Chapter 19: "Alice in Wonderland" Pt. 1

Oh man, so glad you guys enjoyed the interlude. I thought that I would have to worry about a mob coming to my house. Sorry for the long wait, school's pretty brutal right now. Anyway, here we are, the arc we've been waiting for. But first, Reviews!

Argus456: Happy to hear you were surprised by their little presentation, wouldn't want to get too predictable after all now would we. I just figured that since Ichigo has a son that's a Shinigami, I asked "Why not Jaune?" And when I thought of what Raven would do if someone disrespected her tribe, I just knew that Robin would've been the most likely of the pair to 'flex' her power. I actually loved both those movies growing up. Treasure Planet huh? I agree that Jaune would make an excellent Jim, and Saphron could work. Qrow being Long John Silver is just brilliant! And Zwei as Morph is just adorable. Salem and Ozpin would work best as Captain Amelia and Doppler I think due to the baby girls (memory feels). Hazel or Winter for Mr. Arrow (I'd pick James, but I think everyone's getting tired of me killing him off), and Tyrian as Mr. Scroop works pretty well. Watts could be Captain Bones (squealer alert!). There aren't that many good guys in the movie, so I'll have to improvise here. I can't choose between Roman and Mercury as Captain Flint.

UnlawfulGentleman: Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, I haven't seen any reactions with Willow either, which is a crying shame to me. Whitley was a challenge due to the his speech patterns, I can't replicate the high society talks all that well and it drove me up the wall at times. Salem as a chick he bangs... I can already see her feeling ill because of the wrongness of it all (even if she doesn't know why). Saphron would probably want to vomit, and Oz would feel oddly jealous. But I can't picture a scenario of the two of them going at it without it being one of those drunk fics (which I have something else planned for that).

the Composcreator: Sorry man, but Dogma is going to have to take a backseat for awhile. Still have Guardians, and Stargate to do, then I have to make the Marvel movies as well. I could probably fit it in-between Iron Man 1 & 2.

YiteWrite: I don't have Netflix, sorry.

Colvamoon999: I'm thinking of making a Starship Troopers, the main problem is that I don't have the time at the moment to do it. As you can see, it took me almost a month to update this story. My god, where did the time go? -_-'

X3runner: Happy that my depiction for him worked, didn't know if I nailed him right or not. And don't worry, Cinder's getting her chance soon, much sooner than Pyrrha anyway :)

warrior of six blades: Yeah, Weiss's little fib really worked out. I figured that trying to explain the true properties of the vial to her mom wouldn't work while she's wasted, so pretending that it was a drink instead would have a higher chance of success (I think her team is starting to affect her). Blake really needed this, the family reunion would certainly help with any residual guilt over her past mistakes. And Yang? Yeah, seeing someone else get the recognition, respect, and love from Raven that she always wanted would've had her flipping tables. The display of power stopped that, along with making her self-conscious to boot. Susanoo isn't going to play that much of a role for awhile since as you said, he hasn't needed to. His very presence would stop anyone from trying.

the konoha 2nd demon: Good, I always thought that those two deserved something nice for all the shit they had to go through. Klein with his taking care of the family for years as he watches it get dismantled before his eyes and later getting fired, and Maria actually losing her eyes.

JaCk-o'-LaNtErN 91: Well, For Klein, he's gonna get the love he deserves (quite frankly, he's one of my favorites and I felt Jacques firing him was a dick move). And Adam, 'Eve' now, well she's gonna see how Humans and Faunus can coexist. Revenge of the Arcs and the new children proved it could be, and the evidence will only pile up as we move on. As for the others gaining powers, that's sort of impossible. You see, the only reason why Ichigo's friends (other than Uryu) gained their powers was because he never controlled the excess output of his own. It just naturally seeped out of him with no filter, and they simply absorbed it whenever he was in close proximity (which was almost everyday during school, and why people like Keigo had their own set). Their powers then manifested after their bodies absorbed enough energy to produce their own. For Jaune, his powers are firmly locked, and without a similar catalyst like dying or extreme emotional distress, it will remain that way. And if you think his children would have similar problems within the Nexus, think again. While strong, they don't have nearly the same level of power, or problems with control, as their father did to trigger a manifestation in others, at least not without stabbing them Rukia style. They may get some spiritual awareness after some time of seeing viewings that would make them pissed/upset enough to flair their power a bit, but not nearly enough to trigger anything beyond that. Gladiator: No. Troy: Yes. The first had some historical inaccuracies I wasn't happy with (no Roman Emperor wanted to change their Empire back into a Republic!); while the other was based on a war that may or may not have happened, there's really no way to dis/prove that it was accurate (except for the length of the conflict, but I'll let that one slide). I'm also thinking of 300, but mixing it with more historical facts thrown in (like them having actual armor beyond leather underwear, they're heavy infantry for a reason).

