Jake Arc runs through a snowy forest woods, he crosses a shallow stream and then runs through the streets of the winter town. As he runs through the town, pigs squeal and chikens caw. He reaches the street and stands among a large crowd, struggling to see what is happening on the road. A man steps aside and Jake pushes through. Ruby Rose is smiling as she watches Jake run through. A large army is marching along the road and Jake continues to run alongside them. He finds a tree and climbs up it to get a good view. The army marching along the road from the winter town up to Arktown. A man's shout can be heard, and Jake turns to face the rear of the army. The large army of Yang Xiao-Long marches to Arktown. The army marching through the streets, above them the Airship carrying Yang and Jaune. A dragon roars and the villagers look up at the sky in fear. People start clamouring as Yang's dragons, Dia and Raven, fly overhead. Yang and Jaune get off the Airship and walk into Arktown with Flynt, Arslan, Sage, Qrow, Kali, Cinder, Weiss, Winter, Whitley, and Penny towards a crowd of people standing within. Oscar Pines is sitting at the front of the crowd. Jaune looks at Ruby who is standing next to him, with Sun to her left. He walks up to her and gives her a hug. Yang walks up from behind, She hugs her sister tightly and Ruby hugs back just as tight. Yang the looks at Sun

"you've been taking care of her, Sun?" Yang asked

Sun nodded"yeah, and just to let you know Yang... we are togethor" Sun told her

"glade to know that Sun. And I'm glad Ruby loves you" Yang said

Jaune looks around "Where's Nora and Ilia?" Jaune asked

"They headed to the Border" Ruby told him

"What for?" Yang asked

"The Dark Brother has your dragon" Oscar told her "He's one of them now. The Border has fallen and their marching North now" Oscar told them all

"As soon as we heard about the Border, Nora called your bannermen to retreat to Arktown" Sun told Jaune

Jaunenodded then he looked to Lord Caboose, "when can we expect your people to arrive Lord Caboose?"

"We need more Bullheads to get food out and the dust canons," Caboose said

"I'll be happy to lend you five or six," Yang told him

Caboose nodded with a smile "thank you, Queen Yang" Caboose told her

Carolina appeared out of the meeting room and she then walked to Jaune

"Your Grace," she said to Jaune "But you're not. Are you? You left Arktown a king and came back a... I'm not sure what you are now. A lord? Nothing at all?" Corlina asked

"It's not important," Jaune told her

"Not important?" she scoffed "We named you King of the Arks! And now your just a lord, Serving under a Queen we don't know!" Carolina cried

Men cheered for Carolina

"That is enough!" Jaune yelled back "Yang is My Friend! And I named her my Queen because I believe she is the right woman for the Job!" Jaune yelled

Yang smiled at what he had said, Jaune sighed and looked to them

"It was the honor of my life. I'll always be grateful for your faith. But when I left, I told you we need allies or we'll die. I have brought those allies home to fight alongside us. I had a choice, keep my crown or protect the South and my friends. I chose the South and my friends" Jaune told them

People murmur, but Flynt stood up and walks to the center of the room.

"If anyone survives the war to come, we'll have Jaune Arc to thank. He risked his life to show us the threat is real. Thanks to his courage, we have brought with us the greatest army the world has ever seen. We have brought two full-grown dragons. And soon, the Vale army will ride down to join our cause" Flynt told them

People grumble and yell out indistinctly.

"I know, I know, the South and the North of Vale haven't been friends in the past. But we must fight together now or die" Flynt told them

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Many soldiers move around wagons full of Moonstone. One person knocks a bit out of a wagon and Oscar catches it before it hits the ground.

"Hey, careful. We need every last bit of it" Oscar told her

"Sorry 'bout that" Velvet replied

Oscar looked at her and smiled, Velvet smiled back.

"I'm Oscar Pines" Oscar told her

"Velvet Scarletina" Velvet replied

Oscar looks at one of the wagons and climbs into the back of one of the wagons. He inspects the Moonstone and looks to Velvet

"Are these the last of the wagons?" He asked

"Yes, Jaune and Yang got most of the Moonstone out of Beacon before we left" Velvet told him

"All right, let's get it all to the forges" Oscar told her "Me and the Smiths are gonna have to forge these into swords, Knifes, Bullets, any weapon we can think of before the dead come here..."

"well, at least you'll be helping us fight" Velvet replied

Oscar looked to Velvet, "well I better get going" Oscar told her

"yes, well I hope to see you later Oscar" Velvet replied

"y-yeah, me to"

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Jaune stands next to a tree with a swing on it tree, he remembers the days where his sisters would push him on it and they'd laugh. Like nothing mattered in the world. He wished he could go back to those simpler times. Where there was peace.

"You used to be taller" came a voice

Jaune turns around to see his oldest sister, Joan standing near him.

"How did you sneak up on me?" Jaune asked her

She smiled "How did you survive a knife through the heart?" she asked him

"I didn't," Jaune told her

They both run towards each other and embrace. Once they break from their hug, Jaune looks down to see Joan's sword and scoffs in disbelief.

"Is that-"

Joan unsheathes her sword, "yeah, it's mothers"

"Have you ever used it?" Jaune asked

"Once or twice" Joan told him

Joan puts her sword away. Jaune pulls out his sword, and hands it to Joan.

"Fathers, Croceas Mors" Joan stated

"Jealous?" Jaune chuckled

Joan just scoffs. "Too heavy for me, Mothers is much lighter"

Jaune sheaths his sword and puts his hand on Joan's shoulder. He hugged her again and looked at her

"So, how are my Nephews doing?" Jaune asked

Joan giggled "there fine, but they wanna be just like you now. Jake saw your Queen's army and her Dragons" Joan replied

Jaune looked to see something in Joan's eyes, she was hiding something

"Joan? Is something wrong?" Jaune asked

Joan looked to him and she thought it was time to tell him, "There's something I need to tell you Jaune, About the day you came here to Arktown" Joan told him

"I've heard it a hundred times, I was left in the door-step of the main castle by my mother and I-"

"No, thats not the real story" Joan told him

Jaune looks confused, "Joan, what do you mean?" Jaune asked her

Joan sighs and looks at him, "the day after Father returned from Vacuo to rescue the captured Huntsmen, he had brought you back. Your mother was one of the captured Huntsmen that Father had an affair with" Joan told him.

Jaune was shocked, "A-Are you saying that everything I was told as a child was a lie? My mother is dead? And Father lied about her" Jaune said

"No, Jaune your mother's name was Shae, but I investigated with your friend Junior who is still running that bar in Vale. We looked into her more and when we hacked in what once was Beacon files that were in the old Vale council rooms, it turns out her name, her real name, Is Dia" Joan told him

Jaune stares in disbelief and he walks off. Joan let him, letting him have time to process this...


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Salem sits on her Throne, Watts and a familiar man standing opposite to her.

"Twenty-thousand men, is it?" Salem asked

"Yes, Your Grace. A few died in transit, however," The man told her

"In any event, you are most welcome here in Vale, Captain Port" Salem replied

"We look forward to fighting on your behalf, Your Grace," Peter Port told her and he bows and exits.

Salem smirks, "We'll let the dead handle the South and whatever remains, we'll clean it up"