Okay so if anyone is just stumbling onto this story it's a continuation of sorts to A Knight And A Tigeress Find Love so be sure to read that first otherwise the characters and their relationships here will be confusing.
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Everyone was settled in for what looked like an interrogation, Qrow sat on the edge of a couch with Ozpin sandwich between him and Jaune. Sienna and the curious baby sat next to Jaune at the opposite end. Qrow's positioning was more defensive than anything, Salem was forced to sit alone on a recliner immediately to right and keeping something between her and Ozpin seemed like a good idea.
Across from the group was everyone else in the house, each staring at their respective love ones with concern and suspension as the influx had finally settled into the chairs they flooded the room with.
"So... are you guys going to say anything?" Yang asked. "Cause I think I speak for everyone in asking for some damn explanation now."
"Language Xiao Long!" Sienna and Juniper sternly cried.
Qrow eyed both Ozpin and Salem before sighing. "Okay, I guess I'll start, a year or so ago maybe long I was following a lead on the spring maiden-"
"The spring what?" Terra, Qrow thought her name was, asked.
"Someone who can use literal magic, but that's not important," Qrow replied. "I found that after leaving Haven she was picked up by the Branwen tribe so I decided to tell Oz after I celebrated with a drink."
"Of course you would." Ruby groaned.
"Well, I had a few drinks, really it was only a few." He added when his nieces shot him unconvinced looks.
"You never just have a few drinks Uncle Qrow." Ruby accused.
"Okay, then what happened?" Sienna asked, thankfully wanting to get things back on track.
"I woke up in a place called Drakma."
Qrow's eyes opened and found himself laying flat on the ground. I felt like shit and ended up staggering back to my feet.
"Ugh. Man what happened last night and just where am I?"
I looked around and found my bedding was a cobblestone road surrounded by a dense forest. My scroll wasn't useful as there was only local communication emitting from the device and a lack of CCT connected meant only one thing.
"Oh man, I must be deep in the wildlands! Oz is not going to be happy that I'm going to be super late for the mission update." As late as they always were Ozpin always expected some form of confirmation that I was alive and making progress.
One foot after the wobbly other as walking stammered for a while until true balance came back. It was a road and would hopefully lead to a lively town so I could pinpoint just where the hell I was.
"So you really just woke up there?" Ruby asked and her uncle nodded.
"Jaune who did you end up... there?" Sienna asked.
"I just landed on the ground." He shrugged.
"Anyway, I ended up getting hit by the worse excuse for an ambush ever."
The moment I heard crying my hand instinctively fell to Harbinger's hilt.
The source wasn't far, a woman on her knees in the way prayer would go in a ripped brown tunic with small spots of blood all over it. I stopped a few yards away and couldn't help but deadpanned at the scene, a quick glance at the convenience of the bushes made had my hand falling off my weapon and almost facepalming.
Crisscross my arms and eyeing how there were no bushes anywhere else, it was extremely unimpressive.
"If you're going to ambush someone you can at least come up with something original."
Out from the bushes came a dozen or so men wearing thin armor plates and aside from two bowmen to the rear everyone was wielding a long or short sword, except one who was wearing more heavy armor with chain mail just visible and a greatsword.
From the air of authority around him, it wasn't hard to identify the leader.
Said leader placed his hands to his side and spoke up. "Huh, I guess you've been around if a kinda trap like this doesn't surprise you." He said with a grin that spoke of trying to look intimidating. "I am Pecina."
"I don't care." I really didn't, but thankfully it wasn't stupid title or ridiculous nickname someone thought was cool and never got corrected.
Pecina's smile died and out came his blade. "Well fine see if I show any respect to a worthy opponent." He pointed his sword at Qrow in a 'threatening' manner.
"Your 'respect' is not needed or wanted." Not to mention ridiculous, what value is respect from someone how harasses people who can barely fight back?
The to rough feel of Harbinger's hilt came back as Pecina stepped forward until he was a few feet away from Qrow.
"Big mistake." I thought
"Piece of shit I'm gonna-."
"Yeah, okay you're done."
Harbinger was clicked off aimed it at the man's gut. Activating it the blade tore right through the man's gut and he hung limb at the end before Qrow yanked the sword out of the man and let him fall down. The others around looked on in shock and fear.
"Now," Harbinger was brought up in front of me. "Who's next?"
"None of them had Aura or guns." Qrow sighed eying Salem. "It took literally no effort."
"I thank you for sparing the children hearing more about your carnage." Sienna, genuinely sounding grateful, said. "Jaune?"
"Huh?" His arms around her waist lessened.
"You have been quiet since this began, any chance we can hear exactly how you survived falling off Beacon cliff?"
"Yeah bro, how do you fit into this?" Saphron asked.
"Well..." Jaune leaned back into the leather. "I woke up there and that's it."
"Oof!" I... landed.. and felt fine too Adam had stabbed me in the leg and there wasn't any more pain.
It was nighttime during the attack but opening my eyes revealed the sun beating down on the dirt path. Around was an old wooden fence badly in need of repair certain places had completely toppled over and others were so rotten I could probably shove it over.
A lush forest was a ways away with long blades of grass filling the space between the fence and trees.
"What the heck?"
"I also ended up in Drakma."
"So this Drakma place it in Vale?" Juniper asked.
"No, " Qrow sighed. "No, it is not..."
After the bandits I was briskly walking down the road, there hadn't a single Grimm insight, which wasn't too much to complain about but in the wildlands there are supposed to be large herds wandering around. It was slow going but eventually a town cropped up on the horizon. When I got close enough properly see the place it immediately made me want to avoid it.
There were no walls or watchtowers or even a picket fence to keep anything out. At the time the whole thing was an absurd concept for someone to build a town like this even more so that people were actually living there.
Finally got into town it was time to find out where I was. The town was lively and a woman crossing the stone street was my first go to.
"Excuse me miss."
"Yes, may I help you?" She asked.
"Yeah, can you tell me where in Vale I'm at?"
What happened next would just be the beginning of the realization of my situation.
"Vale? I'm sorry, I do not know where this place is."
"What? Come on Vale the kingdom we're in." I said trying to be frank.
Her confused look did not fill me with confidence and neither did her next words. "I do not believe you are where you think you are."
"This is Vale right? I'm in the kingdom of Vale."
"I am sorry, this is Drakma lands and I do not know of this Vale kingdom you speak of. Someone else may know or you can buy a map at the shop over there." She pointed at a wooded shack that had various nick-knacks stacked at the windows.
"Well, thanks anyway." I waved before making my way into the store.
"By the gods, where am I?"
"Wait if you weren't in Vale then where were you?" Ren voiced what was on everyone's mind.
"Well..." Qrow looked to Ozpin who wiped a bit of blood from Oscar's nose and then to Salem, her terrifying Grimm face plastered in an odd look of regret. "Thinking back on it all it seems clear now that Jaune and I... traveled back in time."
Welp, I had a lot more time then I thought I would get so here it.
This will pretty much be the format I'm going with, different characters have a POV on something that happened and personal bias will come into play later on. What are everyone's thoughts about it? The first few chapters are going to be a recap on parts in A Knight And A Tigeress Find Love just to remind everyone and have it so you guys don't have to story hop too much as this story just gets started.