BlackPhantom247: Huh, you know, I was thinking the same thing for Whitmore, Audrey, and Mole. I think Oz's secretive nature makes sense (and having Ozpin accidentally flash Jaune would be hilarious); Ruby as Audrey, her mechanical skills does make the two like twins (and their sisters being boxing champions only adds to it); and I want to see Weiss punch Neptune when he whispers whatever he said in the movie. I was thinking Jacques as the King because I want the Schnee siblings to see a version of their father that's not a dick (although he was the reason why Atlantis sunk in the first place, so maybe not). Vinny being Watts, I guess I can see that. I was also thinking of having Sweets be Yatsu because of his gentle nature. Rourk as Raven and Helga as Cinder (a parallel to what happened in canon).

Fmourajr: Already have a cast set for GotG: Jaune is Star Lord (obviously), Winter as Gamora (being the more successful sister), Weiss as Nebula (she always compared each other a lot early on in RWBY), Hazel as Drax (revenge clouding judgement shtick), Rocket is Rocket (would mess up my pick for when I do Avengers later on if I change anything, same with Groot), Qrow as Yondu & Roman as Kraglin (Branwen bandit + thief), Adam as Ronan, and Oobleck as The Collector (historian/collector of rare items). As for V2: Penny as Mantis (weird, quirky girls the both of them); can't reveal who else in there, would spoil some of the surprise, but I have made the necessary preparations for the cast. Thank you for the suggestions though, it should help me for when I have to change the lineup in Infinity War and Endgame. Never watched Scott Pilgrim vs The World, same with Sherlock and Daredevil; Shazam was so boring to watch for me, honestly slept through most of it, and that was in theaters; Jurassic World: maybe, I do like how you put Weiss and Jaune's roles; and I have someone helping me with Doctor Who.

HAIL KING DELIRIOUS: No, I meant the spy show Archer. I'm trying to make a reaction regarding the 'Lana's Baby Shower' episode.

Now that that's out of the way, onto the main event!

Disclaimer in the prologue.

The screen opens up to an overhead view of the Emerald Forest in the late afternoon. The majestic sight of the vast green land calming many in the audience. The view slowly zooms over to a small clearing, where something could be seen skirting around the edges.

A sudden closeup reveals it to be Jaune Arc, prowling through the woods, trying to get some solo training done.

Seeing Jaune walking through the forest, unaffected by a 'betrayal' like in the last viewing, had his family, friends, teachers, and many of his children smiling with joy. As they watched him skulk around, they tried to forget what they experienced and just enjoyed the sight of the young man be innocent once more. 'Jaune.' A few even shed some tears as they watched.

Raven and Robin scoffed, not liking how much weaker this version of their future husband/dad was.

'Clearly, I need to acquire him and train him myself.' Raven thought, her mind drifting off as she imagined all of the things she could 'ask' to show his appreciation. A drop of blood leaked from her nose at some of more dirty thoughts. 'I know I have a whip somewhere in the Branwen armory.' She smirked while stealthily wiping the blood off.

Robin sighed as she looked at her mom's actions. 'Great, there she goes again. Thinking lewd thoughts about dad.' She looked back to the screen, and tried to repress all the times she accidentally walked in on them. 'Cuddling', her dad would say. She shivered as she tries to repress the images.

Saphron, while happy for seeing her baby brother acting normal again, was worried. As he's 'prowling', she notices that he's all alone out there without his team.

The teachers were starting to get worried after the happiness wore off, wondering the same thoughts as Saphron. "Why he was alone out there with no backup?" Winter asked softly, but was still heard. The students were now looking worried as well.

Ghira glared at the boy, wanting so desperately to go over and crack his head open, but he held back as he still remembered how he was almost brought to his knees by that child's 'small' display.

Sienna meanwhile didn't know what to make of this. She was still a bit embarrassed by her possible future. However, seeing this version of the boy did make her smile a bit, the innocence of his youth showing in his movements. Though she did notice something off about him. Her daughter noticed too, narrowing her eyes and trying to see what it was. 'My child, already so observant at such a young age.' She giggled a bit; she couldn't help it though, the thought of her child, her child, made her feel giddy. She then looked back to the screen.

