men.
"Hold the line!" Fillas orders
The main force crashes into Vale Soldiers. Men on both sides are being slaughtered. A second wave rides in.
The Vale gunners fire back and many men are killed. Yang circle's around and Raven shoots flames across the battlefield. She steers Raven again down the Beachside and Tai spews flames and destroys the boats along the road. they explode into pieces, flags and parts are flying through the air. Hazel is looking at the Boats in astonishment
A group of archers break from the main battle and follow Hazel and Fillas. they line their men up to counter the army.
"Fire!" Hazel orders
the Vale soldiers fire at Yang and her Dragons. Dia loops around shoots flames at the men. Hazel runs from the attack with some other men.
Fillas sees the dragon and began to shoot it with a dust canon. Hazel makes his way to Fillas.
"We need to Focus Fire on those Dragons!" Hazel cries
"There's another Dust Canon near the beach! get to it and let's take the demons down!" Fillas cried.
Hazel nodded and ran to the Dust Canon, but a Soldier on Yang's side with two swords charges Hazel. Hazel blocks the attacks with his Aura, Hazel then punches the man into a spike, killing him. Hazel keeps heading for the Canon and sees one of his soldiers stab a bandit through his back, he also sees some of his men running while on fire. Hazle hears another roar and looks up to see Tai above him and blows fire on the remaining men and warthogs. Hazel looks to see a gas building up and the warthogs exploded. sending Hazel flying. He gets back up to see the destruction the three dragons, as well as the army, have done in such a short time. He looks to the Dust Canon but it is taken out by flames. Hazel then looks to see Fillas still firing at the dragons but she is then shot in the heart and then shot again, she falls to the ground and dies. Hazel looks around and realizes that they have lost. He gets up and is then surrounded by soldiers, Bandits, and Huntsmen. Hazel knows he can't win. so he surrenders.
A group of Bandits is escorting captured soldiers to where Yang and Raven are awaiting the prisoners. Yang addresses the captured soldiers.
"I know what Salem and her council have told you, that I've come to destroy your cities, burn down your homes, murder you and orphan your children. That's her, not me. I'm not here to murder. All I want to destroy is the wheel that is rolled over rich and poor to the benefit of no one but the Salems of the world. I offer you a choice. kneel and join me. Together we will leave the world a better place than we found it, or refuse and die" Yang told the soldiers
A few men kneel to the ground, while most remain standing. Raven roars and moves closer to the men. now almost all the men quickly kneel while a few still remain standing. Hazel stands as well. Yang recognizes him.
"Step forward Hazel Reinhart" Yang ordered
Hazel takes several steps towards her and stands in front of the kneeling men.
"You won't kneel?"
"I already have a queen," Hazel said
"I respect that. Even if it's the Wrong Queen" Yang replied "I meant what I said. I gave you and Option, and here it is" Yang said
Raven flew down and stood behind Yang bit looked at Hazel
"Hazel Reinhart, I, Yang of House Xiao-Long, First of my name, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons, sentence you to die"
As soon as she said that, Raven draws a deep breath and begins spewing dragon fire at the man. He is instantly engulfed in flames and collapses into ash after a few seconds later. Yang nods and looks to the soldier, now all are kneeling.
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Jaune is standing on the edge of a cliff looking towards the ocean. Dia roars and flies over him with Yang on her back. Dia lands next to Jaune and walks towards him. Dia opens her jaws and roars in Jaune's face. Dia creeps closer until she is inches from Jaune. Jaune removes gauntlets and slowly extends his hand toward Dia. Dia lowers her head and allows Jaune to touch her. Yang looks to see Jaune petting Dia, She's surprised and steps down from her mount. Dia turns and flies away.
"They're beautiful, aren't they?" Yang said
Jaune kept staring at the dragons as they flew over the ocean, "yes, they are. Gorgeous beasts" Jaune said
"They're not beasts to me. No matter how big they get, how terrifying to everyone else, they're my children" Yang said with a smile
Jaune looked to Yang, "You weren't gone long"
she turns back to Jaune, "No, not really"
"And?"
"And I have fewer enemies today than I did yesterday"
Jaune pauses and doesn't say anything.
"You feel different about that?" Yang asks
"No, but I still don't like it..." Jaune replied
Yang turns and starts walking towards Beacon and Jaune follows.
"How many men did your army kill taking Arktown back from the Tyrian? or the Faunas you killed beyond the wall in Menagerie?" Yang asked
"Thousands I'm sure," Yang asked
"We both want to help people. We can only help them from a position of strength. Sometimes strength is terrible. When you first came here Flynt said you took a knife in the heart for your people, what did he mean?" Yang asked
"That's a story for later if you don't mind," Jaune said
Yang nodded "fine, but you better tell me later Vomit boy," Yang said
Jaune nodded his head, and they continued heading to beacon.
the Hybrid army is seen heading away from the walls of Menagerie and then they disappear as a purple smoke flows over them and they arrive in Vert. A group of riders and the dark brother are on top of an outcrop watching the Hybrid's file past him. the dark Brother peers in a direction as he feels he is being watched.
Oscar's eyes are pure green and they wash back to their normal color. He's in the office of Nora and the others are surrounding him.
"Get a message to Jaune! he needs to know" Oscar told them, Nora nodded and headed to get a message to Jaune and the others.