Altani frowned a bit, "Why does he look so sad?" The others started to see it as well and were wondering why he decided to go to the forest alone to train if he was emitting such negative emotions so openly.

He went to train alone because he felt that he needed to get some space after his recent failed attempt at wooing Weiss.

At that, Weiss flinched, remembering her last interaction with the young man before they were all summoned here. "Oh." She wanted to apologize to the blond goof even more now, but didn't know where to start.

Winter raised an eyebrow, feeling that she should have a word with her dear sister after this for some reason. The slight glares at Weiss from the boy's team, and her flinch earlier, only reaffirmed this.

*Sigh*'I just don't get it. I only want her to be happy.' he thought sadly as he struggled to concentrate.

Willow sighed a bit, thinking of her own marriage with Jacques, and wishing that she met someone with a kind heart like the young man.

He knew many men only went after her for her money or family name. Or to brag to their friends about bedding an heiress.

Many of the females scowled at this, the younger ones wanting to beat the shit out of those animals for trying to harm their friend while the older ones thinking of brutal ways to torture the vile men.

Willow and Winter hugged Wiess as she looked down with tears in her eyes. They knew how difficult it was for her growing up, her father not being any help as usual, instead actually encouraging this behavior to gain stronger connections for the SDC.

Whitley looked down, he wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.

But he was not those men.

He didn't even know about her heritage before, it had to be explained to him by his partner after initiation had already finished!

Weiss's eyes widened as she looked back to the screen. 'He didn't even know?' She always thought that the reason for his attempts at courting her was a bid for her title as a Schnee.

Winter raised her eyebrows at this, "What? Was he living under a rock this whole time?"

Pyrrha turned to her and shook her head, "Nope, he's just never watched much news that has a person's fame." She said as the Schnees turned to her. She smiled happily at the family, "He didn't even know who I was, and I'm from the same Kingdom as him."

Saphron nodded, "That's true. He, like many Arcs, never really cared for such trivial things. We always preferred to see what a person is like for ourselves, instead of being told to us from biased sources." 'It doesn't hurt that we're also wealthier than any company or Kingdom, so it's not like someone's personal fame or wealth ever really mattered to us.'(1)

The Schnees were shocked, as were many of the others, but several smiled at this, happy that he didn't view anyone based on other's views.

Willow smiled a bit as she returned her attention to the screen, already thinking of ways to snatch the boy up. 'How refreshing would it be having him at our home. Perhaps he could help bring us out of our dull, cold lives.' She took a glance at her astonished daughters as her mind began to scheme. 'Maybe, with some help.'

Even after being explained that, it never changed his view of her. He never looked to her for her fame or power. No, nothing that shallow had ever entered his mind. What he saw instead had always brought a warm feeling in his heart. He saw a beautiful young woman trying her best to be a Huntress and Defender of Remnant; and when his partner explained who she was, a woman who wanted to break free of the mold that her family's upbringing had forced upon her.

Why else would she choose to attend Beacon, all the way in Vale instead of the comfort of Atlas and her family's influence?

Weiss blushed, his unfiltered thoughts about her bringing a warm feeling in her chest. But also a great pain. 'He never saw me as just an heiress, but Weiss.' For years, all she wanted besides helping people was to have someone who would look at her with genuine affection, to be held and told she was truly loved. "And yet you tossed your chance away time after time." A voice from deep inside told her, causing her to flinch.

And as the semester continued, the more he fell in love with her more. 'I thought that if she knew of at least one person who loved her for WHO she is, rather than WHAT she was, then maybe the woman she wants to be would be one step closer to breaking free.'

"You see? You don't deserve his forgiveness, let alone his love." The voice whispered, the truth in those words almost brought her to tears. 'Is it true? Did I really lose my chance?'

He shakes his head, remembering her latest harsh denial. *Sigh* "I guess that person isn't me."

Her eyes widened. "No..." She whispered, hoping that this wasn't true.

He sighed again, wishing that he was wrong, but in his heart he knew the truth. She would never love him, and he should just let her go. No matter how much it hurt, for her sake he will promise to stop pursuing her after he returns to Beacon.

She bit back a sob as she knew that her chance was lost. 'I truly am the loneliest of all.' She looked down to her shaking hands, 'And I have no one to blame but myself.'

Ruby and Pyrrha saw this, and while they did take a certain amount of pleasure at having Jaune let go of his love for Weiss, seeing her in pain hurt and made them reach out to hold the distraught young woman. They were joined by the rest of their friends.

Winter and Willow had tears in their eyes, seeing such an innocent love for a member of their family lost. Whitley glanced at his sister finally breaking down, and looked back at the screen with a glare, wanting to go over there and give that brute a piece of his mind for making his sister so upset.

the teachers were sad to see the young man look so upset. "He's letting her go. He wants her to be happy." Oz said softly with sadness, his friends nodding even if they didn't want to.

"He's letting her go because he truly loves her. He wants her to be happy but thinks that he's not the one to do so." Summer whispered as Tai and Qrow wrapped her up in a hug. Odin and Ghira holding their own wives as they both came to the same understanding.

Maria sighed at this as Klein tries to offer comfort, causing her to smile a bit as thanks.

Ilia teared up a bit as she heard his promise. 'That's true love right there. A shame that it was wasted on Schnee.'

Eve, Raven and Vernal crossed their arms, trying to project a feeling of uncaring. That image shattered a bit with the latter two as their daughters started hugging them for comfort.

Saphron sighed a bit as she looked at her brother with sadness. Her wife hugging her as Adrian tried his best to cheer them back up.

Watts, Roman, and Mercury didn't really care.

Tyrian wanted to gut the girl for making his boy sad. 'I'll make sure to paint that boring white dress a lovely shade of red.'

Hazel sighed, wanting to hold his sister again.

Emerald, Neo, and secretly Salem were wiping their tears with tissues that they silently wished.

Cinder didn't care as well. 'Do not betray me, eyes.'

Jaune's children wanted to hug their daddy, with the new additions wanting to slice the Schnee girl to ribbons.

As he was lamenting his decision, he noticed that he hadn't come across a single Grimm yet, despite how much of a beacon his negative emotions were to them. As he entered the clearing, he and the audience sees a Beowolf pack moving to a large tree in the center. Knowing that he hadn't been noticed yet, he falls back and hides behind one of the outlying trees and assess the situation like Pyrrha taught him to.

'I count 15 Grimm, but only the small fries.' He thought, 'Where's the Alpha?' It's odd that he can see such a large pack of the Grimm, but not its leader. After looking around and seeing nothing else, he takes a deep breath to calm down and relax, never taking his eyes off the enemy.

Said Spartan nods as their friends look at the situation he found himself in with worry. They all knew that they could each take on those numbers easily, but he had very little training compared to them. He might not be able to take them all on alone.

NPR were cursing themselves for not being there with him.

The other heroes were concerned as well, desperately wanting to go over there and help.

Saphron held her breath, too scared for the safety of her baby brother to look away.

'Ok, I got this. It's only 15, there's no-' before he could finish his thought, he heard a cry. Growing up with 7 sisters, two of which toddlers, he recognized the sound.

His blood ran cold when the sound of a baby's fearful cry was heard.

Many gasped in horror.

Maria was the first to rise up in alarm "Why is there a BABY there?!"

She was the first to stand, but wasn't the last as the other students and adults stood up. The students were panicking about a baby being all alone and surrounded by the dark creatures, while the parents were cursing the child's parents for abandoning their child in a Grimm-infested forest.

The cry seemed to have excited the Grimm, and they prowled ever closer to the tree, snarling and salivating over the thought of warm tender flesh.

The heroes were horrified, desperately wishing to go over there and save that child.

Salem was also starting to get worried, thoughts of her daughters in that child's place had her start breathing a bit heavier.

Jaune, realizing that that's where the cries were originating from, doesn't waste any time and rushes out of his cover, bellowing an angry roar to get the attention of the creatures away from the infant and towards himself.

"What is that idiot doing?!" Weiss shouted as the many of their friends stood up in shock and horror.

All the Grimm stopped and turned to the boy running towards them, but before they could do anything, he was already at their ranks, slicing through the necks of the three closest ones with a quick twirl of his body as he jumped in the air, shocking his friends.

"Woah/Holy shit." Ruby and Yang said as they witnessed his quick attacks.

Nora leaned towards a shocked Pyrrha, "Did you teach him that?" The redhead shook her head as they continued to watch.

He didn't know what came over him. All he knew was that before he moved, he had thoughts of his baby sisters, and he suddenly became enraged.

Saphron nodded, "Yeah, that'll do it." Earning a few stares. She noticed this and explained. "Jaune was always overprotective of our baby sisters, always going out of his way to protect them."

Yang smiled a bit, 'Heh, he and I are a lot alike. Doing whatever it takes to protect our baby sisters.' That thought made her hug Ruby close, despite her protests of letting her go.

Overlapping the baby's cries with that of his siblings, he became a beast. His eyes turned from the kind sapphires that everyone who knew him was, to cold chips of ice.

Those eyes brought shivers up the spines of many in the audience. Many out of fear, but a few in lust.

No one had stopped to notice how the color of his irises were starting to turn yellow, nor how the sclera were slowly bleeding black at the far edges.

Using his training from Pyrrha, he spun in a circle again, cutting off the arm of one Grimm, while shield bashing another who was trying to flank him in the face. He jumped up and decapitated the stunned creature, before being tackled to the ground by another two.

That didn't stop him, with his rage giving him strength like a certain blond dragon, he lifted the Grimm off him and threw them to opposite sides. Then, grabbing the one on the left by the tail and using its body as a makeshift club, he got up and flipped it over his head and smashed its mask covered skull into its brother on the right, snapping both of their necks.

The students were slack jawed. They never saw him acting so viciously before.

That stunned disbelief was shattered by Nora laughing loudly and shouting "Woooo! Go Fearless Leader! Break their legs!" Turning to Ren, she asked "Come on Renny, why aren't you cheering for Jaune-Jaune?"

Her friends heard her, and soon joined her in cheering as well.

The teachers didn't partake, but were happy nonetheless that the young Arc was trying to save that poor soul.

After that, he heard another cry from the child in the tree, pissing him off even more. He was still thinking that it was his sisters in danger. He rushes to the tree as fast as he could, surprising a lot with his remarkable speed, while slicing through another four. Two were bisected through the chest, another had its neck sliced open, and the last had its jaw cutoff. He turns around and sees that of the original 15 Grimm, only 5 left remained.

Pyrrha was blushing from the sudden praise her friends were heaping upon her, thinking 'I'm glad to see my training proving results, but he's going to be exhausted soon if he continues to use more of those moves.'

Glynda meanwhile was speechless. She knew that the young Arc wasn't properly trained before, the admittance of his faked transcripts being more than proof enough, but to see him demolish the Grimm with his limited experience in such a quick manner was mindboggling. Looking to the side she saw Ozpin just looking at the screen with a smug expression clear through his fake beard. 'Seriously, the wizard look needs to go now. It isn't funny anymore.'

Salem was also strangely proud of this. She had her eyebrow raised as she thought of reasons for this feeling as she watched this boy lay waste to her creatures.

Some of the older Huntsmen were getting as worried as Pyrrha however. Seeing him destroy those monsters were all well and good, but the boy was no doubt burning through his stamina, especially with his rage clouding his judgement and making any conservation impossible.

However, his new blood rage was starting to catch up to him. He began to pant, showing how exhausted he was becoming, not used to unleashing this level of strength onto these poor fools.

He turns his head a bit, still not willing to take his attention completely away from his enemies but curious on what he was fighting so hard for, and under the tree's shade, he sees a small basket, and in that basket he sees a baby with light skin and long blond hair showing it as female, whimpering in fear with her eyes closed.

A pair of cat ears on top of her head as she was wrapped up in a little blankie.

The sight of the Faunus child had many of the Faunus in the room up in arms. Those like Sienna and Ilia were worried that Jaune would leave the child behind, fearing him to be like so many racist humans.

He was shocked, what was a baby Faunus doing here all alone in the middle of a Grimm infested forest?!

The snap of a discarded branch brought him back to the situation at hand. He goes back to watching the Grimm, but saw that the battle had attracted some attention. Four new beowolves and a pair of Ursa had shown up, attracted to the negative emotions they felt coming from the young Arc scion and the infant. "Because of course they did."

Now he had two choices, he could either stay and try to save the Faunus, or he could run away, leaving the baby to her fate.

Many who didn't know the boy grew frightened for the child. They hoped that he would try and save her.

Eve leaned forward, knowing that the boy would abandon the girl to save his own hide, but was hoping that he would at least take mercy on her and give the child a painless death. 'Now you will see just how wretched these humans truly are Blake.' She thought as she glanced over to the younger Faunus.

He glanced at the frightened child and takes a deep breath. He raises his sword and shield in a ready position, choosing the former. 'I am a huntsman damnit, and I am not going to leave an innocent baby to die, Human or Faunus!'

Hearing his conviction at protecting the child, the Faunus all breathed a sigh of relief. While Blake and Velvet knew that he would never choose to leave the little one behind, it still felt nice to have their faith in their friend rewarded. 'It's surprising to see a human protecting a Faunus like this. I'm proud of you Jaune.'

Eve meanwhile was shocked. She knew from the last viewing that the Arcs were not racist like the rest of the humans, but even so she still thought that the boy would surely leave. A small blush came to her as se watched the young man ready himself to sacrifice his life for the Faunus kitten. "Such an honorable man." She whispers.

Sienna felt her heart racing as his choice was made. 'Is this the man I fell in love with?' Seeing him ready himself, she felt like he would be a good pick.

The Huntsmen cheered Jaune on as he prepared to fight the Grimm off. This is what they trained themselves for, what they were prepared to die for. "Go Jaune! You are a Huntsman, protect the innocent with your last breath!"

He roared at them, keeping his position so that they would not go around him and reach his charge. The hoard roared as well and charged at him. A closeup to Jaune's face reveals a determined expression, eyes usually a calm sky-blue now hardened to sharp sapphires, glaring at the beasts wishing to harm them.

Ghira and Kali smiled as they watched a human willing to help their kind.

Those with crushes blushed at seeing the resolve in his face.

His family and children held their heads up with pride.

His teachers smiled in respect of seeing their student risk it all like a true Huntsman would.

His friends wished to join him in battle and share in his struggles.

He breathes in slowly, calming his rapidly beating heart. He glanced back at the baby, not feeling one bit afraid. "If I'm going to die today, then I will die saving an innocent soul." Those words brought a small smile to his face. 'I will die a hero.' He looks forward again, staring at the horde without fear, and roars one last time. The screen then cuts to black as the sounds of battle commenced.

The heroes all held their breaths, hoping that he makes it through this alive.

The blackened screen opens to an overhead view of the Emerald Forest, the day slowly turning into night. It cuts to the same clearing as before, many anxious of what they'll see, and shows a clearing full of the decaying bodies of the creatures of Grimm, their ashes slowly rising.

It cuts to Jaune, lying on the ground face up, eyes closed and breathing softly, tired but still alive. He laughs a bit, surprised but proud that he survived.

The heroes all cheered. He made it, he was alive!

Many hugged each other in celebration, laughing as they felt the tension leaving their bodies.

Remembering that there was someone he needed to check up on, he slowly gets up, much to his body's protests, and makes his way to the small basket.

The baby was awake, whimpering, but with her eyes now open, bright green orbs looking around franticly in her limited view of vision. She was scared, but confused as to why the bad monsters weren't around anymore. She then saw a big person coming closer, the same one who stopped the scary monsters from coming closer. And despite him being a complete stranger, his presence was soothing to her eyes. So much so, that she began to giggle at his tired sight.

Seeing the danger pass, the mothers couldn't help but look at the cute child and "Awe" at the sight. Many wanted to cuddle the poor dear and show that she was truly safe.

Once Jaune got close enough for the child to see him, the little girl started to giggle, bringing a smile to his tired face. He crouched down, after sheathing his weapon back on his hip of course, and hesitantly reached a hand towards her.

Seeing the hesitation, she frowned and reached with both her tiny arms forward. She didn't want the nice man to go, his smile made her happy.

The cuteness that the little girl was unleashing had the younger women squeal. Even Cinder and Eve couldn't help but do the same, at least in their heads as they had an image to keep.

Jaune was surprised that the child was reaching for him, he thought that she would be afraid of a stranger getting so close, especially after the traumatic experience of the Grimm almost gobbling her up. As his large hand got closer, it was grasped by the tiny ones of the little girl, and with all her strength, she pulled her savior closer to her.

He felt the pull, so he let it happen. He didn't want to upset her now. Then, once he got close enough, he began to softly stroke her left cheek just like he used to do for his baby sisters. Her purrs and smile of content brought another, bigger smile to him. "Aren't you just an adorable little one."

Kali giggled, remembering how Blake always used to do that whenever she scratched her little kitten ears. She sighed, 'I miss those times.' She glanced at her daughter, and by the embarrassed blush on her face, she knew that she was thinking the same thing.

In a brave move, he stopped stroking her cheek, causing her to stop her purrs and look at him. When he removed his hand, she became sad with tears starting to well up. But he quickly brought his other hand to slowly pick her up, her sadness replaced with confusion but also happiness.

He rose up and brought her close to his chest, cradling her closely while keeping her wrapped in her blankie as if she was his own, and gently rocking back and forth like he did with his baby family members. His armor kind of hampered the experience a bit, but it looks like she doesn't care, bringing her hands to place them up his chest piece, smiling up at him before the gentle movements caused her to slowly close her eyes, his gentle face being the last she saw before sleep claimed her.

Seeing him cradling the little girl had his children all huffing a bit in slight jealousy.

The women all cooed at the sweet sight. Many of the women smiling at the young man rocking the child.

Summer, Kali, and Frigga all rested their heads on their husbands' shoulders as they smiled at the screen.

'She's so beautiful. I guess the excitement of the past few hours really tuckered her out.' He thought, "I wonder what your name is, little one" he whispered softly to her, not wanting to wake her up.

He looks inside the basket, wanting to see if anything else was in there, and saw a small letter that he didn't notice there before at the foot of the basket. Adjusting his hold a bit so that he was cradling the baby with his left arm, he crouched again and picked up the letter. Looping his right arm around the handle of the basket, after placing the child back inside, he opened the letter and saw a piece of paper along with a credit card. Getting the paper out first, he began to read.

To Whomsoever reads this,

First, please, don't think too poorly of us. I would never abandon our little baby girl, she is our world. However, we are currently being pursued by the Grimm, my husband is currently fighting them off, but I don't know for how long. The Alpha had injured him so he isn't fighting at full strength, but it paid for that with its life.

'I guess I know what happened to their leader now.'

Those who spoke badly to the parents felt like shit.

I had wished to see my kitten grow up, watch her become the woman I know she can be. Please, I beg of you, look out for her. Raise her, give her a family.

There were some dark marks on this part, showing that she was crying when she wrote this.

Oh, I guess I didn't give you her name, silly me. Her name is Alice. I know that she is a Faunus. I pray that you can look past that, she is only a baby after all and doesn't deserve the persecution. I can hear the roars coming close, I fear that my love has fallen. I will place my child in this basket along with this letter and a credit card to our accounts so that she would hopefully be properly cared for. Please use this to raise her. And to my baby girl. We love you so much, never forget that ok, your mommy and daddy loves you. The roars are getting closer. I will distract the creatures away from you, I can only pray that this works. I will join you soon, my love. Thank you, stranger, for taking care of my little bundle of joy, may Monty smile upon you.

With love to my precious kitten and gratitude to her savior, Lorina and Henry Liddell.(2)

The words from the letter reduced many to tears. Many cursed the Grimm for destroying yet another family, while offering a prayer to the dearly departed.

The love packed into those words brought tears to his eyes. He carefully placed the paper back inside the envelope along with the card. He then glanced at the napping child before looking at the darkening sky, worried over what he should do. 'I am only a teenager. Worse, I'm a teenager with major responsibilities. I can't look after this child. She deserves better.'

Many nodded, the parents knowing how difficult it is raising a child.

He then looks back to the sleeping angel, and the resolve that he felt when protecting her came back with a vengeance. "No" he whispers, determination clear in his voice. "Miss Lorina wished for me to protect her, and I will not let my insecurities place her child at risk." He began the long walk back to the academy. "I promise you, I will look after Alice in your stead." Here he stopped and looked back up to the stars that are beginning to show in the sky, "And an Arc NEVER goes back on their word."

His friends smiled at this. They knew with that, the little girl, Alice, would be well looked after.

Glynda wanted to object, but she really didn't want the child to go to an orphanage and potentially have the funds her parents had left for her to be taken away.

Looking back up at the sky, Jaune sighed as he saw that night was rapidly approaching, and he really didn't want to go walking in the forest at night. So instead, he went back to the tree he found Alice in and began to climb.

It was difficult, trying to climb a tree and balancing a basket at the same time, but eventually he made it to the top of the tree. Of course, his luck decided to run out, and Alice woke up from the noise. She began to whimper as she woke up, scaring Jaune as he tried to think of a way to calm her down. Remembering a way, he set down the basket on top of some hard branches and quickly fished out his scroll. Opening up his apps, he found what he was looking for.

"What's he planning to do?" Yang asked, only for Nora to gasp in excitement, earning the attention of many of her friends.

Finding what he was searching for, he pressed a few buttons and went back to the now softly crying girl.

"Um, Nora?" Ruby asked as she watched the hyperactive devourer of pancakes bouncing in her seat in joy, "You're kinda freaking me out, wanna tell us what's up?"

Nora looked at the young leader with a large smile, and with barely suppressed excitement, she calmly said "He's gonna sing, Ruby."

The answer had many bewildered, though they supposed it makes sense. After all, what calms down a destressed baby more than a good song?

Those who remembered him singing to Weiss felt that the girl is gonna have even more reason to cry, and prepared to plug their ears for the eventual pain.

( Play "ushag veg ruy" [link to the particular singer as there are many, and lyrics, down in the bottom])

A soft song began to play from his scroll as he took Alice from her basket and began rocking her gently back and forth. Then, he began to sing.

Ushag veg ruy ny moanee doo

Moanee doo, moanee doo

Ushag veg ruy ny moanee doo

C'raad chaddil oo riyr 'syn oie?

Hearing the big man singing had Alice stop crying and listen. The lyrics and the gentle movements had her beginning to feel at peace once more.

The song surprised everyone. Few could actually understand what he was singing, in fact only Saphron, Ozpin, and Salem could; but the lyrics had this soothing rhythm that had many close their eyes and let the song lift them away.

Team RWBY was shocked. They remembered how much he stunk when he sung in an effort to serenade Weiss for the dance later, so they expected him to butcher any song he was going to sing to Alice. Hearing him sing so beautifully caught them completely off guard.

Nora was beaming with joy at the song, snuggling to her partner as she settled for a well-deserved nap. Many of her friends doing the same.

Nagh chaddil mish riyr er baare y crouw

Baare y crouw, baare y crouw

Lesh fliaghey tuittym er dagh cheu

As ogh! My chadley cha treih

Winter and Willow felt at peace hearing the young man singing. It was different from the operas that they were forced to listen to when they were at Atlas, like a sort of magical feeling washing over them, letting all their worries just melt away. They blushed a bit as they closed their eyes so to remember this. Whitley felt the same way, feeling a bit jealous over how someone was being sung such a beautiful lullaby.

Nagh chaddil mish riyr er baare y dress

Baare y dress, baare y dress

Tra va'n gheay sheidey v'ey gymmyrkey lhee

As ogh! My chadley cha treih

The song was so soothing to her little ears, and the music from the weird glowing thing made the man's words all the more enchanting.

Many began to feel sleepy as well, the song's melody seeming to cast a spell on them. The children all clung to their mommas as they struggled to stay awake and hear more.

The adults felt like everything wrong with their world just drifted away, letting have a feeling of peace. The parents snuggling close, while the teachers settled into their seats to be more comfortable.

All of the pets cuddled up close to their owners as they were swayed by the melody.

Even the villains couldn't stop this wave of relaxing energy from settling on their shoulders.

Nagh chaddil mish riyr er baare y tonn

Baare y tonn, baare y tonn

Myr shimmey mac dooinney cadley roym

As ogh! My chadley cha treih

Alice was so close to achieving the rest she deserved. In an effort to get more warmth from the nice man, she snuggled closer to his chest while smiling as a weird but warm feeling wrapped around her like a blanket. In her heart, she knew that this man would always protect her. With that feeling, she finally succumbed to sleep.

The audience did the same.

Chaddil mish riyr eddyr daa ghuillag

Eddyr daa ghuillag, eddyr daa ghuillag

Myr cadley yn oikan er keeagh y vummig

As O! my chadley cha kiune

END

Haha! Bet you guys didn't see that coming. Seriously, this is supposed to be a possible future scenario, of course I wouldn't have them see Jaune fall down a rabbit hole. How would I explain that much weirdness? And how could anyone see his kindness otherwise? Don't take my titles too literally XD

Translation: "Little Red Bird".

Little red bird of the black peat ground

Black peat ground, black peat ground

Little red bird of the black peat ground

Where did you sleep last night?

Did I not sleep last night on the top of the bush

On the top of the bush, on the top of the bush

With rain falling on every side

And oh! wretched was my sleep

Did I not sleep last night on the top of the briar...

While the wind was blowing all around

And oh! wretched was my sleep

Did I not sleep last night on top of the wave…

Where many a man's son slept before me

And oh! wretched was my sleep

I slept last night between two leaves…

As the baby sleeps on the breast of the mother

And oh! my sleep was good!

The song is an old Celtic one from the time before France. Since I needed a song from an old age, and Jaune's name and inspiration is from France, I felt that it was appropriate. Now keep in mind, the song had a lot of rewrites to it, so the lyrics will no doubt be a bit off. There were 4 that I found that had the lyrics moved around, and another 3 that had the words spelt differently, I did what I could with what I had. Now the link doesn't have the full song, but it's more of a way to show how I wanted Jaune to sing to Alice, and hopefully how some of the words would be pronounced. As I pointed out, there are a ton of different ways to sing this. www. youtube watch ? v = mhCPCrOqG8Q

1. With the Arc Clan being as old and successful as I'm claiming them to be, it would only be natural for them to have constantly accumulated a vast fortune over the millennia.

2. Lorina and Henry Liddell: mom and dad to Alice Liddell, whose name was the inspiration for the girl in 'Alice in Wonderland'.